Huaining County () is a county in the southwest

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China' ...

of Anqing. It has a population of and an area of . The government of Huaining County was originally based in Shipai (Shihpai) () Town and moved to its current location in Gaohe Town () on 18 January 2002.

Administrative divisions

Huaining County has jurisdiction over fifteen towns and five townships. Towns * Gaohe (), Shipai (Shihpai) (), Yueshan (),

Hongpu Hongpu (莊親王弘普; 9 August 1713 – 16 April 1743) was Qing dynasty imperial peer prince and second son of Yunlu, Prince Zhuang Ke of the First Rank. Although he never held a title of the prince of the first rank, his eldest son was select ...

(), Chaling (), Jingong (), Sanqiao (), Huangdun (), Jiangzhen (), Xiaoshi (), Lashu (), Huanglong (), Songling (), Pingshan (), Mamiao () Townships: * Liangxiang Township (), Xiushan Township (), Qinghe Township (), Leibu Township (), Shijing Township ()

Climate

Transport

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Culture

Huaining County is noted for its

Huangmeixi Opera Huangmei or Huangmei tone ( or , pinyin: or ) originated as a form of rural folk song and dance that has been in existence for the last 200 years and possibly longer. Huangmei opera is one of the most famous and mainstream opera in China (others ...

Notable people

Deng Jiaxian Deng Jiaxian (; June 25, 1924 – July 29, 1986) was a Chinese nuclear physicist and academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was a leading organizer and key contributor to the Chinese nuclear weapon programs. Biography Deng was b ...

(1924–1986) developer of the first Chinese atomic bomb and guided missile. *

Hai Zi Hai Zi (; March 24, 1964 – March 26, 1989) is the pen name of the Chinese poet Zha Haisheng (). He was one of the most famous poets in Mainland China after the Cultural Revolution. He committed suicide by lying on the rail in Shanhaiguan at t ...

(1964–1989) well-known poet. *

Chen Duxiu Chen Duxiu ( zh, t=陳獨秀, w=Ch'en Tu-hsiu; 8 October 187927 May 1942) was a Chinese revolutionary socialist, educator, philosopher and author, who co-founded the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with Li Dazhao in 1921. From 1921 to 1927, h ...

(1879–1942) a Chinese revolutionary socialist, educator, philosopher, author, and co-founded the Chinese Communist Party.

References

External links

County-level divisions of Anhui Anqing {{Anqing-geo-stub