Anhui, located in the hinterland of East China, is an inland province near the Jingjiang River in the east of China, spanning the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, connecting Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the east, Hubei and Henan in the west, Jiangxi in the south and Shandong in the north.

By the end of 20 17, Anhui province had * * * jurisdiction over 16 prefecture-level cities, 7 county-level cities, 54 counties, 44 municipal districts and 1249 townships.