ANHUI

Location: Anhui Province is situated in northwest of East China across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River
Area: 130,000 sq km
Capital: Hefei

Population: 59.86 million (March 2001)
Urban Population: 15.3 million

Ethnic groups: Han, Hui, and She

Tourist Attractions: Mt. Huangshan, famous for its sea of clouds, hot springs, precipitous rocks, and pines; Mt. Jiuhuashan, famous for its Buddhist temples; Mt. Tianzhu in the Dabie Ranges, a well-known scenic spot

Climate: Warm-temperate, semi-humid, monsoonal climate north of the Huaihe River, with frequent spring droughts and summer floods; subtropical, humid, monsoonal climate in the south; clear-cut seasons; plum rains between spring and summer, sometimes followed by summer droughts.