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Hefei
is the capital of
Anhui
Province
in central China, north of the Yangzi River that divides the
province into two parts. An important agricultural trading center and
military base in early times, Hefei was made provincial capital in 1949.
The famous scenic area of Mt. Huang (Yellow Mountains) in southern Anhui
is across the Yangzi River and thus more easily reached from the cities
of Wuhu or Hangzhou.
Hefei’s
history reaches back some 2,000 years to the Western Han period, when
the town was an important agricultural trading center.
Hefei was an important military base during the disorders of the
Three Kingdoms following the break-up of the Han Empire. In modern times
Hefei has become the industrial, cultural, and scientific center of
Anhui Province,
and the home of the prestigious University of Science and Technology.
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