Tongcheng, Anhui
Tongcheng (Chinese: 桐城; pinyin: Tóngchéng) is a county-level city and former county in the southwest of Anhui province and is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Anqing. Its population is 744,000 and its area is 1,571 km2 (607 sq mi). Tongcheng is noted for the Tongcheng School.
Tongcheng
桐城市 Tungcheng | |
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 Tongcheng in Anqing | |
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| Coordinates: 31°02′09″N 116°56′12″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| Prefecture-level city | Anqing |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,472 km2 (568 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 686,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 231400 |
Administrative divisions
Tongcheng City has jurisdiction over 3 subdistricts, 12 towns and 2 others.[1]
- Subdistricts
- Longteng Subdistrict (龙腾街道)
- Wenchang Subdistrict (文昌街道)
- Longmin Subdistrict (龙眠街道)
- Towns
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- Others
- Tongcheng Economic Development Zone (桐城经济开发区)
- Tongcheng Shuangxin Economic Development Zone (桐城双新经济开发区)
Notable people
- Zhang Tingyu, advisor to three Qing Dynasty emperors
- Chu Bo, the former governor of Hunan Province, and currently party chief in Inner Mongolia, was born in Tongcheng.
- Fang Bao, author
- Fang Lanfen, author
- Fang Quan, author, Qing prefect
- Fang Chih, Chinese diplomat
- Gui Congyou, diplomat, appointed China's ambassador to Sweden in 2017[2]
- Wang Wenbin, diplomat, one of the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Zuo Guangdou, late Ming Dynasty censorate official
References
- "蚌埠市-行政区划王 http://www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - Forsberg, Birgitta (30 January 2020). "Vem är Gui Congyou? Möt Kinas ambassadör i Sverige | SvD". Svenska Dagbladet.
External links
- Government website of Tongcheng (in Simplified Chinese)
- Website of Tongcheng Middle School (in Simplified Chinese)
- Tourism Information of Tongcheng (in Simplified Chinese)
- Tongcheng Normal School (in Simplified Chinese)
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