Tongcheng () is a

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and former

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in the southwest of

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province and is under the jurisdiction of the

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Anqing Anqing ( zh, s=, t=安慶, p=Ānqìng, l=, also Yicheng, Nganking and formerly Hwaining, now the name of Huaining County) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Anhui province of China, province, China, People's Republic of China. Its popu ...

. Tongcheng is noted for the Tongcheng School, one of influenced Neo-Confucian schools during the Qing era.

Administrative divisions

Tongcheng City has jurisdiction over 3 subdistricts, 12 towns and 2 others. ;Subdistricts * Longteng Subdistrict () * Wenchang Subdistrict () * Longmin Subdistrict () ;Towns ;Others * Tongcheng Economic Development Zone () * Tongcheng Shuangxin Economic Development Zone ()

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Zhang Tingyu Zhang Tingyu (, October 29, 1672 – May 19, 1755) was a Han Chinese politician and historian who lived in the Qing dynasty. Biography Zhang Tingyu was born in Tongcheng in Anhui province. In 1700, he obtained a '' jinshi'' position in t ...

, advisor to three Qing Dynasty emperors *

Chu Bo Chu Bo (; born October 1944) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as the Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia Region, the top leader of the region, holding position from 2001 to 2009. He also served as Governor of Hunan between 1998 and 2001. ...

, the former governor of

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Province, and currently party chief in

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, was born in Tongcheng. * Fang Bao, author * Fang Lanfen, author * Fang Quan, author, Qing prefect * Fang Chih, Chinese diplomat * Gui Congyou, diplomat, appointed China's ambassador to Sweden in 2017 * Wang Wenbin, diplomat, one of the spokesperson for the

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* Zuo Guangdou, late Ming Dynasty censorate official

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