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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 / 30.945°N 117.811°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)[1] | |
• 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) |
GDP[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 116.6 billion US$ 14.5 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 89,248 US$ 13,834 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Area code | 0562 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-AH-07 |
License plate prefix | 皖G |
Website | tl |
Tongling (simplified Chinese: 铜陵; traditional Chinese: 銅陵; pinyin: Tónglíng; Wade–Giles: T'ung-ling; lit. 'Copper Hillock') is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province of China. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west.[3]
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.