About AMU

Interesting Facts About Anhui Medical University in Hefei, Anhui Province, China

• Hefei is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China.
• It is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui.
• The prefecture-level city of Hefei administers 9 county-level divisions, including 4 districts, 1 County-city and 4 counties.
• Hefei’s total area is 11,434 km²
• Its population was 7,965,300 as of 2017.
• The Hefei Mosque was first built in the Hongwu Period, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It is a sizable, beautiful and well-structured Muslim temple which services as the community for Muslim people to impart religious knowledge and do prayer.
• Located in the central portion of the province, Hefei is a natural hub of communications.
• The city has gone through a growth in infrastructure in recent years.
• Modern-day Hefei has machinery, electronics, chemistry, steel and textile, among others.
• Hefei is the location of Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, an experimental superconducting tokamak magnetic fusion energy reactor.
  Hefei is a world leading city for scientific research, with its ranking placed at 20th globally and 6th in China, as tracked by the Nature Index in 2021.
• Hefei features a humid subtropical climate with four distinct seasons.
• Hefei’s annual average temperature is 16.19 °C.
• Winters are damp and cold, with January lows dipping just below freezing and January averaging 2.8 °C.
• The city sees irregular snowfalls that rarely turn significant.
• Springs are generally relatively pleasant if somewhat erratic.

Major Attraction Points in Hefei

• Hefei Swan Lake
• Xiaoyaojin Park
• Bao Zheng’s Ancestral House of Anhui
• Anhui Museum
• Former Residence of Li Hongzhang
• Huiyuan Garden
• Hefei Botanical Garden