View source for Tongling

{{about|the prefecture-level city|the county|Tongling County|the table tennis player|Tong Ling}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!--See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields that may be available-->
<!-- Basic info  ---------------->
|name                   = Tongling
|official_name          = 
|other_name             =
|native_name            = 铜陵市
|native_name_lang = zh-Hans
|nickname               = 
|settlement_type        = [[Prefecture-level city]]
|total_type             = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows -->
|motto                  =
<!-- images and maps  ----------->
|image_skyline          = {{multiple image
| border                   = infobox
| total_width              = 290
| image_style              = border:1;
| perrow                   = 1/2/2
| image1                   = Tongling Urban Landscape.jpg
| image2                   = University Of Tongling (Beijing Road Region).jpg
| image3                   = Tongling The Capital of Copper.jpg
| image4                   = Tongling.jpg
}}
| image_size               = 
| image_caption            = '''Clockwise from top:''' skyline, wall sculpture depicting Tongling as the "capital of copper", Tongling from the far side of the Yangtze, and the [[University of Tongling]].
|imagesize              = 
|image_seal             = 
|seal_size              =
|image_shield           = 
|shield_size            =
|image_blank_emblem     =
|blank_emblem_type      =
|blank_emblem_size      =
|image_map              = Location of Tongling Prefecture within Anhui (China).png
|mapsize                =  
|map_caption            = Location of Tongling City jurisdiction in Anhui
|image_map1             = 
|mapsize1               = 
|map_caption1           = 
|image_dot_map          =
|dot_mapsize            =
|dot_map_caption        =
|dot_x =  |dot_y =
|pushpin_map            = 
|pushpin_label_position = 
|pushpin_map_caption    =
|pushpin_mapsize        =
<!-- Location ------------------>
|coor_pinpoint = Tongling municipal government
|coordinates            = {{coord|30.945|N|117.811|E|type:adm2nd_region:CN-34_source:Gaode|format=dms|display=it}}
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[China|People's Republic of China]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Province of China|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Anhui]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#County level|County-level divisions]]
|subdivision_name2      = 3 districts<br/>1 county
|subdivision_type3      = [[Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Township level|Township-level divisions]]
|subdivision_name3      =
|subdivision_type4      =
|subdivision_name4      =
|seat_type              = Municipal seat
|seat                   = [[Tongguan District]]
|parts_type             =
|parts_style            = <!-- =list (for list), coll (for collapsed list), para (for paragraph format)
                               Default is list if up to 5 items, coll if more than 5-->
|parts                  = <!-- parts text, or header for parts list -->
|p1                     =
|p2                     = <!-- etc. up to p50: for separate parts to be listed--> 
<!-- Politics ----------------->
|government_footnotes   =
|government_type        =
|leader_title           = CPC Secretary
|leader_name            = Li Meng ({{lang|zh-hans|李猛}})
|leader_title1          = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name1           = Hu Qisheng ({{lang|zh-hans|胡启生}})
|leader_title2          =
|leader_name2           =
|leader_title3          =
|leader_name3           =
|leader_title4          =
|leader_name4           =
|established_title      = <!-- Settled -->
|established_date       = 
|established_title1     = <!-- Incorporated (town) -->
|established_date1      = 
|established_title2     = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> 
|established_date2      = 
|established_title3     =  
|established_date3      =
|founder                =
|named_for              =
<!-- Area    --------------------->
|area_magnitude           = <!-- use only to set a special wikilink --> 
|unit_pref                = <!--Enter: Imperial, to display imperial before metric-->
|area_footnotes           =
|area_total_km2           = 2982 <!-- ALL fields with measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion-->
|area_land_km2            = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox settlement for details on unit conversion-->
|area_water_km2           = 
|area_water_percent       =
|area_urban_km2           = 1489.8
|area_metro_km2           = 1489.8
|area_blank1_title        =
|area_blank1_km2          =
<!-- Elevation -------------------------->
|elevation_footnotes    =  <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags-->
|elevation_m            = 
|elevation_ft           =
|elevation_max_m            = 
|elevation_max_ft           =
|elevation_min_m            = 
|elevation_min_ft           =
<!-- Population   ----------------------->
|population_as_of               = 2020 Census
|population_footnotes           = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/anhui/admin/|title=China: Ānhuī (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref>
|population_note                =
|population_total               = 1311726
|population_density_km2         = auto <!--For automatic calculation, any density field may contain: auto -->
|population_metro               = 842675
|population_density_metro_km2   =auto
|population_urban               = 842675
|population_density_urban_km2   = auto
|population_blank1_title        =
|population_blank1              =
|population_density_blank1_km2  =
| demographics_type2   = GDP<ref>{{Cite web |title=《安徽统计年鉴2022》电子查阅版 |url=http://tjj.ah.gov.cn/oldfiles/tjj/tjjweb/tjnj/2022/index.htm |website=tjj.ah.gov.cn |access-date=2022-10-18 |archive-date=2022-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018145816/http://tjj.ah.gov.cn/oldfiles/tjj/tjjweb/tjnj/2022/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = [[Prefecture-level city]]
| demographics2_info1 = [[CN¥]] 116.6 billion<br />[[US$]] 14.5 billion 
| demographics2_title2 = Per capita
| demographics2_info2 = CN¥ 89,248<br />US$ 13,834
<!-- General information  --------------->
|timezone               = [[China Standard Time|China Standard]]
|utc_offset             = +8
<!-- Area/postal codes & others -------->
|postal_code_type       = <!-- [[Postal code of China|Postal code]] -->
|postal_code            = 244000
|area_code              = 0562
|iso_code               = [[ISO 3166-2:CN|CN-AH-07]]
|blank2_name            = [[Licence plates of the People's Republic of China|License plate prefix]]
|blank2_info            = {{lang|zh-cn|皖G}}
|website                = {{URL|tl.gov.cn}} {{in lang|zh-hans}}
|footnotes              =  
}}

