Wuwei, Anhui

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Wuwei 无为市
County-level city
Sunset in Wuwei, view from Hefei–Fuzhou High-Speed Railway
Wuwei in Wuhu
Wuhu in Anhui
Coordinates (Wuwei municipal government): 31°18′16″N 117°54′08″E / 31.3044°N 117.9023°E / 31.3044; 117.9023
Country	China
Province	Anhui
Prefecture-level city	Wuhu
Municipal seat	Wucheng (无城镇)
Area
• Total	2,022 km2 (781 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	817,997
• Density	404.5/km2 (1,048/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	238300
Area code	0553
Website	www.ww.gov.cn

Wuwei (simplified Chinese: 无为; traditional Chinese: 無為; pinyin: Wúwéi) is a county-level city in the southeast of Anhui Province, China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Wuhu. 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 2,022 square kilometres (781 sq mi). The government of Wuwei City is located in the town of Wucheng [zh].^{[citation needed]}

Administrative divisions

Wuwei directly administers the following 20 towns:

Climate

Urbanization

On December 16, 2019, the State Council approved re-designating Wuwei from a county to a county-level city, due to the area's increasing urbanization. Eight months later, The Economist 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
• Chen Shiping (Tom Shiping Chen), founder of Chen2.com Education Technology Limited

References

External links

• Official website of Wuwei Government
• Media related to Wuwei, Anhui at Wikimedia Commons