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 Abbreviation(s): 皖 (Wăn) Capital Hefei Area
 - Total
 - % waterRanked 22nd
139,600 km²
xx% Population

 - Total (2000)

 - Density Ranked 9th

59,860,000

429/km² Administration Type Province GovernorWang 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 Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Henan and Shandong.

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

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