Prefecture-level city in Anhui, People's Republic of China
Prefecture-level city in Anhui, People's Republic of China
Huainan (Chinese: 淮南; pinyin: Huáinán) 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[3] 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.[4]
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
The key high schools:
Huainan No.1 High School (淮南一中)[9]
Huainan No.2 High School (淮南二中)[10]
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.
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^William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi (May 2013). History of Tofu and Tofu Products (965 CE to 2013). Soyinfo Center. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-928914-55-6.
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