Tongling
Tongling (simplified Chinese: 铜陵; traditional Chinese: 銅陵; pinyin: Tónglíng; Wade–Giles: T'ung-ling; lit. 'Copper Hillock'; formerly romanized as Tunglinghsien and Tungkwanshan) is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west.
Tongling
铜陵市 | |
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Clockwise from top: skyline, wall sculpture depicting Tongling as the "capital of copper", Tongling from the far side of the Yangtze, and the University of Tongling. | |
Location of Tongling City jurisdiction in Anhui | |
| Coordinates (Tongling municipal government): 30°56′42″N 117°48′40″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| County-level divisions | 3 districts 1 county |
| Municipal seat | Tongguan District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Li Meng (李猛) |
| • Mayor | Hu Qisheng (胡启生) |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 2,982 km2 (1,151 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,489.8 km2 (575.2 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,489.8 km2 (575.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 Census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 1,311,726 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 842,675 |
| • Urban density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 842,675 |
| • Metro density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 0562 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-AH-07 |
| GDP | ¥115 billion |
| GDP per capita | ¥67,647 |
| License plate prefix | 皖G |
| Website | tl |
As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,311,726 inhabitants whom 842,675 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 3 urban districts. The asteroid 12418 Tongling was named after the city.
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