'''Tongling''' ({{zh|s={{linktext|铜陵}}|t={{linktext|銅陵}}|p=Tónglíng|w=T'ung-ling|l=Copper Hillock}}) is a [[prefecture-level city]] in southern [[Anhui]] [[Provinces of China|province]] of [[China]]. A [[river port]] along the [[Yangtze River]], Tongling borders [[Wuhu City|Wuhu]] to the east, [[Chizhou]] to the southwest and [[Anqing]] to the west.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tongling {{!}} China|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Tongling|access-date=2021-10-31|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>

As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,311,726 inhabitants whom 842,675 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 3 urban districts.
At the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, the permanent population will be 1.302 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2025年安徽省铜陵市人口第七次人口普查和历史人口数据 年龄金字塔结构 民族组成情况-红黑人口库 |url=https://www.hongheiku.com/shijirenkou/739.html |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.hongheiku.com}}</ref>The asteroid [[12418 Tongling]] was named after the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=正式编号为12418的小行星被永久命名为“铜陵星” |url=https://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2006-12/27/content_480194.htm |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.gov.cn}}</ref>

==History==
{{Section-stub|date=September 2024}}
Tongling has been famous as a beautiful mountain city since its origins in the [[Han dynasty]] over 1500 years ago. Owing to its copper and tin deposits, it was an important center in the past for bronze production. The scale of industrial activity gradually increased through the [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] (1368–1644) and [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] (1644–1911) dynasties, the Japanese occupation of 1938–45, and especially under the [[Chinese Communist|Communist]] government since 1949.Tongling has a long history and produced many talented people. It is one of the important birthplaces of China's bronze culture. The history of copper mining and smelting has lasted for more than 3,000 years without interruption.<ref>{{Cite web |title=铜陵概况 |url=https://www.tlxfzx.gov.cn/News/Content?id=ebbc709c-1194-4cc9-9fd0-0eb1742d4674 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.tlxfzx.gov.cn}}</ref>Tongling has been a mining center since the 7th century CE. While it has only been an [[industrial city]] for the second half of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tongling {{!}} Copper Mining, Ancient City & Yangtze River {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Tongling |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
Tongling is located in southern Anhui on the southern (right) bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with latitude ranging from 30° 45' 12" to 31° 07' 56" N and longitude ranging from 117° 42' 00" to 118° 10' 06" E;<ref>{{Cite web |title=铜陵拾取坐标、地址坐标、坐标查位置、经纬度定位位置--查错网 |url=http://life.chacuo.net/postion/c_%E9%93%9C%E9%99%B5 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=life.chacuo.net}}</ref> the maximal north–south extent is {{convert|42.5|km}}, and the greatest east–west width is {{convert|40.6|km|abbr=on}}.<ref name="City intro">{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com.cn/cityintro/101221301.shtml? |script-title=zh:铜陵城市介绍 |publisher=Weather China |language = zh-hans |access-date=2013-01-07}}</ref> It borders [[Fanchang County]] to the southeast, [[Qingyang County]] and [[Nanling County]] to the south, [[Guichi District]] of [[Chizhou]] to the southwest, and, northwest across the Yangtze, [[Wuwei County]] and [[Zongyang County]].<ref name="weather.com">{{Cite web |title=铜陵 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 |url=https://www.weather.com.cn/cityintro/101221301.shtml |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.weather.com.cn}}</ref>

===Climate===
Tongling City has a northern subtropical humid monsoon climate. The climate in Tongling is warm and humid, with heavy rain in spring and summer, hot summer, dry autumn, mild winter, long frost-free period and distinct four seasons.<ref name="weather.com" />{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y 
|collapsed = Y
