An-hwei

安徽省

Province Abbreviation(s): Xx
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

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 Anquing 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.

Economy

• Copper extracted in Tongling.

Demographics

Culture

• The Hui dialect is spoken in the southern parts of the province.
• The 2000 movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was filmed in Anhui.

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
• Anhui Province