Hefei

Hefei 合肥市
Prefecture-level city
Montage of Hefei. Clockwise from top: Swan Lake Eastbank CBD, Dashushan, City God Temple of Luzhou-Fu and Downtown Hefei.
Location of Hefei City jurisdiction in Anhui
Hefei Location in China
Coordinates: 31°52′N 117°17′E / 31.867°N 117.283°E / 31.867; 117.283
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Anhui
County-level divisions	7
Government
• CPC Committee Secretary	Song Guoquan (宋国权)
• Mayor	Ling Yun (凌云)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	11,434.25 km2 (4,414.79 sq mi)
• Urban	725 km2 (280 sq mi)
• Metro	438.2 km2 (169.2 sq mi)
Elevation	37 m (123 ft)
Population  (2016 Sampling)
• Prefecture-level city	7,869,000
• Density	690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
• Urban  (2018)[1]	3,865,000
• Urban density	5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
• Metro	3,718,000
• Metro density	8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	230000
Area code	551
ISO 3166 code	CN-AH-01
Licence plate prefixes	皖A
GDP (2016)	CNY 721.3 billion
- per capita	CNY 92000
Website	hefei.gov.cn
City trees Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora L.) City flowers Sweet Osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans Lour.) Blossom of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

Hefei
"Hefei" in Chinese characters
Chinese	合肥
Postal	Hofei
Literal meaning	"Junction of the Fei [Rivers]"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Héféi Wade–Giles Ho2-fei2 IPA [xɤ̌.fěi] Wu Romanization Gheh入-vi平 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hahp-fèih IPA [hɐ̀p̚.fȅi] Jyutping Hap6-fei4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ha̍p-pûi

Hefei (Chinese: 合肥) is a city and municipality (地级市) in eastern China. Hefei is the capital the Anhui province. It is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. It is located in the central portion of the province, and it borders Huainan to the north, Chuzhou to the northeast, Wuhu to the southeast, Tongling to the south, Anqing to the southwest and Lu'an to the west. Hefei has 7.06 million people, 2.18 million of whom lives in the urban area.

1. ↑ Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 22.