Huaining County is a county in Anhui

Anhui

Anhui is a province in the People's Republic of China. Located in eastern China across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, it borders Jiangsu to the east, Zhejiang to the southeast, Jiangxi to the south, Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, and Shandong for a tiny...

 Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of Anqing City

Anqing

Anqing is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Anhui province, East China. It borders Lu'an to the north, Chaohu to the northeast, Tongling to the east, Chizhou to the southeast, and the provinces of Jiangxi and Hubei to the south and west respectively....

. It has a population of 790,000 and an area of 1543 square kilometres (595.8 sq mi). The government of Huaining County was originally based in Shipai (石牌镇) Town and moved to its current location in Gaohe Town (高河镇) on Jan. 18th, 2002.

Administrative divisions

Huaining County has jurisdiction over sixteen towns and seven townships.

Culture

Huaining County is noted for its Huangmeixi Opera, one of the sources of Peking Opera.

Notable people

• Deng Jiaxian
  Deng Jiaxian
  Deng Jiaxian was born on June 25, 1924, in Huaining, Anhui province, and died on July 29th, 1986 in Beijing. He was a nuclear physics expert and academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences . He was a leading organizer and key contributor to the Chinese nuclear weapon programs.-External links:* * * *...
  
   (1924–1986) developer of the first Chinese atomic bomb and guided missile.
• Hai Zi
  Hai Zi
  Hai Zi is the pen name of the Chinese poet Zha Haisheng . He was one of the most famous poets in Mainland China after the Cultural Revolution. He committed suicide by lying on the path of a train in Shanhaiguan at the age of 25.-Life:Zha Haisheng was born in an agricultural family of a small...
  
  (1964–1989) well-known poet.