Chaohu () is a county-level city of Anhui Province, China. Situated on the northeast and southeast shores of Lake Chao, from which the city was named, Chaohu is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hefei, the provincial capital, and is the latter's easternmost county-level division.

History

Formerly it was a prefecture-level city, which held administration over Wuwei, Lujiang, He and Hanshan counties until it dissolved on 2011 August 22. The Anhui provincial government announced in a controversial decision that the prefecture-level city Chaohu was to be split into three parts and absorbed into neighboring cities. Juchao District was renamed to Chaohu as a county-level city under Hefei's administration.

Climate

Administrative divisions

Chaohu City is divided to 6 subdistricts, 11 towns and 1 township.

;Subdistricts

  • Woniushan Subdistrict ()
  • Yafu Subdistrict ()
  • Tianhe Subdistrict ()
  • Bantang Subdistrict ()
  • Fenghuangshan Subdistrict ()
  • Zhongmiao Subdistrict ()

;Towns

  • Zhegao ()
  • Tongyang ()
  • Huanglu ()
  • Huailin ()
  • Zhonghan ()
  • Sanbing ()
  • Suwan ()
  • Xiage ()
  • Bazhen ()
  • Yinping ()
  • Langanji ()

;Townships

  • Miaogang Township ()

Landmarks

  • Chaohu Stadium, a sports complex with a seagull-shaped building.

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
  • Zhang Zhizhong, general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China.

References

  • Government website of Chaohu (available in Chinese and English)