BENGBU

'蚌埠市
Bèngbù Shì'

Bengbu is highlighted in red
'Administration Type'	Prefecture-level city
'City Seat'	Longzihu District ()
'Area'	5,952 km²
'Population'	3,469,700 (2004)
'GDP' '- Total' '- Per Capita'	¥26.37 billion (2004) ¥7,621 (2004)
'Major Nationalities'	Han
'County-level divisions'	7
'Township-level divisions'	74
'CPC Committee Secretary'
'Mayor'	Hua Jianhui (花建慧)
'Area code'	552
'Postal Code'	233000 (Urban center) 233300, 233400, 233700 (Other areas)
'License Plate Prefix'	皖C

'Bengbu' (; literally "Clam Wharf" or "Oyster Quay"; often incorrectly pronounced ''Fengfu''; other spellings: P'engpu, Bangbu, Pang-pu or Peng-pu) is a prefecture-level city with a population of 585,000 in northern Anhui province, People's Republic of China. The city is twinned with Tameside in Greater Manchester, England.

Contents

Administration

Geography

History

Economy

Food

Transportation

Colleges and universities

Social Welfare Institute

External links

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Bengbu administers 7 county-level divisions, including 4 districts and 3 counties.

★ Longzihu District (龙子湖区)

★ Bengshan District (蚌山区)

★ Yuhui District (禹会区)

★ Huaishang District (淮上区)

★ Huaiyuan County (怀远县)

★ Wuhe County (五河县)

★ Guzhen County (固镇县)
These are further divided into 74 township-level divisions, including 36 towns, 19 townships and 19 subdistricts.

Geography

Bengbu is located 135 km north of Nanjing, on the Huai River. It is divided into two parts: greater Bengbu on the south bank of the river and little Bengbu on the north bank.

History

Bengbu has always been a hub of water and land communications in Anhui province, and a major distribution centre for the Huai basin. The name echoes its former reputation as a center of the freshwater pearl fishery.
In 1948, during the Chinese Civil War, the Communist People's Liberation Army won a decisive victory over Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist (KMT) forces near Bengbu, in the Battle of Huaihai.

Economy

Bengbu is now a famous food city in Anhui province. Food-related industries account for 44% of the city's industrial production. The city's other industries include engineering works, textiles, glass making, chemicals, and electronics.

Food

Bengbu is one of the centers of the Yanhuai cuisine, one of the three noted cuisines of Anhui province. The dishes tend to be salty and slightly hot, with thick soups. One of the famous dishes is ''fuliji'' (braised chicken), whose 13 herbs and spices give it a rich aroma.

Transportation

The city is on the Jinghu Railway. Trains go to Shanghai and Beijing daily.

Colleges and universities

★ Anhui University of Finance and Economics

Social Welfare Institute

Address:
Bengbu Social Welfare Institute,
950 Chaoyang Road,
Bengbu, Anhui Province,
China 233000

External links

★ Government website of Bengbu (in Simplified Chinese)