Jinzhai County (), previously Lihuang County (, named after

Wei Lihuang Wei Lihuang () (16 February 1897 – 17 January 1960) was a Chinese general who served the Nationalist government throughout the Chinese Civil War and Second Sino-Japanese War as one of China's most successful military commanders. First joinin ...

), is a county in the west of

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, bordering the provinces of

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to the northwest and

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to the southwest. It is 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' ...

Lu'an Lu'an (), is a prefecture-level city in western Anhui province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan to the northwest and Hubei to the southwest. As of the 2020 census, it had a total population of 4,393,699 inhabitants whom 1,752,537 liv ...

, and has a population of and an area of . The government of Jinzhai County was in

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Town before 2006 when it relocated to nearby Jiangdian Town. The county has jurisdiction over nine towns and ten townships. Jinzhai County is known as "the cradle of generals" () as 59 men from the area have reached that rank in the

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(PLA).

Geography

Jinzhai County lies on the joint border of Anhui,

and

Provinces. Its mountainous terrain attracts tourists for its rugged beauty with the highest mountain,

Tiantangzhai Tiãntángzhài () is the second highest peak of the Dabie Mountains located on the border between Hubei and Anhui provinces in the People's Republic of China. Straddling Hubei's Luotian County and Huanggang City along with Jinzhai County in Anhui, ...

rising to a height of . The county is served by the

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Climate

Administrative divisions

In the present, Jinzhai County has 11 towns and 12 townships. ;11 Towns ;12 Townships

References

County-level divisions of Anhui Lu'an {{Luan-geo-stub