Bengbu is a mid-sized city in northern Anhui Province, China. Its built-up area made of 4 urban districts has nearly one million residents, though the Prefecture-level city under its jurisdiction had 3,164,467 registered residents at the 2010 census. Its name means Oyster Wharf in Chinese, echoing its former reputation as a freshwater pearl fishery. In the near future, the city's urban agglomeration is likely to include Huaiyuan county, which is under its jurisdiction, as well as Fengyang county in Chuzhou. This contiguous built-up area would have approximately 2.6 million residents.
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