Tongling, a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province, is located in the south-central part of Anhui Province and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Tongling was named for copper and prospered with copper.
It is known as "the ancient copper capital of China and the contemporary copper base". The history of copper mining began in Shang and Zhou dynasties, flourished in Han and Tang dynasties, and lasted for more than 3500 years.
The first furnace of copper water and the first copper ingot in New China came from Tongling. The first copper industrial base was built in Tongling, and the first copper stock came from Tongling.
铜陵，安徽省地级市，位于安徽省中南部、长江下游。铜陵因铜得名、以铜而兴，素有“中国古铜都，当代铜基地”之称。采冶铜的历史始于商周，盛于汉唐，延绵3500余年。新中国第一炉铜水、第一块铜锭出自铜陵。第一个铜工业基地建于铜陵，第一支铜业股票发自铜陵。
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铜陵的位置境域：
铜陵市位于安徽省中南部、长江下游，东与芜湖市繁昌县、南陵县接壤，南与池州市贵池区、青阳县交界，西与安庆市宜秀区、迎江区、桐城市毗邻，北与合肥市庐江县、芜湖市无为县相邻。
介于东经117°04’—118°09’、北纬30°38’—31°09’之间，南北最长约56千米，东西最宽约103.9千米，总面积3008平方千米。东距芜湖市60千米左右，西距池州市30千米、安庆市80千米左右，距省会合肥市125千米。
参考资料来源：百度百科—铜陵
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