Shitai County () is a county in the south of
Anhui Province
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 ...
, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of the
prefecture-level city
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During the Republican era, many of China ...
of
Chizhou
Chizhou () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Anhui province, China. It borders Anqing to the northwest, Tongling and Wuhu to the northeast, Xuancheng to the east, Huangshan to the southeast, and the province of Jiangxi to the southwes ...
. It has population of and an area of . The government of Shitai County is located in Qili Town. Shitai County is a producer of silk and tea leaves.
The well-known "Guniujiang" National Nature Reserve is located on the border between Shitai County and
Qimen County
Qimen County (; alternately romanized as Keemun) is a county in the southeast of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi Province to the southwest. It is the westernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of ...
. It is said that the "Guniujiang" has the last piece of original forest in East China.
Administrative divisions
Shitai County has jurisdiction over six
towns and two
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
.
Towns:
*
Renli (),
Hengdu (),
Xianyu (),
Qidu (),
Xiaohe (),
Dingxiang ()
Townships:
*
Dayan Township (),
Jitan Township ()
Climate
References
County-level divisions of Anhui
Chizhou
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