Chaohu China Travel Guide 

Chaohu (Chinese: 巢湖; pinyin: Cháohú) 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 (居巢区)

Lujiang County (庐江县)

Wuwei County (无为县)

He County (和县)

Hanshan County (含山县)

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