Tongcheng, Anhui

Tongcheng 桐城市 Tungcheng
County-level city
Tongcheng in Anqing
Anqing in Anhui
Coordinates: 31°02′09″N 116°56′12″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Anhui
Prefecture-level city	Anqing
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Tongcheng (Chinese: 桐城; pinyin: Tóngchéng) is a county-level city and former county in the southwest of Anhui province and is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Anqing. Its population is 744,000 and its area is 1,571 km² (607 sq mi). Tongcheng is noted for the Tongcheng School.

Administrative divisions

Tongcheng City has jurisdiction over 4 subdistricts, 18 towns and 4 townships.

Towns:

• Xindu (新渡镇), Shuanggang (双港镇), Qingcao (青草镇), Kongcheng (孔城镇), Daguan (大关镇), Fangang (范岗镇), Jinshen (金神镇), Lüting (吕亭镇), Tangwan (唐湾镇), Huangjia (黄甲镇), Xunyu (鲟鱼镇), Xizihu (嬉子湖镇)

Notable people

• Zhang Tingyu, advisor to three Qing Dynasty emperors
• Chu Bo, the former governor of Hunan Province, and currently party chief in Inner Mongolia, 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

External links

• Government website of Tongcheng (in Simplified Chinese)
• Website of Tongcheng Middle School (in Simplified Chinese)
• Tourism Information of Tongcheng (in Simplified Chinese)
• Tongcheng Normal School (in Simplified Chinese)