Place:Huainan, Anhui, People's Republic of China

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NameHuainan
Alt namesHuai-nansource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VI, 109; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 517
Hwainansource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
T'ien-chia-ansource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VI, 109
TypeCity
Coordinates32.483°N 117.017°E
Located inAnhui, People's Republic of China
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Huainan is a prefecture-level city with 3,033,528 inhabitants as of the 2020 census in north-central Anhui province, China. It is named for the Han-era Principality of Huainan. It borders the provincial capital of Hefei to the south, Lu'an to the southwest, Fuyang to the west, Bozhou to the northwest, Bengbu to the northeast and Chuzhou to the east. Huainan is one of the core cities of Hefei Metropolitan Circle and is known for its coal industry and thermal power plants. Its built-up area made of 4 urban districts (all but Panji not yet conurbated) and Fengtai County largely being urbanized, was home to 1,868,944 inhabitants as of 2020. Its city flower is the Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis) and its city tree is the Old-World Plane Tree (Platanus orientalis). It is also considered to be the hometown and birthplace of tofu.

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