Chaohu

Chaohu (Chinese: 巢湖; Hanyu Pinyin: Cháohú) is a prefecture-level city in central Anhui province, People's Republic of China. Embracing the Chaohu Lake, 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.