Anhua
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Anhua County 安化县 |
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| Coordinates: 28°18′25″N 111°21′14″E / 28.307°N 111.354°ECoordinates: 28°18′25″N 111°21′14″E / 28.307°N 111.354°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Yiyang |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 413500 |
Anhua County (simplified Chinese: 安化县; traditional Chinese: 安化縣; pinyin: Ānhuà Xiàn) is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Yiyang Prefecture-level City.
Located in the north-central part of the province, the county is bordered to the north by Dingcheng District of Changde City and Taoyuan County, to the east by Taojiang and Ningxiang Counties, to the south by Lianyuan City and Xinhua County, to the west by Xupu and Yuanling Counties. Anhua County covers 4,950 km2 (1,910 sq mi), as of 2013, it had a registered population of 1,029,000 and a permanent resident population of 912,100. Anhua has 18 towns and 5 townships under its juridiction, the county seat is Dongping (东坪镇).
Anhua County is the source place of Anhua dark tea, which is a kind of dark tea; Anhua was an important nodal point of the Tea Horse Road in ancient times. Anhua is both the southernmost and westernmost county-level division of Yiyang. Anhua and its neighborhood have a very distinct indigenous culture - Meishan culture, which has quite long history and profound religious content, influenced by mainstream Han-Chinese culture and also some neighbor cultures during its developing process.
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