|location = Tongling, elevation {{convert|11|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)
|Jan high C = 	7.6
|Feb high C = 	10.6
|Mar high C = 	15.5
|Apr high C = 	21.9
|May high C = 	27.0
|Jun high C = 	29.5
|Jul high C = 	32.9
|Aug high C = 	32.4
|Sep high C = 	28.2
|Oct high C = 	22.9
|Nov high C = 	16.7
|Dec high C = 	10.1
|Jan mean C = 	3.9
|Feb mean C = 	6.5
|Mar mean C = 	11.0
|Apr mean C = 	17.1
|May mean C = 	22.2
|Jun mean C = 	25.5
|Jul mean C = 	28.9
|Aug mean C = 	28.2
|Sep mean C = 	23.9
|Oct mean C = 	18.4
|Nov mean C = 	12.2
|Dec mean C = 	6.2
|Jan low C = 	1.2
|Feb low C = 	3.4
|Mar low C = 	7.5
|Apr low C = 	13.2
|May low C = 	18.4
|Jun low C = 	22.3
|Jul low C = 	25.7
|Aug low C = 	25.2
|Sep low C = 	20.7
|Oct low C = 	14.9
|Nov low C = 	8.9
|Dec low C = 	3.2
|Jan record high C = 21.4 |Jan record low C = -7.8
|Feb record high C = 28.2 |Feb record low C = -8.9
|Mar record high C = 32.7 |Mar record low C = -3.1
|Apr record high C = 33.5 |Apr record low C = 3.0
|May record high C = 35.1 |May record low C = 9.2
|Jun record high C = 38.2 |Jun record low C = 13.0
|Jul record high C = 40.1 |Jul record low C = 19.1
|Aug record high C = 40.1 |Aug record low C = 16.7
|Sep record high C = 38.5 |Sep record low C = 12.8
|Oct record high C = 33.0 |Oct record low C = 4.6
|Nov record high C = 28.8 |Nov record low C = -3.8
|Dec record high C = 22.1 |Dec record low C = -8.2
|year high C =  |year low C = 
|year high F =  |year low F =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 	74.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 	82.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 	121.4
|Apr precipitation mm = 	133.0
|May precipitation mm = 	147.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 	244.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 	198.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 	130.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 	83.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 	65.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 	71.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 	48.0
|Jan humidity = 	77
|Feb humidity = 	76
|Mar humidity = 	74
|Apr humidity = 	73
|May humidity = 	74
|Jun humidity = 	79
|Jul humidity = 	78
|Aug humidity = 	80
|Sep humidity = 	79
|Oct humidity = 	76
|Nov humidity = 	77
|Dec humidity = 	75
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm	
|Jan precipitation days = 	11.5
|Feb precipitation days = 	10.9
|Mar precipitation days = 	13.6
|Apr precipitation days = 	11.9
|May precipitation days = 	12.3
|Jun precipitation days = 	13.2
|Jul precipitation days = 	11.9
|Aug precipitation days = 	11.9
|Sep precipitation days = 	9.1
|Oct precipitation days = 	8.4
|Nov precipitation days = 	9.3
|Dec precipitation days = 	8.3
|year precipitation days = 	
|Jan sun = 	105.6
|Feb sun = 	112.3
|Mar sun = 	136.6
|Apr sun = 	163.1
|May sun = 	179.7
|Jun sun = 	156.9
|Jul sun = 	213.4
|Aug sun = 	199.2
|Sep sun = 	160.3
|Oct sun = 	160.0
|Nov sun = 	137.8
|Dec sun = 	126.8
|year sun = 	
| Jan percentsun = 	33
| Feb percentsun = 	36
| Mar percentsun = 	37
| Apr percentsun = 	42
| May percentsun = 	42
| Jun percentsun = 	37
| Jul percentsun = 	50
| Aug percentsun = 	49
| Sep percentsun = 	44
| Oct percentsun = 	46
| Nov percentsun = 	44
| Dec percentsun = 	40
| year percentsun =	
|Jan snow days = 	4.5
|Feb snow days = 	2.4
|Mar snow days = 	1.0
|Apr snow days = 	0
|May snow days = 	0
|Jun snow days = 	0
|Jul snow days = 	0
|Aug snow days = 	0
|Sep snow days = 	0
|Oct snow days = 	0
|Nov snow days = 	0.2
|Dec snow days = 	1.6
|year snow days = 	
|source 1 = [[China Meteorological Administration]]<ref name="cma graphical">{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=[[China Meteorological Administration]] |language = zh-hans |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web|url=https://experience.arcgis.com/template/e724038fda394e9d9b7921f10fd1aa55/page/%E7%BA%AF%E8%A1%A8%E6%A0%BC%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1-(%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%948110%E5%8F%98%E5%8C%96)/?org=UQmaps |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网|publisher=[[China Meteorological Administration]] |language = zh-hans | access-date =27 June 2023 |title=Experience Template }}</ref>
}}

