Why are there more names in my hometown than Lu 'an?

Lu 'an is located in the west of Anhui, at the northern foot of Dabie Mountain, commonly known as "West Anhui", and is a regional central city of Dabie Mountain. It has jurisdiction over Jin 'an and Yu 'an districts, Shouxian, Huoqiu, Jinzhai, Huoshan and Shucheng counties, as well as provincial Lu 'an Economic and Technological Development Zone and Ji Ye Reform and Development Experimental Zone. There are 159 townships, 8 streets, 85 urban communities and 2,846 villagers' committees in the city. Total area 17976 km2. The total population is 6,867,300. There are 29 ethnic groups, mainly Han nationality, ethnic minorities accounting for 0.7%, mostly Hui nationality. In 2006, the city's GDP reached 36.334 billion yuan, including 9.32 billion yuan for the primary industry,1251400 million yuan for the secondary industry and1450 million yuan for the tertiary industry. The fiscal revenue was 2,565.438 billion yuan.

As early as the Neolithic Age, there were human activities in Lu 'an. In ancient times, it was the activity and settlement of Hao Tao tribes. "Dead, buried in luan (lu). Yu Feng's youngest son Yu Liu, to worship him. " Therefore, Lu 'an is also called "high city". By the Western Zhou Dynasty, Britain, the United States and the United States had formed in the territory. The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period belonged to Chu State. Qin belongs to Jiujiang County. In BC 12 1 year, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took the meaning of "peace in six places and never rebelled" and designated Lu 'an as the country. The name "Lu 'an" has been passed down to this day. During the Three Kingdoms period, it was controlled by Wei. During the Jin Dynasty, it belonged to Anfeng County of Yuzhou, Huainan County and Lujiang County of Yangzhou. The Sui Dynasty belonged to Huainan County and Lujiang County. In the Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Shouzhou and Luzhou, Shucheng and Tang Sheng counties. During the Song Dynasty, it was roughly equivalent to the Tang Dynasty. At the end of Yuan Dynasty, Lu 'an House was established. In the Ming Dynasty, Shouzhou belonged to the north and Lu 'an belonged to the south. At the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Shouzhou and Lu 'an were under the jurisdiction of jiangnan province Right Minister. After the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River were changed to Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, they were subordinate to Lu 'an House, Feng Yingliu Road, Anhui Province. In the early years of the Republic of China, Shouxian and Huoqiu belonged to Huaisi Road, Anhui, and the other counties belonged to Anqing Road, Anhui. 193 1 Lu' an, Huoshan (including a part of Jinzhai County) and Yingshan, Luotian and Shangcheng counties established the democratic regime of workers and peasants, which was once called "five-star county". 1940, renamed as the second administrative supervision area. 1947,5438+00 June, Wanxi administrative office was established. 1949 1 month, Lu' an was liberated, and in April, the Lu' an District Commissioner's Office was established under the administrative office of northern Anhui. 1952, the administrative office of northern Anhui and the administrative office of southern Anhui merged into Anhui Province. Since then, Lujiang County was once included in Lu 'an area, and then included in Chaohu area; Feixi County was included in Lu 'an twice, and then in Hefei. 1978, county-level Lu' an city is organized at the county level and its suburbs. 199265438+February, Lu 'an City merged with Lu 'an County, which was called Lu 'an City (county level). 1In September, 1999, the State Council approved the withdrawal of land from Lu 'an to set up a city. The former county-level Lu 'an city was divided into jin an district and Yu 'an District. In March 2000, the provincial capital Lu 'an was established.