Huainan

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Huainan 淮南市 Hwainan
Prefecture-level city
Location of Huainan City jurisdiction in Anhui
Coordinates (Huainan railway station plaza): 32°37′53″N 117°01′10″E / 32.6314°N 117.0194°E / 32.6314; 117.0194
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Anhui
County-level divisions	7
Township-level divisions	66
Municipal seat	Tianjia'an District
Government
• CPC Secretary	Shen Qiang (沈强)
• Mayor	Wang Hong (王宏)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	5,530 km2 (2,140 sq mi)
• Urban	1,500.2 km2 (579.2 sq mi)
• Metro	1,989.7 km2 (768.2 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	3,033,528
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
• Urban	1,561,636
• Urban density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
• Metro	1,868,944
• Metro density	940/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 145.7 billion US$ 18.9 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 47,929 US$ 7,430
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Area code	554
ISO 3166 code	CN-AH-04
License plate Prefix	皖D

Huainan
Chinese	淮南
Literal meaning	[Land(s)] South of the Huai River
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáinán Wade–Giles Huai-nan

Huainan (Chinese: 淮南; pinyin: Huáinán) 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^[3] 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.^[4]