Bengbu (Chinese: 蚌埠; pinyin: Bèngbù; Wade–Giles: Peng-pu) is a city in northern Anhui Province, China.
1,968,027 lived in the built-up area made of four Bengbu urban districts and Fengyang County in Chuzhou Prefecture, largely being conurbated.
Its name means "Clam Wharf" in Chinese, echoing its former reputation as a freshwater pearl fishery.
The prefecture-level city of Bengbu administers seven county-level divisions, including four districts and three counties.
In ancient times, the Dongyi peoples inhabited this area and were collectively known as the Huaiyi after the Huai River.
Bengbu has always been a hub of water and land communications in Anhui province, and a major distribution centre for the Huai basin.
In 1948, during the Chinese Civil War, the Communist People's Liberation Army won a decisive victory over Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist (KMT) forces near Bengbu, in the Huaihai Campaign.
The city's other industries include engineering works, textiles, glass making, chemicals, and electronics.