# Anqing

| Anqing 安庆 |
| --- |
| Prefectur-level ceety |
| 安庆市 |
| Location o Anqing Ceety jurisdiction in Anhui |
| Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
| Province | Anhui |
| Coonty-level diveesions | 11 |
| Municipal seat | Yingjiang Destrict (﻿ / ﻿) |
| Govrenment |
|  • CPC Secretary | Zhu Duwen (朱读稳) |
|  • Mayor | Xiao Chaoying (肖超英) |
| Area |
|  • Total | 15398 km2 (5,945 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) |
|  • Total | 5,311,000 |
|  • Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart) |
| Area code(s) | 0556 |
| License Plate Prefix | 皖H |

**Anqing** (simplifeed Cheenese: 安庆; traditeeonal Cheenese: 安慶; pinyin: *Ānqìng*; leeterally: "Peaceful Celebration", an aa Anking, formerly Hwaining) is a prefectur-level ceety in the soothwast o Anhui province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It borders Lu'an tae the north, Hefei an Wuhu tae the northeast, Tongling tae the east, Chizhou tae the sootheast, an the provinces o Jiangxi an Hubei tae the sooth an wast respectively.

## History

The ceety wis foondit durin the Han Dynasty in the seicont century BC. In the Middle Ages it received the name o Anqing. Frae 1853 tae 1861 it wis held bi the rebels o the Taiping rebellion. It haed a nearly impregnable fortifications. Zeng Guofan began his conquest o the Taiping bi besiegin the poseetion wi dooble walls. He made it his heidquarters efter its faw. Several years later Anqing acame a centre o the wappens industry.
Chen Duxiu, co-foonder o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae, wis born here.

## Admeenistration

The prefectur-level ceety o Anqing admeenisters 11 coonty-level diveesions, includin 3 destricts, 1 coonty-level ceety an 7 coonties. The fowk o Anqing hae a unique dialect that is quite different frae the rest o the province.

| Inglis Name | Cheenese Name (Simplified / Tradeetional) | Pinyin | Population | Post Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yingjiang Destrict | 迎江区 / 迎江區 | Yíngjiāng Qū | 251,000 | 246000 |
| Daguan Destrict | 大观区 / 大觀區 | Dàguān Qū | 275,000 | 246000 |
| Yixiu Destrict | 宜秀区 / 宜秀區 | Yíxiù Qū | 254,000 | 246000 |
| Tongcheng Ceety |  桐城市  | Tóngchéng Shì | 664,000 | 231400 |
| Huaining Coonty | 怀宁县 / 懷寧縣 | Huáiníng Xiàn | 593,000 | 246100 |
| Zongyang Coonty | 枞阳县 / 樅陽縣 | Zōngyáng Xiàn | 839,000 | 246700 |
| Taihu Coonty | 太湖县 / 太湖縣 | Tàihú Xiàn | 515,000 | 246400 |
| Qianshan Coonty | 潜山县 / 潛山縣 | Qiánshān Xiàn | 500,000 | 246300 |
| Susong Coonty | 宿松县 / 宿松縣 | Sùsōng Xiàn | 571,000 | 246500 |
| Wangjiang Coonty | 望江县 / 望江縣 | Wàngjiāng Xiàn | 527,000 | 246200 |
| Yuexi Coonty | 岳西县 / 岳西縣 | Yuèxī Xiàn | 322,000 | 246600 |

## Geography

Anqing is locatit in the soothwastren pairt o Anhui province, an on the northren shore o the lawer Yangtze. Tae the north are the Dabie Muntains. Neighbouring prefecturs are:

* Tongling (E)
* Chizhou (SE)
* Jiujiang, Jiangxi (S)
* Huanggang, Hubei (W)
* Lu'an (N)
* Chaohu (NE)

The tot aurie o the prefectur is 16,300 square kilometre (6,290 sq mi), wi an urban aurie o 550 square kilometre (212 sq mi), which is anly 3.4% o the tot.

### Climate

Anqing haes a fower-saison, monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen *Cfa*), wi chilly, damp winters an very het, humid simmers. Cauld northwasterly winds frae Siberie can occasionally cause nichtly temperaturs tae drop alaw freezin (awtho snaw is uncommon), while simmer can see extendit periods o 35 °C (95 °F)+ days. The monthly 24-oor average temperatur ranges frae 4.0 °C (39.2 °F) in Januar tae 28.7 °C (83.7 °F) in Julie, while the annual mean is 16.76 °C (62.2 °F). Precipitation tends tae reach a maximum in tandem wi the *meiyu* (plum rains) while wintertime rainfaw is generally licht.

| Climate data for Anqing (1971−2000) |
| --- |
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) | 9.3 (48.7) | 13.7 (56.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 25.8 (78.4) | 29.0 (84.2) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.2 (90.0) | 27.5 (81.5) | 22.3 (72.1) | 16.2 (61.2) | 10.4 (50.7) | 20.6 (69.1) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) | 3.0 (37.4) | 7.0 (44.6) | 13.1 (55.6) | 18.4 (65.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.3 (77.5) | 20.7 (69.3) | 15.1 (59.2) | 8.7 (47.7) | 3.3 (37.9) | 13.7 (56.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 48.2 (1.90) | 71.4 (2.81) | 133.4 (5.25) | 164.3 (6.47) | 191.5 (7.54) | 280.3 (11.04) | 195.9 (7.71) | 129.9 (5.11) | 88.3 (3.48) | 81.8 (3.22) | 57.1 (2.25) | 32.8 (1.29) | 1,474.9 (58.07) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.8 | 10.8 | 15.2 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 130.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 71 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine oors | 104.6 | 102.4 | 109.9 | 140.6 | 166.0 | 159.2 | 215.6 | 221.2 | 169.7 | 159.6 | 144.4 | 137.4 | 1,830.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 33 | 33 | 30 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 50 | 54 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 41 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration |

## Transport

* Anqing Airport
* Cheenae Naitional Highway 206
* Cheenae Naitional Highway 318

## Economy

Anqing is important for the industries o petrochemical, textile, automobile fittins, fuid an tea.

## Tourism

The Zhenfeng Pagoda, biggit in 1570 durin the Ming Dynasty, is locatit in Anqing on the banks o the Yangtze River.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Anqing is twinned wi:

* Calabasas, Californie, Unitit States
* Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
* Kütahya, Turkey

## Freemit airtins

* Govrenment wabsteid o Anqing Archived 2006-06-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Cheenese)
* Investment information wabsteid o Anqing Archived 2006-12-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Cheenese)
* [Govrenment affair wabsteid o Anqing ] (in Cheenese)
* Ceety plannin wabsteid o Anqing Archived 2006-11-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Cheenese)
* Ceety Sichtseein information wabsteid o Anqing Archived 2018-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Cheenese)