Is Hefei a first-tier city or a second-tier city?

Hefei, referred to as "Lu" or "He", was called Luzhou, Luyang and Hefei in ancient times. Anhui province is a prefecture-level city, provincial capital and I-type big city. So Hefei belongs to the first-tier cities.

By 2022, the city will have jurisdiction over four districts and four counties, with a total area of 11445 square kilometers, a permanent population of 9.634 million, an urban population of 8154,000 and an urbanization rate of 84.64%.