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Lu'an 六安市 Liuan
Prefecture-level city
Winter farm landscape near Lu'an urban area
Coordinates (Lu'an municipal government): 31°44′10″N 116°31′12″E / 31.736°N 116.520°E / 31.736; 116.520
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Anhui
County-level divisions	7
Township-level divisions	196
Municipal seat	Jin'an District
Government
• CPC Secretary	Sun Yunfei (孙云飞)
• Mayor	Ye Luzhong (叶露中)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	18,393.41 km2 (7,101.74 sq mi)
• Urban	3,539.2 km2 (1,366.5 sq mi)
• Metro	3,579.2 km2 (1,381.9 sq mi)
Population  (2010 census)
• Prefecture-level city	5,611,701
• Density	310/km2 (790/sq mi)
• Urban	1,644,344
• Urban density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Metro	1,644,344
• Metro density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Area code	0564
ISO 3166 code	CN-AH-15
License Plate Prefix	皖N
Administrative division code	341500

Lu'an^[1][2] (Chinese: 六安; pinyin: Lù'ān), is a prefecture-level city in western Anhui province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan to the northwest and Hubei to the southwest. At the 2010 census, it had a total population of 5,612,590, whom 1,644,344 lived in the built-up area made of 2 urban districts. Neighbouring prefecture-level cities are the provincial capital of Hefei to the east, Anqing to the south, Huanggang (Hubei) and Xinyang (Henan) to the west, and Huainan and Fuyang to the north. Although the character "六" (literally: "six") is normally pronounced "Liù", in this case it changes to "Lù" on account of the historical literary reading.

1. ↑ Xia Zhengnong (夏征农); Chen Zhili (陈至立), eds. (September 2009). 辞海：第六版彩图本 [Cihai (Sixth Edition in Color)] (in Simplified Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House. p. 1451. ISBN 9787532628599. 六 (lù) (...)用于地名。如：六安；(...) 六安(...) 市名。在安徽省西部。(...)
2. ↑ Putonghua Pronunciation Committee (普通话审音委员会) (20 December 1962), 文字改革月刊社 (ed.), 普通話异讀詞审音表初稿(第三編), Wenzi Gaige (文字改革) (in Chinese) (85), Beijing: 文字改革出版社: 8, (...)六安(安徽) Lù'ān(...)

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