Xuancheng

Xuancheng 宣城市 Suancheng
Prefecture-level city
Coordinates (Xuancheng municipal government): 30°56′20″N 118°45′32″E / 30.939°N 118.759°E / 30.939; 118.759
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Anhui
County-level divisions	7
Township-level divisions	115
Settled	109 BC
Municipal seat	Xuanzhou District
Government
• Mayor	Han Jun (韩军)
Area [1]
• Prefecture-level city	12,313 km2 (4,754 sq mi)
• Urban	2,630 km2 (1,020 sq mi)
• Metro	2,630 km2 (1,020 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[2]
• Prefecture-level city	2,500,063
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
• Urban	774,332
• Urban density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
• Metro	774,332
• Metro density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
GDP[3]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 183.4 billion US$ 23.1 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 73,740 US$ 11,430
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	242000
Area code	0563
ISO 3166 code	CN-AH-18
License Plate Prefix	皖P
Website	www.xuancheng.gov.cn

Xuancheng (Chinese: 宣城; pinyin: Xuānchéng; Xuanzhou Wu: Shye-san) 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.^[4] 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.