Tongling City is a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province and is not under the jurisdiction of other cities.

Tongling, a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province. It is located in the south-central part of Anhui Province and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, between 117°04’～118°09’ east longitude and 30°38

～31°09’ north latitude. It borders Fanchang County and Nanling County of Wuhu City to the east, Guichi District and Qingyang County of Chizhou City to the south, Yixiu District, Yingjiang District and Tongcheng City of Anqing City to the west, and Lujiang County of Hefei City and Wuwei City of Wuhu City to the north. Counties are adjacent. The total area is 3008 square kilometers.

Tongling City is rich in natural resources, with more than 30 proven rare metal mineral species, including the largest reserves of copper, gold, silver and limestone in the province, the largest reserves of pyrite in East China and the second largest in the country; agricultural products The varieties are complete. White ginger and paeonol are protected products with national geographical indications. Songyang duck and Songyang black pig have obtained national geographical indication certification trademarks. The production of high-quality freshwater fish, hairy crabs, grain, cotton and oil is abundant, and it is known as the "Land of Eight Treasures". ” and “the land of plenty”.

Tongling is an open city with a superior location and a complete platform. Beijing-Fuzhou High-speed Railway, Ning’an High-speed Railway, Beijing-Taiwan Expressway and Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway intersect in Tongling, and the Shanghai-Copper Railway and Tongjiu Railway pass through it. The Tongnan-Xuan Expressway has been completed and opened to traffic. The Chizhou Bridge under construction is the third cross-river bridge in Tongling. The urban area is 24 kilometers away from Jiuhuashan Airport.

Sitting on 142.6 kilometers of the "golden waterway" Yangtze River coastline, the country's designated port for entry of fruits and grains has accelerated its construction. It is a national first-class open port, one of the country's first direct ports to Taiwan, and a 10,000-ton sea-going vessel. Enter the terminal port of the river. As an important city in the industrial transfer demonstration zone of the Wanjiang urban belt, it is the intersection point between the Hefei urban circle and the Wanjiang urban belt, the entrance and exit to the river and the sea in western Anhui, the north gate of the southern Anhui scenic spot, and the bridgehead of the Helu Copper Development Corridor.

It is also the intersection area of ??the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the central and eastern parts of the Yangtze River, the Wuhan urban circle and the Nanjing urban circle, the Yangtze River Delta economic circle and the Central Four Corners economic circle. There is 1 national development zone, 1 national industrial transfer demonstration park, 1 national high-tech zone, 3 provincial development zones, and 1 national recycled metal “zone management” park.

Tongling Economic and Technological Development Zone is the first batch of strategic emerging industry cluster development bases in the province. As a resource-depleted city transformation pilot city, a national comprehensive demonstration city for energy conservation and emission reduction fiscal policies, a national circular economy demonstration city, a national industrial green transformation development pilot city, a national smart city pilot city, and a "Broadband China" demonstration city, Tongling City has transformed The development has achieved remarkable results, has strong momentum and broad prospects.

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During the Xia and Shang dynasties, the Tongling area belonged to Yangzhou. During the Zhou Dynasty, the Tongling area belonged to Wu, Yue and Chu successively. After Qin unified China, Tongling belonged to Zhangjun. During the Western Han Dynasty, Zhangjun was changed to Danyang County. Tongling area belongs to Chungu County and Lingyang County of Danyang County successively.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Tongguan Town (in today’s Tongling County) was established. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Tongling area belonged to Chungu County and Lincheng County of Danyang County of Wu State. During the Western Jin Dynasty, Tongling area belonged to Chungu County and Lincheng County of Xuancheng County.

During the Yixi period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (405-418), due to the war in the north, a large number of Shanxi refugees entered this area, and established Dingling County here, with the county seat in today's Shun'an Town. The establishment of Dingling County roughly determined the area of ??today's Tongling area.

During the Song and Qi dynasties of the Southern Dynasties, Dingling County belonged to Huainan County; during the Liang and Chen dynasties, it belonged to Nanling County. After the unification of the Sui Dynasty, Dingling County was merged into Nanling County and belonged to Xuancheng County. In the early Tang Dynasty, Tongling belonged to Nanling County, Xuancheng County; in the late Tang Dynasty, the five townships of Gongshan, Anding, Fengtai, Guihua, and Fengzi were drawn from Nanling, and Yi'an County was established. The county seat is in today's Shun'an Town, which belongs to Xuanzhou .

During the Five Dynasties period, it was still Yian County in Xuanzhou. In the ninth year of Baoda in the Southern Tang Dynasty (951), Yi'an County was renamed Tongling County and belonged to Shengzhou. After the establishment of Tongling County, the county seat was moved from Shun'an Town to Tongguan Town (today's Chengguan Town, Tongling County), which was called Jianghu at that time. In the seventh year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (974), Cao Bin conquered the Southern Tang Dynasty and conquered Tongling County in the intercalated tenth month. It was originally Jiangnan Road (road) and later changed to Jiangdong Road and Chizhou.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Tongling County belonged to Chizhou Road of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces (later changed to Chizhou Prefecture). In the Ming Dynasty, Tongling County belonged to Chizhou Prefecture and was directly under the jurisdiction of Nanjing. In the early Qing Dynasty, Tongling County belonged to the Chizhou Prefecture of the Jiangnan Zuo Chief Envoy; later it was changed to Jiangnan Province. In the sixth year of Kangxi (1667), Jiangnan Province was divided into Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. Tongling County belonged to Chizhou Prefecture of Anhui Province. Later, Huining Chi Taiguang Road was established, and Chizhou Prefecture belonged to it.

In January of the first year of the Republic of China (1912), the government was abolished, and Tongling County was directly under Anhui Province. From June 1914 to August 1928, it belonged to Wuhu Road, Anhui Province. After October 1932, it belonged to the second zone.

On August 6, 1938, it was transferred to the Eighth Special Administration Bureau and was liberated in Tongling.

On April 21, 1949, Tongling was liberated. On May 13 of the same year, it was placed under the jurisdiction of the Chizhou Prefecture of Wannan Administrative Office. On February 4, 1952, Tongling County was transferred to Anqing Prefecture.

On October 12, 1956, with the approval of the State Council, Tongguanshan City was established, under the direct jurisdiction of the province. On September 5, 1958, with the approval of the State Council, Tongling County was abolished, the city and county were merged, and the name was changed to Tongling City, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the province. On April 3, 1959, with the approval of the State Council, the organizational system of Tongling City was retained and it was still under the direct jurisdiction of the province; the organizational system of Tongling County was restored and it belonged to Anqing Prefecture.

On July 29, 1964, with the approval of the State Council, Tongling City was changed to Tongling Special Economic Zone, integrating administration and enterprise into one, and it was directly under the jurisdiction of the province. On December 11, 1971, with the approval of the State Council, Tongling Special Economic Zone was renamed Tongling City, under the direct jurisdiction of the province. On March 1, 1974, Tongling County was placed under the jurisdiction of Tongling City from the Chizhou area.

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