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Ma'anshan

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Also known as Maanshan

'''Ma'anshan (), also colloquially written as Maanshan''', is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of Anhui province in Eastern China. Its aliases include Taiping, Steel City, and Poetry City. An industrial city stretching across the Yangtze River, Ma'anshan borders Hefei to the west, Wuhu to the southwest, and Nanjing to the east. It is a satellite city in the Nanjing metropolitan area and is also a city in the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone.

Key facts

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Ma'anshan
Settlement.native_name
马鞍山市
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zh-Hans
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Maanshan
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Prefecture-level city
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Huayu Square cross.jpg
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Location of Ma'anshan Prefecture within Anhui (China).png
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Location of Ma'anshan City jurisdiction in Anhui <!--
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Anhui
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Location of the city centre in Anhui
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Ma'anshan municipal government
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
People's Republic of China
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Province
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County-level divisions
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Township-level divisions
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Anhui

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Wikidata facts

Official name
马鞍山市
Country
China
Located in
Anhui
Contains
He County
Population
2159930
Area
4049.13
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Shares border with
Chuzhou
Official website
www.mas.gov.cn
Image
含山县含城太湖山路小公园景色 - panoramio (2).jpg
Dialing code
555
Licence plate code
皖E
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topic's main category
Category:Ma'anshan
twinned administrative body
Tlalnepantla
Commons category
Ma'anshan
postal code
243000
category of associated people
Category:People from Ma'anshan
different from
Ma On Shan
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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Administration
  • Name
  • City Flower and City Tree
  • History
  • Geography and climate
  • Economy
  • Transportation
  • Culture
  • Shopping
  • Cultural places
  • Local products
  • Education
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

'''Ma'anshan (), also colloquially written as Maanshan''', is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of Anhui province in Eastern China. Its aliases include Taiping, Steel City, and Poetry City. An industrial city stretching across the Yangtze River, Ma'anshan borders Hefei to the west, Wuhu to the southwest, and Nanjing to the east. It is a satellite city in the Nanjing metropolitan area and is also a city in the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone.

As of the 2020 census, Ma'anshan was home to 2,159,930 inhabitants, of whom 1,253,960 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Huashan and Yushan urban districts and Dangtu County, which is largely urbanized.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ma'anshan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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