Cities: Anqing | Heifei | Huangshan | Maanshan

Location: Anhui Province is situated in the northwest of East China across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River.

Area: 130,000 square kilometers

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.

Provincial capital: Hefei

Population: 59.86 millions (March 2001)

Ethnic groups: Han, Hui, and She