==Administration==
The [[prefecture-level city]] of Tongling administers 4 [[Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#County level|county-level divisions]], including 3 [[District of China|districts]] and 1 [[County (People's Republic of China)|county]].

*[[Tongguan District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|铜官区}})
*[[Jiaoqu, Tongling|Jiao District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|郊区}})
*[[Yi'an District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|义安区}})
*[[Zongyang County]] ({{lang|zh-hans|枞阳县}})

In 2012, the provincial government made plans to cede [[Zongyang County]] from [[Anqing]] City to Tongling City, in order to grant the latter land across the Yangtze.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tl.gov.cn/dt2111111220.asp?DocID=2111206676 |script-title=zh:我省出台方案落实中部崛起新政 细化83项重点工程 |publisher=Tongling People's Government |access-date=2013-01-07}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
!colspan="3"| Map
|-
|colspan="3"| <div style="position: relative" class="center">
{{Image label begin|image=Administrative Division Tongling.png|width=600|link=}} 
{{Image label|x=520|y=160|scale=600/750|text=[[Tongguan District|'''Tongguan''']]}}
{{Image label|x=450|y=200|scale=600/750|text=[[Jiaoqu, Tongling|'''Jiao''']]}}
{{Image label|x=630|y=130|scale=600/750|text=[[Yi'an District|'''Yi'an''']]}}
{{Image label|x=200|y=180|scale=600/750|text=[[Zongyang County|'''Zongyang<br/>County''']]}}
{{Image label end}}
</div>
|}

;Defunct divisions
*[[Tongguanshan District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|铜官山区}})
*[[Shizishan District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|狮子山区}})

==Transport==
As of November 2017, Tongling has [[Tongling Yangtze River Bridge|
two bridges]] [[Yangtze River bridges and tunnels|across the Yangtze River]].

