Hefei (Cheenese: 合肥, p Héféi, w Ho-fei) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Anhui Province in Eastren Cheenae. A prefectur-level ceety, it is the poleetical, economic, an cultural centre o Anhui. Locatit in the central portion o the province, it borders Huainan tae the north, Chuzhou tae the northeast, Chaohu tae the sootheast an Lu'an tae the wast.
Hefei haes an aurie o 7,048 km² an, as o 2010 Census, a population o 5,702,466 inhabitants. Its built-up aurie ("metro") is hame tae 3,352,076 inhabitants encompassin aw urban destricts.
Internaitional relations
Twin touns — sister ceeties
Hefei is twinned wi:
- Kurume, Japan (20 Mey 1980)
- Freetown, Sierra Leone (20 Mairch 1984)
- Bujumbura, Burundi (7 Julie 1986)
- Columbus, Ohio, Unitit States (17 November 1988)
- Aalborg, Denmark (22 Aprile 1989)
- Lleida, Spain (4 Aprile 1998)
- Wonju, Sooth Korea (20 Juin 2002)
- Darebin, Australie (29 October 2003)
- Belfast, Northren Ireland, Unitit Kinrick (26 December 2003)
Freemit airtins
- - Hefei Online Govrenment Archived 2009-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Map of Hefei
