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

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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

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and two

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. Towns: * Renli (), Hengdu (), Xianyu (), Qidu (), Xiaohe (), Dingxiang () Townships: *

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(), Jitan Township ()

Climate

References

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