Xuancheng is a prefecture-level city

Prefecture-level city

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 in southeastern Anhui

Anhui

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 province of Eastern China

East China

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. It borders Wuhu to the northwest, Chizhou

Chizhou

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 to the west, Huangshan

Huangshan

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 to the southwest, and the provinces of Zhejiang

Zhejiang

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 and Jiangsu

Jiangsu

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 to the southeast and northeast respectively.

Administration

Xuancheng City administers seven county-level divisions, including one district, one county-level city

County-level city

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 and five counties.

• Xuanzhou District
  Xuanzhou District
  Xuanzhou District is a district in Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, administered by Xuancheng City. It has a population of 840,000 and an area of .Xuanzhou District has jurisdiction over five subdistricts, sixteen towns and eighteen townships....
  
  
• Ningguo
  Ningguo
  Ningguo is a county-level city in the province of Anhui，People's Republic of China, under the administration of Xuancheng City. It has a population of 380,000 and an area of ....
  
   City
• Langxi County
  Langxi County
  Langxi County is a county in Anhui Province, People's Republic of China under the jurisdiction of Xuancheng City. It has a population of 340,000 and an area of . The government of Langxi County is located in Jianping Town....
  
  
• Guangde County
  Guangde County
  Guangde County is a county in Anhui Province, People's Republic of China under the jurisdiction of Xuancheng City. The county has a population of 510,000 and an area of...
  
  
• Jing County
  Jing County, Anhui
  Jing County is a county in Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of Xuancheng City. It has a population of 360,000 and an area of . The government of Jing County is located in Chengguang Town....
  
  
• Jixi County
  Jixi County
  Jixi County is a county in Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of Xuancheng City. It has a population of 180,000 and an area of . Jixi borders Lingan in the east, Ningguo and Jingde in the south, and Taiping to the west...
  
  
• Jingde County
  Jingde County
  Jingde County is a county in Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of Xuancheng City. It has a population of 150,000 and an area of . The government of Jingde County is located in Jingyang Town.Jingde County has jurisdiction over five towns and five townships....
  
  

These are further divided into 115 township-level divisions, including 61 towns, 44 townships and ten subdistrict

Subdistrict

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s.

Language and culture

In Xuancheng, the Wu dialect is spoken as well as Mandarin

Standard Chinese

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.

Notable people

• Mei Wending (梅文鼎; 1633–1721), Qing Dynasty
  Qing Dynasty
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   mathematician
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   and astronomer
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External links

• (in Simplified Chinese) Xuancheng Government website