Wuwei () is a

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in the southeast of

Anhui Province Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

, China, under the jurisdiction of the

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Wuhu Wuhu () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui 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 northwest, Ma'anshan ...

. 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

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Climate

Urbanization

Wuwei Railway Station, Anhui (20150807141858)

On December 16, 2019, the

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approved re-designating Wuwei from a

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to a

, due to the area's increasing

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. Eight months later, ''

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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

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of 438.2 billion yuan, and retail sales totaling 129.5 billion yuan.

References

External links

Official website of Wuwei Government
{{Authority control County-level divisions of Anhui Wuhu