page_title: Tongling
hierarchical_section_title: Tongling
caption_attribution_description: Location of Tongling Prefecture (yellow) within Anhui Province of China Map drawn in december 2007 using various sources, mainly&#160;: Anhui Province administrative regions GIS data: 1:1M, County level, 1990 Anhui Counties map from www.hua2.com
context_page_description: Tongling is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west.
  The asteroid 12418 Tongling was named after the city.
context_section_description: Tongling (simplified Chinese: 铜陵; traditional Chinese: 銅陵; pinyin: Tónglíng; Wade–Giles: T'ung-ling; lit.: 'Copper Hillock'; former names: Tunglinghsien, Tungkwanshan) is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west.
  The asteroid 12418 Tongling was named after the city.
caption: Location of Tongling City jurisdiction in Anhui
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