Huainan

Huainan is a prefecture-level city with 3,033,528 inhabitants as of the 2020 census in north-central Anhui province, China. It is named for the Han-era Principality of Huainan. It borders the provincial capital of 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. Huainan is one of the core cities of Hefei Metropolitan Circle and is known for its coal industry and thermal power plants. Its built-up area made of 4 urban districts (all but Panji not yet conurbated) and Fengtai County largely being urbanized, was home to 1,868,944 inhabitants as of 2020. Its city flower is the Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis) and its city tree is the Old-World Plane Tree (Platanus orientalis). It is also considered to be the hometown and birthplace of tofu.

Administration
The prefecture-level city of Huainan administers seven county-level divisions, including five districts and two counties.


 * Tianjia'an District (田家庵区)
 * Panji District (潘集区)
 * Xiejiaji District (谢家集区)
 * Datong District (大通区)
 * Bagongshan District (八公山区)
 * Fengtai County (凤台县)
 * Shou County (寿县)

These are further divided into 66 township-level divisions, including 24 towns, 23 townships and 19 subdistricts.

High-tech development zone

 * Shannan New Area (山南新区)

Geography
The urban centre is located on a plain on the south bank of the Huai River, bordering Gaotang Lake on the east and a forested hill area on the south. To the west are Bagongshan District and Shou County.

Economy
Huainan is a major production center for coal, with an output of 43.28 million tons in 2006.

The city hosted the 17th China Tofu Cultural Festival on September 15–17, 2010, including the National Bean Products Exhibition.

Education
The key high schools:
 * Anhui University of Science and Technology (安徽理工大学) official website
 * Huainan Normal University (淮南师范学院) official website
 * Huainan United University (淮南联合大学) official website
 * Huainan Vocational Technical College (淮南职业技术学院) official website
 * Anhui Industry&Trade Vocational Technical College (安徽工贸职业技术学院) official website
 * Anhui Modern Information Engineering College (安徽现代信息工程职业学院) official website


 * Huainan No.1 High School (淮南一中)
 * Huainan No.2 High School (淮南二中)
 * Huainan No.5 High School (淮南五中)
 * Huainan No.4 High School (淮南四中)
 * Fengtai No.1 High School (凤台一中)
 * Shouxian No.1 High School (寿县一中)

Transportation
East of the city a bridge crosses the Huai River, shared by the Fuyang-Huainan Railway and highway S225. Near the city center, a ferry provides connection to the (rural) north bank of the Huai River.

Rail

 * Huainan railway station, terminus of the Fuyang-Huainan Railway and Huainan Railway
 * Huainan East railway station (high-speed services) on the Hefei–Bengbu high-speed railway
 * Huainan South railway station (high-speed services) on the Shangqiu–Hangzhou high-speed railway

Highway
Expressways National Highways
 * Anhui Expwy S17 sign no name.svg S17 Benghe Expressway
 * Anhui Expwy S12 sign no name.svg S12 Chuxin Expressway
 * Kokudou_206(China).svg G206

Notable people

 * Bai Yaoping, major general