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===Urban areas===
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size:90%;"
! colspan="6" | Population by urban areas of prefecture & county cities
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!#!!City!! style="background-color: #aaaaff;" |Urban area<ref name="2010PRCcensus" />!! style="background-color: #aaffaa;" |District area<ref name="2010PRCcensus" />!! style="background-color: #ffaaaa;" |City proper<ref name="2010PRCcensus">{{cite book |author=((Compiled by {{lang|zh-hans|国务院人口普查办公室}} [Department of Population Census of the State Council], {{lang|zh-hans|国家统计局人口和社会科技统计司编}} [Department of Population and Social Science and Statistics, National Bureau of Statistics])) |date=2012 |script-title=zh:中国2010年人口普查分县资料 |location=Beijing |publisher=[[:zh:中国统计出版社|China Statistics Print]] |isbn=978-7-5037-6659-6 }}</ref>!!Census date
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|1||'''[[Hefei]]'''{{efn|name=Chaohu}}||3,098,727||3,310,268||7,457,027||2010-11-01
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|2||[[Huainan]]{{efn|name=Huainan|Shouxian County was transferred from Lu'an PLC to Huainan PLC's jurisdiction after census; the City proper count is reflected onto Huainan PLC not Lu'an PLC.}}||1,238,488||1,666,826||3,342,012||2010-11-01
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|3||[[Wuhu]]{{efn|name=Chaohu}}||1,108,087||2,487,111||2,263,123||2010-11-01
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|4||[[Huaibei]]||854,696||1,113,321||2,114,276||2010-11-01
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|5||[[Bengbu]]||793,866||972,784||3,164,467||2010-11-01
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|6||[[Fuyang]]||780,522||1,768,947||7,599,913||2010-11-01
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|7||[[Suzhou, Anhui|Suzhou]]||742,685||1,647,642||5,352,924||2010-11-01
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|8||[[Lu'an]]{{efn|name=Lu'an|New district established after census: [[Yeji District|Yeji]] by splitting from parts of [[Huoqiu County]]. The new district not included in the urban area & district area count of the pre-expanded city.}}{{efn|name=Huainan}}||661,217||1,644,344||4,603,585||2010-11-01
|- bgcolor="lightyellow" class="sortbottom"
|(8)||Lu'an {{small|(new district)}}{{efn|name=Lu'an}}||134,239||134,239||{{small|''see Lu'an''}}||2010-11-01
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|9||[[Ma'anshan]]{{efn|name=Ma'anshan|New district established after census: [[Bowang District|Bowang]] by splitting from parts of [[Dangtu County]]. The new district not included in the urban area & district area count of the pre-expanded city.}}{{efn|name=Chaohu}}||657,847||741,531||2,304,774||2010-11-01
|- bgcolor="lightyellow" class="sortbottom"
|(9)||Ma'anshan {{small|(new district)}}{{efn|name=Ma'anshan}}||169,888||169,888||{{small|''see Ma'anshan''}}||2010-11-01
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|10||[[Anqing]]{{efn|name=Tongling}}||570,538||780,514||4,472,667||2010-11-01
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|11||[[Bozhou]]||474,318||1,409,436||4,850,657||2010-11-01
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|12||[[Tongling]]{{efn|name=Tongling|Zongyang County was transferred from Anqing PLC to Tongling PLC's jurisdiction after census; the City proper count is reflected onto Tongling PLC not Anqing PLC.}}||438,981||474,363||1,562,670||2010-11-01
|- bgcolor="lightyellow"
|(13)||[[Chaohu]]{{efn|name=Chaohu|Chaohu PLC is currently no longer exist after census it was split among Hefei ([[Chaohu|Juchao]] & [[Lujiang County|Lujiang]]), Wuhu ([[Wuwei County|Wuwei]]), & Ma'anshan ([[He County|Hexian]] & [[Hanshan County|Hanshan]]); Juchao District is currently known as Chaohu CLC. Chaohu PLC city proper count is reflected among the three PLCs.}}||404,789||780,711||{{small|''see Hefei''}}||2010-11-01
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|14||[[Chuzhou]]||392,461||562,321||3,937,868||2010-11-01
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|15||[[Tianchang]]||324,625||602,840||{{small|''see Chuzhou''}}||2010-11-01
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|16||[[Xuancheng]]||315,058||772,490||2,532,938||2010-11-01
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|17||[[Chizhou]]||289,122||595,268||1,402,518||2010-11-01
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|18||[[Huangshan City|Huangshan]]||287,576||460,786||1,358,980||2010-11-01
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|19||[[Tongcheng, Anhui|Tongcheng]]||269,346||664,455||{{small|''see Anqing''}}||2010-11-01
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|20||[[Ningguo]]||231,090||376,857||{{small|''see Xuancheng ''}}||2010-11-01
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|21||[[Jieshou]]||214,776||561,956||{{small|''see Fuyang''}}||2010-11-01
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|22||[[Mingguang]]||204,323||532,732||{{small|''see Chuzhou''}}||2010-11-01
|- bgcolor="lightyellow"
|(23)||[[Qianshan, Anhui|Qianshan]]{{efn|name=Qianshan|Qianshan County is currently known as Qianshan CLC after census.}}||165,779||500,292||{{small|''see Anqing''}}||2010-11-01
|}
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{{Largest cities
|largest = Most populous
|country = Anhui
|kind = cities
|stat_ref = Source: ''China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2018'' Urban Population and Urban Temporary Population<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development]] of the People's Republic of China(MOHURD) |url=http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/xytj/tjzljsxytjgb/jstjnj/w02020032722244243052500000.xls |date=2019 |title=中国城市建设统计年鉴2018 |trans-title=China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2018 |language=zh |location=Beijing |publisher=China Statistic Publishing House |access-date=2021-11-29 |archive-date=2021-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810115223/http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/xytj/tjzljsxytjgb/jstjnj/w02020032722244243052500000.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|list_by_pop =

|city_1 = Hefei
|pop_1 = 4,292,400
|img_1 = South Erhuan Rd.jpg

|city_2 = Wuhu
|pop_2 = 1,536,700
|img_2 = Wuhu Skyline, December 2019.jpg

|city_3 = Huainan
|pop_3 = 1,178,200
|img_3 = 安徽省淮南市广场北路景色-体育场 - panoramio (2).jpg

|city_4 = Bengbu
|pop_4 = 961,100
|img_4 = 蚌埠市万达广场-南翔城市广场.jpg

|city_5 = Fuyang
|pop_5 = 907,400

|city_6 = Huaibei
|pop_6 = 762,500

|city_7 = Ma'anshan
|pop_7 = 752,500

|city_8 = Anqing
|pop_8 = 631,500

|city_9 = Lu'an
|pop_9 = 607,500

|city_10 = Suzhou, Anhui{{!}}Suzhou
|pop_10 = 578,600

|city_11 = Tongling
|pop_11 = 535,300

|city_12 = Chuzhou
|pop_12 = 507,600

|city_13 = Huangshan City{{!}}Huangshan
|pop_13 = 406,100

|city_14 = Bozhou
|pop_14 = 365,000

|city_15 = Xuancheng
|pop_15 = 357,700

|city_16 = Chaohu
|pop_16 = 357,000

|city_17 = Chizhou
|pop_17 = 310,100

|city_18 = Tianchang
|pop_18 = 196,600

|city_19 = Jieshou
|pop_19 = 188,600

|city_20 = Mingguang
|pop_20 = 186,000
}}