Anhui

Anhui (安徽, Hanyu Pinyin: Ānhūi, also spelled in the past as Ngan-hui, Anhwei or An-hwei) is a province located in the northwest of east People's Republic of China, across the basins of the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) and the Huaihe River.

安徽省
Ānhuī Shěng

Province Abbreviation(s): 皖 (Wăn)
Capital	Hefei
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 22nd 139,600 km² xx%
Population  - Total (2000)  - Density	Ranked 9th 59,860,000 429/km²
Administration Type	Province
Governor	Wang Jinshan

History

Anhui was first officially established as a province in 1667, during the Qing Dynasty. The name "Anhui" derives from the combination of the names of Anqing prefecture and Huizhou prefecture. The abbreviation for Anhui is "Wan", because there were historically a Wan State, a Wan Mountain, and a Wan river in the province. At the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, there were two prefectures: the South Wan and the North Wan. They were merged into a province in 1952.

The Battle of Feishui was fought in today's Anhui in 383 AD.

Geography

Anhui is located in the east China, across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River.

Neighboring provinces: Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Henan and Shandong.

Major cities include: Huangshan, Bengbu, Tongling, Ma'anshan, Bozhou.

A street in Yaodu, Dongzhi County, a small town in southern Anhui Province

Economy

• Copper extracted in Tongling.

Demographics

Culture

• The Hui dialect is spoken in the southern parts of the province.

Tourism

• Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun (World Heritage Site)
• Mount Huangshan (World Heritage Site)
• Mount Jiuhuashan
• Mount Tianzhu

Miscellaneous topics

Colleges and universities

• Anhui University, in Hefei
• University of Science & Technology of China, located in the Southwest part of Hefei

External links

• China Internet Information Center (http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/43472.htm)
• Anhui Province (http://www.asinah.net/chinaprovinces_amhui.html)
• Anhui huangshan Scape (http://www.0559u.com/Scape/)
• huangshan Hotel (http://www.0559u.com/Hotel/)
• huangshan Transportation (http://www.0559u.com/Tickets/)

Province-level divisions administered by the People's Republic of China

Provinces¹: Anhui | Fujian | Gansu | Guangdong | Guizhou | Hainan | Hebei | Heilongjiang | Henan | Hubei | Hunan | Jiangsu | Jiangxi | Jilin | Liaoning | Qinghai | Shaanxi | Shandong | Shanxi | Sichuan | Yunnan | Zhejiang Autonomous Regions: Guangxi | Inner Mongolia | Ningxia | Tibet | Xinjiang Municipalities: Beijing | Chongqing | Shanghai | Tianjin Special Administrative Regions: Hong Kong | Macau ¹ See also: Political status of Taiwan .

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