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Also known as Tchi, Chi, Che-chow, Ch'ih-chou, Chih-chou

Chizhou () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Anhui province, China. It borders Anqing to the northwest, Tongling and Wuhu to the northeast, Xuancheng to the east, Huangshan to the southeast, and the province of Jiangxi to the southwest, respectively. The geographical coordinates of Chizhou City are Latitude: 30.664800 Longitude: 117.491568. Its population was 1,342,764 as of the 2020 census, of whom 615,274 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Guichi District. Mount Jiuhua (Jǐuhuáshān), located in Qingyang county, is one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism. Histo

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Chizhou
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Chihchow
Settlement.native_name
池州市
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zh
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Prefecture-level city
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Clockwise from top: view from Baihe Park, sunset over Pingtian Lake, Tiantai Temple atop Mount Jiuhua, and a neighborhood in the Guichi District.
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Location of Chizhou Prefecture within Anhui (China).png
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Chizhou municipal government
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
People's Republic of China
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Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Anhui
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County-level divisions
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4
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Township-level divisions
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Municipal seat
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Guichi District
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CPC Secretary

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Official name
池州市
Population
1342764
Area
8398.72
Official website
www.chizhou.gov.cn
Image
Jiuhuashan town.jpg
Dialing code
0566
Licence plate code
皖R
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Chizhou
postal code
247100
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Chizhou () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Anhui province, China. It borders Anqing to the northwest, Tongling and Wuhu to the northeast, Xuancheng to the east, Huangshan to the southeast, and the province of Jiangxi to the southwest, respectively. The geographical coordinates of Chizhou City are Latitude: 30.664800 Longitude: 117.491568. Its population was 1,342,764 as of the 2020 census, of whom 615,274 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Guichi District. Mount Jiuhua (Jǐuhuáshān), located in Qingyang county, is one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism. Historical celebrities from Chizhou include Du Xunhe, Hua Yue, Wu Mingdao, Liu Fang, Lu Zhongyuan, Zhang Yunxian, Luo Shangzhong, Chen Yifu, etc.

In May 1949, the Chizhou Special Administrative Region was established under the jurisdiction of the people's Administrative Office of Southern Anhui and the Chizhou Special Administrative Office in Guichi county.

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