Hefei

**Hefei** () is a city and municipality () 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.

## History

From the 8th to the 6th centuries BC, there were many small states in Hefei. The area later became a part of the Chu kingdom. Many archaeological finds dating from this period have been made. In the 2nd century BC, the name 'Hefei' was first given to the county set up in the area under the Han dynasty.

In the 3rd century AD, the Battle of Xiaoyao Ford was fought at Xiaoyao Ford () in Hefei. Zhang Liao, a general of the Wei state, led 800 picked cavalry and defeated the 200,000-strong army from Wu. After this battle, Wu and Wei fought for several decades in Hefei.

## Political divisions

Hefei Municipality is divided into 4 districts, 4 counties and 1 city.

- Luyang District ()
- Yaohai District ()
- Baohe District ()
- Shushan District ()
- Feidong County ()
- Feixi County ()
- Changfeng County ()
- Lujiang County ()
- Chaohu City ()

## Infobox (settlement)

- **settlement type**: Prefecture-level city
- **image skyline**: Hefei montage1.png
- **image caption**: Montage of Hefei. Clockwise from top: Swan Lake Eastbank CBD, Dashushan, City God Temple of Luzhou-Fu and Downtown Hefei.
- **image map**: Location of Hefei Prefecture within Anhui (China).png
- **mapsize**: 275px
- **map caption**: Location of Hefei City jurisdiction in Anhui
- **pushpin map**: China
- **pushpin mapsize**: 250
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in China
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: China, People's Republic of China
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of the People's Republic of China, Province
- **subdivision type3**: Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#County level, County-level divisions
- **subdivision name1**: Anhui
- **subdivision name3**: 7
- **leader title**: CPC Committee Secretary
- **leader name**: .
- **leader title1**: Mayor
- **leader name1**: .
- **area total km2**: 11434.25
- **area urban km2**: 725
- **area metro km2**: 438.2
- **elevation m**: 37
- **elevation ft**: 123
- **population total**: 7,869,000
- **population as of**: 2016 Sampling
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population urban**: 3,865,000
- **population urban footnotes**:  (2018)
- **population density urban km2**: auto
- **population metro**: 3,718,000
- **population density metro km2**: auto
- **population blank2 title**: Major Nationalities of China, nationalities
- **postal code type**: Postal code of China, Postal code
- **postal code**: 230000
- **area code**: Telephone numbers in China, 551
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:CN, CN-AH-01
- **footnotes**: <big>**City trees**</big>
 Southern magnolia (_Magnolia grandiflora L._)

<big>**City flowers**</big>
 Sweet Osmanthus (_Osmanthus fragrans Lour._)
Blossom of pomegranate (_Punica granatum L._)
- **timezone**: China Standard Time, CST
- **utc offset**: +8
- **blank name**: License Plate (China), Licence plate prefixes
- **blank1 name**: Gross domestic product, GDP (2016)
- **blank1 info**: Renminbi, CNY 721.3 billion
- **blank2 name**:  - per capita
- **blank2 info**: Renminbi, CNY 92000


## Infobox (chinese)

- **psp**: Hofei
- **pic**: Hefei_(Chinese_characters).svg
- **piccap**: "Hefei" in Chinese characters
- **picupright**: 0.425
- **c**: 合肥
- **p**: Héféi
- **w**: Ho<sup>2</sup>-fei<sup>2</sup>
- **j**: Hap6-fei4
- **y**: Hahp-fèih
- **wuu**: Gheh<sup>入</sup>-vi<sup>平</sup>
- **poj**: Ha̍p-pûi
- **l**: "Junction of the Fei [Rivers]"