Hefei

Hefei (Cheenese: 合肥, p Héféi, w Ho-fei) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Anhui Province in Eastren Cheenae. A prefectur-level ceety, it is the poleetical, economic, an cultural centre o Anhui. Locatit in the central portion o the province, it borders Huainan tae the north, Chuzhou tae the northeast, Chaohu tae the sootheast an Lu'an tae the wast.

Hefei 合肥 Ho-fei, Luzhou, Luchow
Prefectur-level ceety
合肥市
Hefei Skyline
Location o Hefei Prefectur athin Anhui
Hefei Location in Cheenae
Coordinates: 31°52′N 117°17′E
Kintra	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Province	Anhui
Coonty-level diveesions	7
Govrenment
• CPC Committee Secretary	Wu Cunrong (吴存荣)
• Mayor	Zhang Qingjun (张庆军)
Area
• Prefectur-level ceety	7029.48 km2 (2,714.10 sq mi)
• Urban	838.5 km2 (323.7 sq mi)
• Metro	838.5 km2 (323.7 sq mi)
Elevation	37 m (123 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)
• Prefectur-level ceety	5,702,466
• Density	810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
• Urban	3,352,076
• Urban density	4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
• Metro	3,352,076
• Metro density	4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart Time)
Postal code	230000
Area code(s)	551
Licence plate prefixes	皖A
GDP (2009)	CNY 210.2 billion
- per capita	CNY 41,543
Website	http://www.hefei.gov.cn/
City flowers Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora L.) City trees Sweet Osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans Lour.) Blossom of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

Hefei haes an aurie o 7,048 km² an, as o 2010 Census, a population o 5,702,466 inhabitants. Its built-up aurie ("metro") is hame tae 3,352,076 inhabitants encompassin aw urban destricts.

Internaitional relations

Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae

Twin touns — sister ceeties

Hefei is twinned wi:

• Kurume, Japan (20 Mey 1980)
• Freetown, Sierra Leone (20 Mairch 1984)
• Bujumbura, Burundi (7 Julie 1986)
• Columbus, Ohio, Unitit States (17 November 1988)
• Aalborg, Denmark (22 Aprile 1989)
• Lleida, Spain (4 Aprile 1998)
• Wonju, Sooth Korea (20 Juin 2002)
• Darebin, Australie (29 October 2003)
• Belfast, Northren Ireland, Unitit Kinrick (26 December 2003)