Chaohu

Proper noun

Chaohu

1. (historical) A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
   • Authorities have started culling poultry within a 1.9-mile radius of a chicken farm in Chaohu city in Anhui after the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu emerged near Chaohu Lake, the official said by telephone. Poultry within a 3.8-mile radius were being vaccinated.2004 July 7, “FINDINGS”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2024, Politics
   • Imagine a city like Los Angeles disappearing from the map completely. That's exactly what happened to Chaohu, a city in eastern China's Anhui province with a similar population — about 4 million. The people have remained, but the city has vanished in an administrative sleight of hand.2011 September 21, Louisa Lim, “The Curious Case Of The Vanishing Chinese City”, in NPR, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2011, Asia
2. A county-level city of Hefei, Anhui, China.