Tongling

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Tongling 铜陵市
Prefecture-level city
Clockwise from top: skyline, wall sculpture depicting Tongling as the "capital of copper", Tongling from the far side of the Yangtze, and the University of Tongling.
Location of Tongling City jurisdiction in Anhui
Coordinates (Tongling municipal government): 30°56′42″N 117°48′40″E / 30.945°N 117.811°E / 30.945; 117.811
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Anhui
County-level divisions	3 districts 1 county
Municipal seat	Tongguan District
Government
• CPC Secretary	Li Meng (李猛)
• Mayor	Hu Qisheng (胡启生)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	2,982 km2 (1,151 sq mi)
• Urban	1,489.8 km2 (575.2 sq mi)
• Metro	1,489.8 km2 (575.2 sq mi)
Population  (2020 Census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	1,311,726
• Density	440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
• Urban	842,675
• Urban density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Metro	842,675
• Metro density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 116.6 billion US$ 14.5 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 89,248 US$ 13,834
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	0562
ISO 3166 code	CN-AH-07
License plate prefix	皖G
Website	tl.gov.cn (in Chinese)

Tongling (simplified Chinese: 铜陵; traditional Chinese: 銅陵; pinyin: Tónglíng; Wade–Giles: T'ung-ling; lit. 'Copper Hillock') is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province of China. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west.^[3]

As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,311,726 inhabitants whom 842,675 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 3 urban districts. At the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, the permanent population will be 1.302 million.^[4]The asteroid 12418 Tongling was named after the city.^[5]