Chaohu
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| Administration Type | Prefecture-level city |
| City Seat | Juchao District () |
| Area | 9,423 km² |
| Population | 4,539,600 (2004) |
| GDP - Total - Per Capita |
¥24.975 billion (2003) ¥5,553 (2003) |
| Major Nationalities | Han |
| County-level divisions | 5 |
| Township-level divisions | |
| CPC Committee Secretary | |
| Mayor | Zheng Weiwen (郑为文) |
| Area code | 565 |
| Postal Code | 238000 (Urban center) 238100-238300 (Other areas) |
| License Plate Prefix | 皖Q |
This article is about the city in Anhui, China. For the lake from which the city was named, see Lake Chao.
Chaohu (Chinese: 巢湖; pinyin: Cháohú) is a prefecture-level city in central Anhui province, People's Republic of China. Embracing the Lake Chao, from which the city was named, Chaohu borders the provincial capital of Hefei to the northwest, Lu'an to the west, Anqing to the southwest, Tongling to the south, Wuhu to the southeast, and Ma'anshan and the province of Jiangsu to the east.
[edit] Administration
The prefecture-level city of Chaohu administers 5 county-level divisions, including 1 districts and 4 counties.
- Juchao District (居巢区)
- Lujiang County (庐江县)
- Wuwei County (无为县)
- He County (和县)
- Hanshan County (含山县)
[edit] Notable people
- Zhou Yu (175 - 210), Three Kingdoms era military general of the Kingdom of Wu
- Ding Ruchang (1836 - 1895), Qing Dynasty naval commander and captain of battleship Dingyuan
- Feng Yuxiang, warlord in the Republican Era
- Xu Haifeng (b. 1957), first Chinese gold medalist for Men's 50 m Pistol in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, USA
[edit] External links
- Government website of Chaohu (available in Chinese and English)
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