The Tongling Yangtze River Bridge is a double-deck cable-stayed and suspension coordinated system bridge with a total length of 11.88 kilometers and a main span of 988 meters. It has three river crossing functions: expressway, intercity railway, and freight railway.<ref>{{Cite web |title=G3铜陵长江公铁大桥主桥合龙-新华每日电讯 |url=http://www.news.cn/mrdx/2024-08/28/c_1310785336.htm |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.news.cn}}</ref>

===Rail===

Tongling is served by the [[Nanjing–Tongling Railway|Nanjing–Tongling]], [[Tongling–Jiujiang railway|Tongling–Jiujiang]], Lujiang-Tongling Railways, [[Nanjing–Anqing Intercity Railway]] and [[Hefei-Fuzhou High-Speed Railway]].

{{Gallery
| height       = 80px
| align        = left
| mode         = packed
| File: Tongling Station.jpg
 | alt1= Tongling Station
 | [[Tongling Station]]
| File: Tongling Northern Station.jpg
 | alt2 = Tongling Northern Station
 | [[Tongling North Station]]
}}

{{clear}}

==Twin towns==
[[File:Statue of Schiller in Tianjinghu scenery park.jpg|thumb|right|Statue of Schiller located at Tongling Tianjinghu park]]

The contract of town-twinning with the city of [[Marbach am Neckar]] in [[Baden-Württemberg]], Germany was established in 1990 and was among the first Sino-German town-twinnings, or sister city relationships. One lady citizen of Marbach am Neckar has been awarded honorary citizenship of Tongling City in 2005, recognizing her relentless effort to keep up the town-twinning. Marbach is the birthplace of the famous German poet [[Friedrich Schiller]] (1759–1805), as a symbol of friendship a statue was erected in local Tianjinhu-Lake-Park.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Tongling has been twinned with the [[Borough of Halton]] in England since 1997. A Chinese friendship garden was created in the grounds of [[Runcorn Town Hall]] in 2006, including a bronze statue gifted by the twin city of Tongling.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/friendship-garden-full-eastern-promise-5260086 |title=Friendship garden is full of Eastern promise |access-date=2 November 2020 |date= 22 June 2006 |work= Cheshire Live|publisher= Reach plc }}</ref>

== Culture ==
Tongling has built 5 public libraries, 5 cultural centers, 2 museums, 1 art gallery and 1 theater.<ref>{{Cite web |last=冯文雅 |title=一座矿山城市的华丽转身——安徽铜陵城市转型印象-新华网 |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-02/26/c_128755895.htm |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.xinhuanet.com}}</ref>

The Tongling Museum is a special museum with copper culture as its main theme. It fully displays the status that Tongling should have in the history of China's bronze civilization, and displays the development of copper culture and the prospects of the copper industry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=铜陵博物馆 - 铜陵市文化和旅游局 |url=https://wlj.tl.gov.cn/tlswhhlyj/c00057/pc/content/content_1686675153038925824.html |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=wlj.tl.gov.cn}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

{{cite web|title=China Tongling|url=http://www.tl.gov.cn/|publisher=Tongling People's Government|access-date=22 March 2013|archive-date=12 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112012324/http://www.tl.gov.cn/|url-status=dead}}

{{cite web|title=Tongline News|url=http://www.tlnews.cn/|publisher=Tongling News|access-date=22 March 2013}}

==External links==
{{Commonscat|Tongling}}
*[http://www.tl.gov.cn Government website of Tongling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112012324/http://www.tl.gov.cn/ |date=2019-01-12 }} (in Simplified Chinese)

{{Anhui topics}}
{{Anhui}}
{{Prefectural-level divisions of the People's Republic of China}}
{{Major cities along the Yangtze River}}

[[Category:Tongling| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Anhui]]
[[Category:Populated places on the Yangtze River]]
[[Category:National Civilized City]]