Hefei

Not to be confused with Hebei.

Hefei 合肥市 Hofei
Prefecture-level city
Swan Lake CBD Baogong Park Lord Bao Temple Temple on Chao Lake Hua Tuo Statue
Location of Hefei City jurisdiction in Anhui
Interactive map of Hefei
Hefei Location in Eastern China Hefei Hefei (China)
Coordinates (Hefei municipal government): 31°49′14″N 117°13′38″E
Country	China
Province	Anhui
County-level divisions	7
Municipal seat	Shushan District
Government
• Type	Prefecture-level city
• Body	Hefei Municipal People's Congress
• CCP Secretary	Qin Weiguo
• Congress Chairman	Wang Weidong
• Mayor	Zhang Quan
• CPPCC Chairman	Han Bing
Area
• Prefecture-level city	11,434.25 km2 (4,414.79 sq mi)
• Urban	838.5 km2 (323.7 sq mi)
• Metro	7,055.6 km2 (2,724.2 sq mi)
Elevation	37 m (121 ft)
Population  (2022 census)
• Prefecture-level city	9,465,881
• Density	827.8532/km2 (2,144.130/sq mi)
• Urban	5,118,199
• Urban density	6,104/km2 (15,810/sq mi)
• Metro	7,754,481
• Metro density	1,099.1/km2 (2,846.5/sq mi)
GDP (2025)
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 1,421 trillion US$ 206.03 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 120,579 US$ 18,691
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	230000
Area code	551
ISO 3166 code	CN-AH-01
License plate prefixes	皖A
Website	hefei.gov.cn
City trees Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora L.) City flowers Sweet Osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans Lour.) Blossom of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

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Hefei
Chinese	合肥
Postal	Hofei
Literal meaning	"Junction of the Fei Rivers"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Héféi Wade–Giles Ho2-fei2 IPA [xɤ̌.fěɪ] Wu Romanization Gheh入-vi平 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hahp-fèih Jyutping Hap6-fei4 IPA [hɐp̚˨.fej˩] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ha̍p-pûi

Hefei is the capital of Anhui province, China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census. Its built-up (or metro) area is made up of four urban districts plus Feidong, Feixi and Changfeng counties being urbanized, and was home to 7,754,481 inhabitants. Located in the central portion of the province, it borders Huainan to the north, Chuzhou to the northeast, Wuhu to the southeast, Tongling to the south, Anqing to the southwest and Lu'an to the west. A natural hub of communications, Hefei is situated to the north of Chao Lake and stands on a low saddle crossing the northeastern extension of the Dabie Mountains, which forms the divide between the Huai and Yangtze rivers.

The present-day city dates from the Song dynasty. Before World War II, Hefei remained essentially an administrative centre and the regional market for the fertile plain to the south. It has gone through a growth in infrastructure in recent years. Hefei is the location of Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, an experimental superconducting tokamak magnetic fusion energy reactor.

Hefei is a leading world city for scientific research, ranking at 12th globally, 8th in the Asia-Pacific, and 7th in China (behind Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Hangzhou), as tracked by the Nature Index in 2025. The city is represented by several major universities, including the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei University of Technology, Anhui University, Anhui Agricultural University and Anhui Medical University. Notably, the University of Science and Technology of China is one of the top 100 comprehensive public research universities in the world.