# Chaohu

Chaohu (Chinese: 巢湖; pinyin: Cháohú) is a county-level city of Anhui Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hefei. Situated on the northeast and southeast shores of Lake Chao, from which the city was named, Chaohu is under the administration of Hefei, the provincial capital, and is the latter's easternmost county-level division.
Formerly it was a prefecture-level city, which held administration over Wuwei, Lujiang, He and Hanshan counties until it dissolved on August 22, 2011. The Anhui provincial government announced in a controversial decision that the prefecture-level city Chaohu was to be split into three parts and absorbed into neighboring cities. Juchao District was renamed to Chaohu as a county-level city under Hefei's administration.

## Climate

Climate data for Chaohu, elevation 31 m (102 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.9 (69.6) | 27.7 (81.9) | 31.6 (88.9) | 33.8 (92.8) | 35.8 (96.4) | 37.7 (99.9) | 39.3 (102.7) | 38.8 (101.8) | 38.3 (100.9) | 33.5 (92.3) | 29.5 (85.1) | 24.0 (75.2) | 39.3 (102.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 15.3 (59.5) | 21.8 (71.2) | 26.9 (80.4) | 29.4 (84.9) | 32.7 (90.9) | 32.1 (89.8) | 28.1 (82.6) | 22.8 (73.0) | 16.4 (61.5) | 9.9 (49.8) | 21.1 (69.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) | 5.9 (42.6) | 10.6 (51.1) | 16.8 (62.2) | 22.1 (71.8) | 25.4 (77.7) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.0 (82.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 18.0 (64.4) | 11.7 (53.1) | 5.6 (42.1) | 16.7 (62.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.4 (32.7) | 2.6 (36.7) | 6.8 (44.2) | 12.5 (54.5) | 17.9 (64.2) | 22.0 (71.6) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.0 (77.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 14.4 (57.9) | 8.1 (46.6) | 2.3 (36.1) | 13.2 (55.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.2 (8.2) | −11.7 (10.9) | −3.9 (25.0) | 0.7 (33.3) | 8.7 (47.7) | 13.3 (55.9) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.9 (64.2) | 11.9 (53.4) | 2.1 (35.8) | −4.1 (24.6) | −11.3 (11.7) | −13.2 (8.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.2 (2.21) | 64.3 (2.53) | 91.4 (3.60) | 93.1 (3.67) | 95.4 (3.76) | 186.6 (7.35) | 201.9 (7.95) | 162.2 (6.39) | 71.1 (2.80) | 52.1 (2.05) | 57.7 (2.27) | 39.7 (1.56) | 1,171.7 (46.14) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.2 | 9.9 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 119.9 |
| Average snowy days | 4.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 75 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 110.5 | 116.3 | 143.7 | 174.1 | 181.3 | 151.9 | 198.8 | 187.9 | 153.6 | 157.6 | 140.5 | 131.9 | 1,848.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 35 | 37 | 39 | 45 | 43 | 36 | 46 | 46 | 42 | 45 | 45 | 42 | 42 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China ||||||||||||||

## Administrative divisions

Chaohu City is divided to 6 Subdistricts, 11 towns and 1 township.

### Subdistricts

| Woniushan Subdistrict (卧牛山街道) Yafu Subdistrict (亚父街道) Tianhe Subdistrict (天河街道) | Bantang Subdistrict (半汤街道) Fenghuangshan Subdistrict (凤凰山街道) Zhongmiao Subdistrict (中庙街道) |

### Towns

| Zhegao (柘皋镇) Tongyang (烔炀镇) Huanglu (黄麓镇) Huailin (槐林镇) Zhonghan (中垾镇) Sanbing (散兵镇) | Suwan (苏湾镇) Xiage (夏阁镇) Bazhen (坝镇镇) Yinping (银屏镇) Langanji (栏杆集镇) |

### Townships

* Miaogang Township (庙岗乡)

## Notable people

* Zhou Yu (175–210), Three Kingdoms era military general of the Kingdom of Wu
* Ding Ruchang (1836–1895), Qing Dynasty naval commander and captain of battleship Dingyuan
* Feng Yuxiang, warlord in the Republican Era
* Xu Haifeng (b. 1957), first Chinese gold medalist for Men's 50 m Pistol in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles
* Zhang Zhizhong, general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China.