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Bengbu () is a city in northern Anhui Province, China. Its population was 3,296,408 registered residents at the 2020 census. 1,968,027 lived in the built-up area made of four Bengbu urban districts and Fengyang County in Chuzhou Prefecture, largely being conurbated. Its name means " Clam Wharf" in Chinese, echoing its former reputation as a
freshwater pearl Cultured freshwater pearls are pearls that are farmed and created using freshwater mussels. These pearls are produced in Japan and the United States on a limited scale, but are now almost exclusively produced in China. The U.S. Federal Trade Comm ...
fishery.


Administration

The prefecture-level city of Bengbu administers seven county-level divisions, including four
districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
and three counties. These are further divided into 74 township-level divisions, including 36
towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...
, 19 townships and 19
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s.


Geography

Bengbu is located in the southeast of the
North China Plain The North China Plain or Huang-Huai-Hai Plain () is a large-scale downfaulted rift basin formed in the late Paleogene and Neogene and then modified by the deposits of the Yellow River. It is the largest alluvial plain of China. The plain is bord ...
, on the Huai River. The built up urbanized area is divided into two parts: greater Bengbu on the south bank of the river and little Bengbu on the north bank. Dragon Lake is on the East side of the urbanized area. On the other side of the lake is the university district, containing four institutions of higher learning.


Climate

The area has a four-season
humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...
with strong monsoon influences ( Köppen climate classification ''Cwa''), cool, sometimes cold, winters, and hot and humid summers. The area lies in a climatic transition zone, as it is on the Qin Ling−Huai River boundary between the climatic regimes of northern and southern China. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, and the annual mean is . A majority of the annual precipitation occurs from June to August. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 44% in March to 56% in August, the city receives 2,168 hours of bright sunshine annually.


History

In ancient times, the Dongyi peoples inhabited this area and were collectively known as the Huaiyi after the Huai River. During the late Western Zhou Period and the early
Spring and Autumn period The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 770 to 476 BC (or according to some authorities until 403 BC) which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period. The period's name derives fr ...
, the Dongyi became increasingly sinicized. During the late Spring and Autumn period, the once-powerful Dongyi state of Xu was pressured from all directions and destroyed through a series of wars with its neighbors, such as the
Chu Chu or CHU may refer to: Chinese history * Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty * Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu * Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the Ha ...
State and the Wu State. Another Dongyi State was the small Zhongli State, which was a part of the Huaiyi Confederation led by the State of Xu. Tombs belonging to the royalty of the Zhongli State were discovered in excavations between 2005 and 2008 near Fengyang. Eventually, the Huaiyi peoples were assimilated. Bengbu has always been a hub of water and land communications in Anhui province, and a major distribution centre for the Huai basin. In 1948, during the Chinese Civil War, the
Communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...
won a decisive victory over
Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...
's Nationalist (KMT) forces near Bengbu, in the Huaihai Campaign.


Economy


Industry

Bengbu is now a famous food city in Anhui province. Food-related industries account for 44% of the city's industrial production. The city's other industries include engineering works, textiles, glass making, chemicals, and electronics. The light textile holds an important position in the industrial structure.


Agriculture

Bengbu is teeming with oil, vegetables, meat and aquatic products. Bengbu is a large producer of peanuts. The pomegranates from Huaiyuan (a county of Bengbu), have a high reputation in China. In Wuhe (a county of Bengbu), the crabs are also famous.


Culture

Pollution in the village of Qiugang, a suburb of Bengbu, was the subject of the 2010 film ''
The Warriors of Qiugang ''The Warriors of Qiugang'' () is a 39-minute documentary film that chronicles the story of the Chinese village of Qiugang (pop. 1,900 in ''ca.'' 2010), in the suburbs of Bengbu City in Anhui Province in central-eastern China. It tells how a grou ...
'', an
83rd Academy Awards The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2010 in the United States and took place on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beg ...
nominee. The
Bengbu Stadium Bengbu () is a city in northern Anhui Province, China. Its population was 3,296,408 registered residents at the 2020 census. 1,968,027 lived in the built-up area made of four Bengbu urban districts and Fengyang County in Chuzhou Prefecture, larg ...
is located in the city. The 15,000-capacity stadium is used mostly for football matches.


Food

Bengbu cuisine, along with northern Anhui cuisine, is similar to cuisine from nearby Henan and
Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
provinces, as well as
Xuzhou cuisine The local cuisine in Xuzhou is a blend of many of the flavours of northern and southern China, as a result of the location of Xuzhou. It is known for a number of dishes, including those below, and various dog meat dishes. Xuzhou's cuisine tends to ...
in northern Jiangsu province.


Transportation

The city is on the Jinghu Railway, with hourly direct trains to Beijing, Shanghai and other large cities.
Bengbu South Railway Station The Bengbu South railway station () is a high-speed railway station in Bengbu, Anhui, People's Republic of China, which is served by the Jinghu High-Speed Railway. The station is a 20,000 sq. m facility, designed by architects from the University ...
is served by the high-speed Beijing-Shanghai Railway.
Bengbu Airport Bengbu Airport is a dual-use (military and civil) airport in Bengbu, Anhui Province, China. History Originally, the Bengbu Airport was located very close to Bengbu's urban area ().As of May 2011, the old airport at this location, 32° 56'N 117° ...
, which was relocated from the city's central urban area around the turn of the 21st century, is now operated only as a military airport. A new commercial airport is under construction in the district north of the Huai river. Construction on the
Bengbu Metro Bengbu Rail Transit (), is a rapid transit monorail system and a tram system under construction and planned in Bengbu, Anhui, China. It will connect the urban area of Bengbu with Huaiyuan County, Huaiyuan and Fengyang County, Fengyang counties, wh ...
started in 2019 and is due to be completed in 2023.


Colleges and universities

* Anhui University of Finance and Economics *
Bengbu Medical College Bengbu Medical College ( Chinese: 蚌埠医学院) is national medical college in Bengbu, Anhui Province, of the People's Republic of China, directly supervised under the jurisdiction of Education Bureau of Anhui Province. History The college ...
*
Bengbu College Bengbu () is a city in northern Anhui Province, China. Its population was 3,296,408 registered residents at the 2020 census. 1,968,027 lived in the built-up area made of four Bengbu urban districts and Fengyang County in Chuzhou Prefecture, larg ...
*
Bengbu Tank College Bengbu () is a city in northern Anhui Province, China. Its population was 3,296,408 registered residents at the 2020 census. 1,968,027 lived in the built-up area made of four Bengbu urban districts and Fengyang County in Chuzhou Prefecture, large ...
(Army) *
Thirteenth Flying Academy In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the note thirteen scale degrees from the root of a chord and also the interval between the root and the thirteenth. The interval can be also described as a compound sixth, spanning an octave pl ...
(Air Force)


Twinnings

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, Lombardy, Italy, since 1988 * Settsu, Osaka, Japan * Tameside, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom * Szolnok, Hungary,


See also

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References


External links


Government website of Bengbu
(in Simplified Chinese) {{Authority control Cities in Anhui Prefecture-level divisions of Anhui