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Learn about the history of Anhui province in east-central China

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Anhui, or An-hui conventional Anhwei, Province, east-central China. Area: 54,000 sq mi (139,900 sq km). Population: (2020) 61,027,171. Capital: Hefei. It is bounded by Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Shandong, and Henan provinces. One of China’s smallest provinces, Anhui was the first part of southern China to be settled by the Han dynasty, from c. 205 bce. Well watered by the Huai and Yangtze (Chang) rivers, it was the empire’s major agricultural area for several centuries. Anhui was ruled by the Ming dynasty in the 14th–17th centuries. It was occupied by the Japanese in World War II; after the war the Nationalists held it briefly before the communists took over. It remains a notable agricultural producer.