Administrative Divisions
Anhui is divided into seventeen prefecture-level divisions:
| Map | # | Name | Administrative Seat | Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin |
Population (2010) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — Prefecture-level city — | |||||
| 1 | Hefei | Luyang District | 合肥市 Héféi Shì |
7,457,000 | |
| 2 | Anqing | Yingjiang District | 安庆市 Ānqìng Shì |
5,311,000 | |
| 3 | Bengbu | Longzihu District | 蚌埠市 Bèngbù Shì |
3,164,000 | |
| 4 | Bozhou | Qiaocheng District | 亳州市 Bózhōu Shì |
4,851,000 | |
| 5 | Xuancheng | Xuanzhou District | 宣城市 Xuānchéng Shì |
2,533,000 | |
| 6 | Chizhou | Guichi District | 池州市 Chízhōu Shì |
1,403,000 | |
| 7 | Chuzhou | Langya District | 滁州市 Chúzhōu Shì |
3,938,000 | |
| 8 | Fuyang | Yingzhou District | 阜阳市 Fǔyáng Shì |
7,600,000 | |
| 9 | Huaibei | Lieshan District | 淮北市 Huáiběi Shì |
2,114,000 | |
| 10 | Huainan | Tianjia'an District | 淮南市 Huáinán Shì |
2,334,000 | |
| 11 | Huangshan | Tunxi District | 黄山市 Huángshān Shì |
1,359,000 | |
| 12 | Lu'an | Jin'an District | 六安市 Lù'ān Shì |
5,612,000 | |
| 13 | Ma'anshan | Yushan District | 马鞍山市 Mǎ'ānshān Shì |
2,304,000 | |
| 14 | Suzhou | Yongqiao District | 宿州市 Sùzhōu Shì |
5,353,000 | |
| 15 | Tongling | Tongguanshan District | 铜陵市 Tónglíng Shì |
724,000 | |
| 16 | Wuhu | Jinghu District | 芜湖市 Wúhú Shì |
3,443,000 | |
The seventeen prefecture-level divisions of Anhui are subdivided into 105 county-level divisions (44 districts, five county-level cities, and 56 counties). Those are in turn divided into 1845 township-level divisions (972 towns, 634 townships, nine ethnic townships, and 230 subdistricts).
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