Huainan

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Huainan is a prefecture-level city in north‑central Anhui province, China.

It lies on the south bank of the Huai River, adjacent to Gaotang Lake and a forested hill area.

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• Huainan’s municipal government portal, which publishes public safety notices and contact information for local police and health authorities.
• The Anhui provincial public security bureau for region‑wide crime statistics.
• National health agencies for disease‑prevention updates.

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Huainan is a prefecture‑level city in north‑central Anhui province, China. It occupies a plain on the south bank of the Huai River at approximately 32.63° N latitude and 116.997° E longitude.

The 2020 census recorded 3,033,528 inhabitants in the prefecture, with 1,868,944 living in the urban core; the city’s listed population figure is 1,666,826. The name derives from the Han‑era Principality of Huainan, and the city is a core member of the Hefei Metropolitan Circle. It borders Hefei to the south, Lu’an to the southwest, Fuyang to the west, Bozhou to the northwest, Bengbu to the northeast and Chuzhou to the east. The official city flower is the Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis) and the city tree is the Old‑World Plane Tree (Platanus orientalis). Huainan observes Asia/Shanghai time, uses the CNY, and its spoken languages include Mandarin (zh‑CN), Cantonese (yue), Wu (wuu), Daur (dta), Uyghur (ug) and Zhuang (za).

Geographic Setting

The urban centre rests on a flat plain along the Huai River’s south bank. Gaotang Lake defines the eastern edge, while a forested hill area lies to the south. To the west the terrain rises toward Bagongshan District and Shou County.

Climate

The source does not provide detailed climate statistics for Huainan.

Administrative Structure

• Tianjia’an District
• Panji District
• Xiejiaji District
• Datong District
• Bagongshan District
• Fengtai County
• Shou County

Economic Profile

Huainan is a major coal‑production centre, reporting an output of 43.28 million tons in 2006, and it hosts extensive thermal power facilities. The city is celebrated as the hometown and birthplace of tofu; it hosted the 17th China Tofu Cultural Festival on 15–17 September 2010, featuring the National Bean Products Exhibition.

Transportation Network

• Huainan railway station – terminus of the Fuyang–Huainan railway
• Huainan East railway station – high‑speed services on the Hefei–Bengbu line
• Huainan South railway station – high‑speed services on the Shangqiu–Hangzhou line
• S17 Benghe Expressway and S12 Chuxin Expressway
• National Highway G206

Educational Institutions

• Anhui University of Science and Technology
• Huainan Normal University
• Huainan United University
• Huainan Vocational Technical College
• Anhui Industry & Trade Vocational Technical College
• Anhui Modern Information Engineering College

For further details, see the Huainan entry on Wikipedia.