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| 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 |
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