Xuancheng
Sign in to saveXuancheng () 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. 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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Xuancheng
- Settlement.other_name
- Suancheng
- Settlement.native_name
- 宣城市
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- zh
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Xuancheng City Skyline.JPG
- Settlement.image_map
- Location of Xuancheng Prefecture within Anhui (China).png
- Settlement.coor_pinpoint
- Xuancheng municipal government
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Anhui
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County-level divisions
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 7
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Township-level divisions
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- 115
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.seat
- Xuanzhou District
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Xuancheng () 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. 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== thumb| Archeological digs in Xuancheng have found pottery and stoneware indicative of the Liangzhu Culture.