profound cultural heritage and rich tourism resources. There are many scenery resorts, such as the country's largest captive breeding bases—Chinese Crocodile Lake, one of the four unique scenes – Taiji Cave, Peach Blossom Pool, Jing Ting Mountain, Zhangshan Canyon, and cultural sites of the New Fourth Army, the Ancestral Hall of the Hu Family in Jixi, the former residence of Mr. Hu Shih, the Jiang's Village in Jingde, and so on. Since reform and opening up, the city has achieved a lot of progress, and is accelerating the development of municipal services, transport, tourism and other infrastructural facilities. Xuancheng, as a new city with pleasant environments of living, enterprising, sightseeing, is on the rise. The Ningguo Stadium is located in the city. The 12,000-capacity stadium is used mainly for association football matches. Demographics Its population was 2,500,063 as of 2020 census whom 774,332 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Xuanzhou District. The city is home to 45 ethnic minorities, whose population totals about 13,000 people. Xuancheng administers one ethnic township: . Xuancheng also administers two ethnic villages: Hucun Hui Ethnic Village () in , Xuanzhou District, and Qianqiu She Ethnic Village () in Yunti She Ethnic Township, Ningguo. Economy As of 2020, the city's gross domestic product is estimated at ¥160.75 billion, its inflation rate was 2.4%, and its urban unemployment rate was 2.7%. Total consumer retail sales in 2020 reached ¥62.66 billion, and foreign trade totaled ¥13.44 billion. Xuancheng's per capita disposable income is ¥30,746 as of 2020, and stood at ¥42,134 for urban residents, and ¥18,928 for rural residents. Xuancheng's major industrial products include beverages, cloth, concrete, electronics components, fertilizer, paper and cardboard. Xuancheng is known for its production of high quality Xuan paper (), Xuan writing brushes (), and Xuan ink stones (), all of which are used in traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting. These products make up a large proportion of the city's exports. Notable people Hu Shih (1891–1962): philosopher, essayist and diplomat, one of the leaders of China's New Culture Movement, former president of Peking University (in 1939 Hu Shih was nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature) Wang Jiaxiang (1906–1974): the first Chinese Ambassador to Soviet Union after the establishment of People's Republic of China Wu Zuoren (1908–1997): painter, former principal of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts Ren Xinmin (1915–2017): aerospace engineer and a specialist in astronautics and liquid