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Hefei is a prefecture-level city and the provincial capital of Anhui province, China. Located in central Anhui, it borders Huainan to the north, Chuzhou to the northeast, Chaohu to the southeast and Lu'an to the west. Hefei is located 130 km west of Nanjing. Chaohu ... more »
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Hotels Hefei is a prefecture-level city and the provincial capital of Anhui province, China. Located in central Anhui, it borders Huainan to the north, Chuzhou to the northeast, Chaohu to the southeast and Lu'an to the west.
Hefei is located 130 km west of Nanjing.
Chaohu Lake, a lake 15 km southeast of the city, is one of the largest freshwater lakes in China. However, the lake has unfortuneatly been polluted with nitrogen and phosphorus in recent decades.
Before the Chinese civil war Hefei was a town whose main industry was agriculture. Soon after the founding of the People's Republic, the capital of Anhui was moved from Anqing to Hefei. To assist the development of the city, many talented people were sent from other parts of the country. Modern-day Hefei has machinery, electronics, chemistry, steel, textile, and cigarette industries, among others.
Things to do * Leisure Ford, a public park sitting on the ancient site of the Battle of Hefei. * Temple of Lord Bao, built in 1066 near the tomb of Lord Bao. * Hui Garden (Opened to the public in September 2001)
The name Hefei was first given to a county set up under the Han dynasty in the 2nd century BC. Because of its location on a mountain saddle between northern and southern states, Hefei was frequently fought over in the 4th to 11th centuries AD.
The city was known as Luzhou during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
A famous Three Kingdoms battle was fought at what is currently Leisure Ford in Hefei. General Zhang Liao of the Kingdom of Wei commanding 7,000 picked cavalry defeated the 100,000-men army of the Kingdom of Wu. Several decades of warring in Hefei between Wu and Wei followed this battle. During the Song Dynasty, Hefei was a frontier strategic town against the Jin Dynasty.
Hefei was the temperorary capital for Anhui from 1853 to 1862. It was renamed as Hefei County in 1912. Following the Chinese victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1945, Hefei was made the capital of Anhui.
Hefei was a quiet market center until 1949, serving as a collection center for grain, beans, cotton, and hemp. Since then has become an industrial center through the development of a cotton mill, a thermal generating plant, chemical plants, an iron and steel complex, and an aluminum industry.
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* Hefei's annual average temperature is about 15.7 °C. Its annual precipitation is about 1000 mm. It snows irregularly in the winter.
In the months of June, July, August, and often September, daily temperatures can reach highs of 37 °C with high humidity levels being the norm.
May and June see the air quality level in Hefei diminish. The city is blanketed by a foul-smelling smog caused by the smoke generated as farmers outside the city burn their fields in preparation for planting the next crop.
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