Anhui

Area: 139,000sq.km/53,670sq.mi

Population: 57,610,000. Capital: Hefei

The province of Anhui in eastern China lies between 114°43' and 119°38'E and 29°25' and 34°39'N.

Two large rivers, the Huaihe and the Changjiang (Yangtse), flow through Anhui from west to east. The province can be divided into three different zones - the plain to the north of the Huaihe, the hilly region between the Huaihe and the Changjiang, and the mountainous country south of the Changjiang.

Summers in the province are hot and humid and the winters generally cool but colder and drier in the north. Rainfall amounts are less in the north than in the south.

Commencing with the Qin dynasty (221-206 BC), Anhui was the first