Regional/ Anhui

Chizhou

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Population: By the end of 2019, the registered population was 1.62 million, and the permanent resident population was 1.49 million with an urbanization rate of 54.9 percent.

Area: 8,399 sq km

Economy:

GDP for 2019 was 83.17 billion yuan ($11.6 billion), an increase of 7.8 percent year-on-year. The added value of primary industry was 8.39 billion yuan, up 3.3 percent. The added value of secondary industry was 36.7 billion yuan, up 9.7 percent, and the added value of tertiary industry was 38 billion yuan, an increase of 7.1 percent.

Administrative divisions:

The city of Chizhou has jurisdiction over an urban district (Guichi), an emerging industry concentration area and three counties (Dongzhi, Shitai and Qingyang).