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| Administration Type | Prefecture-level city |
| City Seat | Qiaocheng District () |
| Area | 8,394 km² |
| Population | More than 5.3 million |
| GDP - Total - Per Capita |
¥ ¥ |
| Major Nationalities | Han - 98.4% |
| County-level divisions | 4 |
| Township-level divisions | |
| CPC Committee Secretary | |
| Mayor | Liu Jian (刘健) |
| Area code | |
| Postal Code | 236800 (Urban center) 233500, 233600, 236700 (Other areas) |
| License Plate Prefix | |
Bozhou (Chinese: 亳州; pinyin: Bózhōu) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Anhui province, People's Republic of China. It borders Huaibei to the northeast, Bengbu to the southeast, Huainan to the south, Fuyang to the southwest, and the province of Henan to the north.
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Administration
The prefecture-level city of Bozhou administers 4 county-level divisions, including 1 district and 3 counties.
- Qiaocheng District (谯城区)
- Guoyang County (涡阳县)
- Lixin County (利辛县)
- Mengcheng County (蒙城县)
History
Bozhou was, in addition to being a prefecture in the Tang Dynasty, once Qiao Commandry (谯郡) in the Sui Dynasty.
In 1355, during the Mongol Dynasty, Han Lin'er (韓林兒) was proclaimed by Liu Futong (劉福通) to be the Emperor of Great Song (大宋, referring to the dead Song Empire) with the era name Longfeng (龍鳳 "Dragon and fenghuang"). Chao was nicknamed "The Little Ming King" (小明王).
In 1368, Bo Prefecture was lower in status to a district (县). In 1496, it was re-made a prefecture. And lowered to be a county in 1912: Bo County. In May 1986, it was upgraded to a county-level city administered by Fuyang Region (阜阳地区): Bozhou-shi. In 1996, Bozhou was upgraded to provincially directly administered city (省直辖市), administered by Fuyang City on behalf of the province. The province directly administered Bozhou since February 1998. In June 2000, Bozhou was made a regional city (地级市), or provincially administered city (省辖市).
Notable people
- Cao Cao (155 - 220), last chancellor and de facto ruler of the Eastern Han Dynasty
- Hua Tuo (110 - 220), renowned Eastern Han Dynasty physician, first inventor of general anaesthesia
- Hua Mulan, legendary heroine who disguised herself as a man in order to replace her father in the army draft
External links
- Government website of Bozhou (in Simplified Chinese)
- Location map of Bozhou
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