Chizhou () is a

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...

in the south of

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, China. It borders

Anqing Anqing ( zh, s=, t=安慶, p=Ānqìng, l=, also Yicheng, Nganking and formerly Hwaining, now the name of Huaining County) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Anhui province of China, province, China, People's Republic of China. Its popu ...

to the northwest,

Tongling Tongling () 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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1, ...

and

Wuhu Wuhu () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province of China, province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei City to the n ...

to the northeast, Xuancheng to the east,

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to the southeast, and the province of

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to the southwest, respectively. The geographical coordinates of Chizhou City are Latitude: 30.664800 Longitude: 117.491568.Its population was 1,342,764 as of the 2020 census, of whom 615,274 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Guichi District. Mount Jiuhua (Jǐuhuáshān), located in Qingyang county, is one of the four sacred mountains of

Chinese Buddhism Chinese Buddhism or Han Buddhism ( zh, s=汉传佛教, t=漢傳佛教, first=t, poj=Hàn-thoân Hu̍t-kàu, j=Hon3 Cyun4 Fat6 Gaau3, p=Hànchuán Fójiào) is a Chinese form of Mahayana Buddhism. The Chinese Buddhist canonJiang Wu, "The Chin ...

.Historical celebrities from Chizhou include Du Xunhe, Hua Yue, Wu Mingdao, Liu Fang, Lu Zhongyuan, Zhang Yunxian, Luo Shangzhong, Chen Yifu, etc. In May 1949, the Chizhou Special Administrative Region was established under the jurisdiction of the people's Administrative Office of Southern Anhui and the Chizhou Special Administrative Office in Guichi county. From February 1952 to May 1965, Chizhou Special Area was abolished, and the counties under its jurisdiction were divided into Anqing Special Area, Huizhou Special Area, and Wuhu Special Area, respectively. From May 1965 to January 1980, the Chizhou special zone was set up, directly under jurisdiction of Anhui province. From January 1980 to August 1988, Chizhou Special Area was abolished and the counties under its jurisdiction were incorporated into Anqing Special Area, Xuancheng Special Area, and Huizhou Special Area. In August 1988, the Chizhou area was relocated to Anhui province. On 26 June 2000, Guichi District, Dongzhi County, Qingyang County, Shitai County, Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area, and Chizhou Economic and Technological Development Zone were withdrawn and built.

Administration

The

of Chizhou administers four county-level divisions, including one

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and three

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. * Guichi District () * Dongzhi County () * Shitai County () * Qingyang County ()

Climate

Chizhou is located in the southwest of Anhui Province, bordering the mighty Yangtze River to the north and the majestic Huangshan Mountain to the south. The terrain is high in the southeast and low in the northwest, and is distributed in steps from south to north. It is located in the transition zone between the warm temperate zone and the subtropical zone, and has a subtropical humid monsoon climate.The city's average annual rainfall is 1500-1700 mm, with rainfall concentrated in the flood season from May to September. It is prone to flooding in spring and summer and drought in autumn, and there are not many years with good weather and good harvests.

Transport

Chizhou is served by Chizhou railway station on the Nanjing–Anqing intercity railway and the Tongling–Jiujiang railway. Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport was opened in August 2013, serving Tongling and Mount Jiuhua.It is about 20 kilometers away from Chizhou City, Tongling City and the Kecun Base of Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area, about 3 kilometers away from the Yangtze River, and is located in the core area of the Jiangnan Industrial Concentration Zone in Anhui Province.

References

External links

Government website of Chizhou
(in Simplified Chinese) {{Major cities along the Yangtze River Cities in Anhui National forest cities in China Populated places on the Yangtze River