How many counties are there in Ma'anshan?

As of the end of 2017, Ma'anshan City has three counties, namely Dangtu County, Hanshan County, and He County.

1. Dangtu County

Affiliated to Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province, it is located in eastern Anhui and on the east bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It borders Bowang District and Shijiu Lake to the east, and borders Lishui District and Gaochun District of Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province with the river in the lake; it borders the Yangtze River to the west and faces He County across the river; it borders the suburbs of Wuhu, Wuhu County and Xuancheng City to the south; and it borders Yu to the north. Mountainous areas adjoin.

2. Hanshan County

Affiliated to Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province, it is located on the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, in the eastern part of central Anhui and on the shore of Chaohu Lake. Hanshan has a history of more than 1,380 years since it was established as a county in the sixth year of Wude (623) in the Tang Dynasty. It is the hometown of Wu and Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and is known as the head of Wu and the tail of Chu. ?

3. He County

The ancient name is Liyang, and it is a county under the jurisdiction of Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province. Located on the edge of eastern Anhui and the Yangtze River Delta, it is at the forefront of the development of the Wanjiang River and is at the crossroads of the Yangtze River, Huaihe River, and land. It is closely connected to Yuxikou of Wuhu City in the southeast, Wuwei County in the south, Hanshan County in the west, Quanjiao County in the northwest, separated from Nanjing City in the northeast by a bridge, close to the Yangtze River in the east, and faces Nanjing and Nanjing across the river. Ma'anshan and Wuhu are the three major cities.

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Historical evolution:

1. Wu, Yue, Chu

It belonged to the State of Wu during the Western Zhou Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it belonged to the Yue State and the Chu State.

2. Danyang

From the Qin Dynasty to the Western Jin Dynasty, they all belonged to Danyang County (the county government is now Danyang Town, Dangtu County). During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was war in the north and refugees moved south. In the fourth year of Emperor Xianhe's reign (329), the refugees from Dangtu County on the bank of the Huaihe River (in today's Huaiyuan County, Anhui Province) settled in Dangtu County in the present-day Nanling area. The name of Dangtu County in the south of the Yangtze River began to exist, but it was not an entity. county. In the first year of Yonghe (345), immigrants from Yuzhou in the north of the Yangtze River (now southeastern Henan and eastern Hubei) settled in Niuzhu (now Caishi).

In the first year of Liang Tianjian in the Southern Dynasty (502), Danyang County was divided into South Danyang County, which governed quarrying.

3. Dangtu

In the ninth year of Emperor Kaihuang’s reign in the Sui Dynasty (589), the overseas Chinese were placed in Tuzhi Gushu City (today’s Chengguan Town of Dangtu) in Dangtu County in southern Anhui. , this is the beginning of Gushu becoming the county seat of Dangtu, and it remains unchanged to this day.

4. Taiping

In the second year of the Taiping Xingguo reign in the Northern Song Dynasty (977), Taiping Prefecture was established to govern Gusucheng and govern the three counties of Dangtu, Wuhu and Fanchang. In the Yuan Dynasty, Taiping Prefecture was renamed Taiping Road. ?

In the fifteenth year of Yuan Zhizheng (1355), Zhu Yuanzhang led the rebel army to capture Dangtu, changed Taiping Road to Taiping Prefecture, and administered the county as before. ?

The administrative affiliations of the Ming and Qing Dynasties remained unchanged.

5. Dangtu County

Dangtu County was left under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China, and Dangtu County was directly under Anhui Province. ?Wuhu Road was established in the 3rd year of the Republic of China (1914), and Dangtu belongs to Wuhu Road. ?Tao was abolished in the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928) and was still directly under the jurisdiction of Anhui Province.

6. Maanshan Mining Area

Dangtu was liberated in April 1949. In February 1954, Ma'anshan Town was established, under the jurisdiction of Dangtu County. ?In August 1955, the Ma'anshan Mining Area Government (county level) was established, under the jurisdiction of Wuhu Prefecture.

7. Ma'anshan City

On October 12, 1956, the State Council approved the establishment of Ma'anshan City as a provincial municipality. Dangtu County has been affiliated to Wuhu District (region) and Xuancheng District. ?In July 1983, Dangtu County (except Daqiao Commune) was placed under Ma'anshan City.

8. New Ma'anshan City

On August 16, 2011, Chaohu City, a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province, was split into three parts, including Hanshan County and He County (excluding Shenyang County). Lane Town) was placed under Ma'anshan.

On September 5, 2012, according to the "Reply of the State Council on Agreeing to Anhui Province to Adjust Some Administrative Divisions of Ma'anshan City" (Guohan [2012] No. 103), Anhui Province officially notified the establishment of Ma'anshan City Bowang District , which has jurisdiction over the three towns of Bowang, Danyang and Xinshi in Dangtu County.

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