Wuhu
Wuhu
芜湖市 | |
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Clockwise from top: Wuhu skyline looking south along the Yangtze, Wuhu at sunset, the Zhongjiang Tower, and Changhong Gate (south). | |
Location of Wuhu in Anhui | |
| Coordinates (Wuhu municipal government): 31°21′09″N 118°25′59″E / 31.3526°N 118.4331°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Anhui |
| County-level divisions | 8 |
| Municipal seat | Jiujiang District |
| Government | |
| • Party Secretary | Ning Bo (宁波) |
| • Mayor | Xu Zhi (徐志) |
| Area | |
| 6,010.9 km2 (2,320.8 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,157 km2 (833 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,172.9 km2 (452.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7.9 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 3,644,420 | |
| • Density | 606.30/km2 (1,570.3/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,151,368 |
| • Urban density | 997.4/km2 (2,583/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,622,799 |
| • Metro density | 1,383.6/km2 (3,583.5/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 430.3 billion US$ 53.8 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 117,174 US$ 18,163 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 241000 |
| Area code | 0553 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-AH-02 |
| License Plate Prefix | 皖B |
| Website | www |
Wuhu (simplified Chinese: 芜湖; traditional Chinese: 蕪湖; pinyin: Wúhú; lit. 'Weedy Lake') is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei City to the northwest, Ma'anshan city to the northeast, Jiangsu to the east, and is approximately 90 km (56 mi) southwest of Nanjing. With ongoing urbanization in the southern part of Nanjing, a conurbation is forming between Nanjing, Maanshan and Wuhu, comprising over 10.66 million inhabitants.