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Xuancheng

宣城市
Suancheng
Xuancheng 宣城市 Suancheng
Prefecture-level city
	Coordinates (Xuancheng municipal government): 30°56′20″N 118°45′32″E / 30.939°N 118.759°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Anhui
County-level divisions	7
Township-level divisions	115
Settled	109 BC
Municipal seat	Xuanzhou District
Government
• Mayor	Han Jun (韩军)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	12,313 km2 (4,754 sq mi)
• Urban	2,630 km2 (1,020 sq mi)
• Metro	2,630 km2 (1,020 sq mi)
Population (2020 census)
• Prefecture-level city	2,500,063
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
• Urban	774,332
• Urban density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
• Metro	774,332
• Metro density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
GDP
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 183.4 billion; US$ 23.1 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 73,740; US$ 11,430
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	242000
Area code	0563
ISO 3166 code	CN-AH-18
License Plate Prefix	皖P
Website	www.xuancheng.gov.cn

Xuancheng (Chinese: 宣城; pinyin: Xuānchéng; Xuanzhou Wu: Shye-san) is a city in the southeast of Anhui province. Archeological digs suggest that the city has been settled for over 4,000 years, and has been under formal administration since the Qin dynasty.^[4] Located in the lower Yangtze River drainage basin and Yangtze River Delta, it borders Wuhu to the northwest, Chizhou to the west, Huangshan to the southwest, and the coastal provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu to the southeast and northeast respectively.

History

Archeological digs in Xuancheng have found pottery and stoneware indicative of the Liangzhu Culture.^[4]

During the Spring and Autumn period, the area belonged to the State of Wu, although, upon the decline of Wu, the area was also ruled by the State of Chu and the State of Yue, respectively.^[4]

Under the Qin dynasty, the area was administered as Zhang Commandery (Chinese: 鄣郡),^[4] which became the Danyang Commandery [zh] in 109 BCE, under the Western Han dynasty.^[5] During the Danyang Commandery, Wanling (Chinese: 宛陵, presently Xuanzhou District, the site of the Xuancheng Municipal Government) served as the administrative center.^[4] Xuanzhou has been the political, economic and cultural center of administration since then.^{[citation needed]} In 281 CE, Xuancheng Commandery [zh] was established.^[4]

Xuancheng became a prefecture-level city in 2000.^[5]

Geography and Climate

Map including Xuancheng (labeled as HSÜAN-CH'ENG (SÜAN-CHENG) (walled) 宣城) (AMS, 1952)

Its terrain is varied and complicated, basically sloping downward from the south to the north. Its landform can be approximately divided into five types: mountain, hill, valley and basin, hillock and plain. The south and southeast regions belong to ranges of Tianmu Mountain, while the southwest and west regions are respectively parts of ranges of Mt. Huangshan and Mt. Jiuhua. Qingliang Peak [zh] is also located within Xuancheng.^[5] 59.34% of the city's area is forested.^[5]

The city has a subtropical humid monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons and abundant precipitation. Of the four seasons, summer is the longest. Its annual average temperature falls round 15.6C (60.1F). Most of the rainfall occurs in summer. The plum rain season lasts from mid-June to early July.^[6]

Climate data for Xuancheng (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	22.4 (72.3)	28.6 (83.5)	33.5 (92.3)	34.8 (94.6)	36.6 (97.9)	38.1 (100.6)	40.5 (104.9)	40.2 (104.4)	39.5 (103.1)	34.0 (93.2)	29.5 (85.1)	24.3 (75.7)	40.5 (104.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	7.8 (46.0)	10.8 (51.4)	15.7 (60.3)	22.1 (71.8)	27.0 (80.6)	29.4 (84.9)	33.2 (91.8)	32.6 (90.7)	28.2 (82.8)	23.1 (73.6)	17.1 (62.8)	10.5 (50.9)	21.5 (70.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	3.5 (38.3)	5.9 (42.6)	10.4 (50.7)	16.5 (61.7)	21.6 (70.9)	24.9 (76.8)	28.4 (83.1)	27.9 (82.2)	23.5 (74.3)	17.8 (64.0)	11.5 (52.7)	5.5 (41.9)	16.5 (61.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	0.3 (32.5)	2.4 (36.3)	6.3 (43.3)	11.9 (53.4)	17.2 (63.0)	21.3 (70.3)	24.7 (76.5)	24.4 (75.9)	20.0 (68.0)	13.8 (56.8)	7.5 (45.5)	1.8 (35.2)	12.6 (54.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−10.2 (13.6)	−10.0 (14.0)	−3.6 (25.5)	1.4 (34.5)	8.7 (47.7)	12.7 (54.9)	18.3 (64.9)	18.0 (64.4)	11.0 (51.8)	2.2 (36.0)	−4.8 (23.4)	−12.8 (9.0)	−12.8 (9.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	79.2 (3.12)	77.8 (3.06)	118.0 (4.65)	118.7 (4.67)	132.7 (5.22)	255.0 (10.04)	197.0 (7.76)	147.8 (5.82)	86.4 (3.40)	67.7 (2.67)	66.9 (2.63)	51.2 (2.02)	1,398.4 (55.06)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	11.7	11.3	13.8	12.4	12.7	14.0	13.2	13.0	9.7	8.6	10.0	8.8	139.2
Average snowy days	4.0	2.0	0.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	1.2	8.1
Average relative humidity (%)	80	78	76	74	75	81	80	80	81	79	80	78	79
Mean monthly sunshine hours	109.4	116.2	140.8	163.9	180.0	148.6	210.0	203.4	164.4	165.3	143.1	131.7	1,876.8
Percent possible sunshine	34	37	38	42	42	35	49	50	45	47	45	42	42
Source: China Meteorological Administration^[7]^[8]

