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Huizhou, Anhui
Region in Anhui and Jiangxi, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a historical region in Anhui. For the modern district in Huangshan city, see Huizhou District.
Huizhou (Chinese: 徽州; pinyin: Huīzhōu) is a historical region in Anhui Province which roughly corresponds to Huangshan City today – the southernmost region of the province. In Ming and Qing dynasties, Huizhou was a prefecture corresponding to Huangshan city and Jixi County of modern Xuancheng, plus Wuyuan County in northeastern Jiangxi. Anhui, the name of the province, is a portmanteau word combining the first characters of Anqing and Huizhou.
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Huizhou
徽州 | |
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Region | |
![]() Xidi, a World Heritage Site, is a village in Huizhou that was built by a merchant family during the Ming Dynasty | |
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Country | China |
Province | Anhui and Jiangxi |
Area | |
• Total | 13,870 km2 (5,360 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | c. 1,984,000 |
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