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Chaohu is a prefecture-level city in central Anhui province, People's Republic of China. Embracing the Lake Chao, from which the city was named, Chaohu borders the provincial capital of Hefei to the northwest, Lu'an to the west, Anqing to the southwest, Tongling to the south, Wuhu to the southeast, and Ma'anshan and the province of Jiangsu to the east.
Administration
The prefecture-level city of Chaohu administers 5 county-level divisions, including 1 districts and 4 counties.
* Juchao District
* Lujiang County
* Wuwei County
* He County
* Hanshan County
Notable people
* Zhou Yu (175 - 210), Three Kingdoms era military general of the Kingdom of Wu
* Ding Ruchang (1836 - 1895), Qing Dynasty naval commander and captain of battleship Dingyuan
* Feng Yuxiang, warlord in the Republican Era
* Xu Haifeng (b. 1957), first Chinese gold medalist for Men's 50 m Pistol in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, USA