Administration

Xuancheng City administers seven county-level divisions, including one district, two county-level cities and five counties.

Xuanzhou District (宣州区)
Ningguo City (宁国市)
Guangde City (广德市)
Langxi County (郎溪县)
Jing County (泾县)
Jixi County (绩溪县)
Jingde County (旌德县)

Map
Xuanzhou Langxi County Guangde (city) Jing County Jixi County Jingde County Ningguo (city)

These are further divided into 115 township-level divisions, including 61 towns, 44 townships and ten subdistricts.

Language and culture

In Xuancheng, Jianghuai Mandarin and Wu Chinese are spoken as well as Standard Mandarin.

Xuancheng is a city with 2,000 years of history and cultural relics. It has a profound cultural heritage and rich tourism resources. There are many scenic areas, such as the Anhui Research Center for Chinese Alligator Reproduction (ARCCAR), which is a large captive breeding base for the endangered Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis). There are also four unique scenes – Taiji Cave, Peach Blossom Pool, Jing Ting Mountain, Zhangshan Canyon. Other attractions include cultural sites of the New Fourth Army, the Ancestral Hall of the Hu Family in Jixi (the former residence of Hu Shih), the Jiang's Village in Jingde, and so on. Since reform and opening up, the city has achieved a lot of progress and is accelerating the development of municipal services, transport, tourism and other infrastructural facilities. Xuancheng is a city with pleasant environments of living, enterprising, and sightseeing which is on the rise. The Ningguo Stadium is located in the city. The 12,000-capacity stadium is used mainly for association football matches.

Demographics

Its population was 2,500,063 as of 2020 Chinese census whom 774,332 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Xuanzhou District.^[9]

The city is home to 45 ethnic minorities, whose population totals about 13,000 people.^[10] Xuancheng administers one ethnic township: Yunti She Ethnic Township [zh].^[10] Xuancheng also administers two ethnic villages: Hucun Hui Ethnic Village (Chinese: 胡村回族村) in Shencun [zh], Xuanzhou District, and Qianqiu She Ethnic Village (Chinese: 千秋畲族村) in Yunti She Ethnic Township, Ningguo.^[10]

Economy

As of 2020, the city's gross domestic product is estimated at ¥160.75 billion,^[5]^[11] its inflation rate was 2.4%,^[11] and its urban unemployment rate was 2.7%.^[11] Total consumer retail sales in 2020 reached ¥62.66 billion,^[11] and foreign trade totaled ¥13.44 billion.^[11]

Xuancheng's per capita disposable income is ¥30,746 as of 2020, and stood at ¥42,134 for urban residents, and ¥18,928 for rural residents.^[11]

Xuancheng's major industrial products include beverages, cloth, concrete, electronics components, fertilizer, paper and cardboard.^[11]

Xuancheng is known for its production of high quality Xuan paper (simplified Chinese: 宣纸; traditional Chinese: 宣紙), Xuan writing brushes (simplified Chinese: 宣笔; traditional Chinese: 宣筆), and Xuan ink stones (simplified Chinese: 宣砚; traditional Chinese: 宣硯), all of which are used in traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting.^{[citation needed]} These products make up a large proportion of the city's exports.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

Hu Shih (1891–1962): philosopher, essayist and diplomat, one of the leaders of China's New Culture Movement, former president of Peking University (in 1939 Hu Shih was nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature)
Wang Jiaxiang (1906–1974): the first Chinese Ambassador to Soviet Union after the establishment of People's Republic of China
Wu Zuoren (1908–1997): painter, former principal of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Ren Xinmin (1915–2017): aerospace engineer and a specialist in astronautics and liquid rocket engine technology
Hu Jintao (1942– ): former General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China
Mei Yaochen (1002–1060), a major poet of the Northern Song dynasty

Education

Hefei University of Technology Xuancheng Campus
Xuancheng High School
Xuancheng Vocational & Technical college

Transportation

Rail

Xuancheng is served by the Anhui–Jiangxi Railway and Beijing–Taipei High-Speed Rail Corridor.

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