Wuwei () is a
county-level city
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in the southeast of
Anhui Province, China, under the jurisdiction of the
prefecture-level city
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of
Wuhu
Wuhu () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province of China, province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei City to the n ...
.
Previously a county, Wuwei was upgraded to a county-level city in late 2019.
It has population of 1,214,000 as of 2018, and an area of .
The government of Wuwei City is located in the town of .
Administrative divisions
Wuwei directly administers the following 20
towns
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
:
Climate
Urbanization
On December 16, 2019, the
State Council approved re-designating Wuwei from a
county
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to a
county-level city
A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...
, due to the area's increasing
urbanization
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.
Eight months later, ''
The Economist
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'' commented on the urbanization, describing that "at the heart of Wuwei, high-rise housing and a glossy white shopping centre sit next to dilapidated alleys where farmers sell live chickens".
Economy
In 2018, the city recorded a
GDP of 438.2 billion
yuan, and retail sales totaling 129.5 billion yuan.
Notable people
*
Wang Chuanfu, founder of
BYD
References
External links
Official website of Wuwei Government*
{{Authority control
County-level divisions of Anhui
Wuhu