Chaohu

This article is about a county-level city in Anhui province. For the lake from which the city acquires its name, see Lake Chao.

Chaohu 巢湖市
County-level city
Chaohu train station
Chaohu in Hefei
Hefei in Anhui
Coordinates (Chaohu municipal government): 31°37′28″N 117°53′25″E
Country	China
Province	Anhui
Prefecture-level city	Hefei
Government
• Mayor	Zhang Sheng (张生)
• Secretary	Hu Qisheng (胡启生)
Area
• Total	2,063 km2 (797 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	727,162
• Density	352.5/km2 (912.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	238000
Area code	0565 (abolished, now using 0551-8XXXXXXX)
License Plate Prefix	皖A (formerly 皖Q)

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Chaohu (Chinese: 巢湖; pinyin: Cháohú) 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.