Ahhui Province was founded in 1667 and has a history of more than 300 years.

Early in the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911), a huge province named Jiangnan was established. It included today’s Anhui Province, Jiangsu Province and Shanghai Municipality. In the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1667), Jiangnan Province was partitioned into two provinces: Anhui and Jiangsu. Anhui the name of the province, is a portmanteau word combining the first characters of Anqing and Huizhou. In the year when Anhui was established, Anqing was the political center and Huizhou the economic center of the province.

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The province is represented by a shortened, single-character name "Wan", because there were historically State of Wan, Mount Wan, and Wan River in the province.

Currently, Anhui has 16 prefecture-level cities including Hefei, Huaibei, Bozhou, Suzhou, Bengbu, Fuyang, Huainan, Chuzhou, Lu'an, Ma'anshan, Wuhu, Xuancheng, Tongling, Chizhou, Anqing, and Huangshan. It also has 9 county-level cities, 50 counties, and 45 urban districts.