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 | Population | 62,199,000 |
| Area | 140,000 | |
| Capital | Hefei | |
| Main Industries | agriculture (rice, tea, timber), industry, coal | |
| GDP | 4,390 | |
| Trade | 263,651 | |
| Ethnic minorities | 0.7% | |
| Urbanization | 24.7% | |
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Situated inland astride the Yangzi (Yangtse or Changjiang) River, Anhui is a rich agricultural land on the fringes of the North China plain.
At the Southern border are the famous Yellow Mountains (Huang Shan) a great attraction for the Chinese since the Tang dynasty and now is popular with foreign tourists.
Slightly further north is the sacred Buddhist mountain of Jiuhua Shan (Nine Flower Mountain) named by the Tang poet Li Bai in the poem :
See also : Traditional artist on Huangshan Mountains
Boat at Wuhu
Bao Zheng Temple
Painting of Huangshan Mountains
Terraced fields
Gallery of Paintings of Huangshan Mountains
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