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Topographp of A ́nhwui
JUNE.
and is conterminous-on the north with the provinces of Hònán and Kiángsú; on the east, with Kiángsú and Chekiáng; on the south, with Chekiang and Kiángsí; and on the west, with Kiángsí and Hònán. Its extreme limits stretch from about lat. 29° 3′ to 34° 15′ N., and from long. 3o E., to 1° 25′ W. of Peking.
Its area is greater that that of Kiángsú, and is probably between forty and forty-five thousand square miles, but no scientific admeasure- ment of it has been made since the division. The surface of the country in the eastern part resembles that of Kiángsú.
The population, according to the census of the 17th year of Kiá- king is 34,168,059 individuals, which is about 850 on a square mile. There is however, some little uncertainty about the computations regarding this and the adjoining province, as their separate areas cannot be exactly ascertained. There is, according to Barrow, 92,961 square miles in Kiángnán, which gives an average of 774 individuals to a square mile for both the present provinces. Their area united is about the same as that of the two states of New York and Pennsylva- nia, of which the average united population to a square mile is nearly 45 individuals. Their area is also about the same as that of Paraguay, where Dr. Francia lately reigned; half as large as Spain; a little larger than England and Scotland; and about the same as Bokhara in Central Asia.
The province is divided into thirteen departments and fifty-four districts the names of which are subjoined, in the order in which they are found in the Collected Statutes of the reigning dynasty. The figures, indicating the latitude and longitude of the several chief towns, are borrowed from the folio edition of Du Halde.
1.
Anking fú; or the
Department of A'nking, contains six districts.
Its chief city is situated in lat. 30° 37′ 10′′ N., and long. 0° 35′ 47′′ E. of Peking, and 117° 0′ 47′′ E. of Greenwich.
1
4
Hwaining,
4
Tsienshán,
2 ¥ } Wáng kiáng,
5
Táilú,
3 宿松 Susung,
6
Tungching.
Iwuichau fú; or the
II.
Department of Hwuichau, contains six districts.
Its chief etiy is situated in lat. 29° 58′ 30′′ N., and long. 2° 3′ 20′′ E of Peking, and 118° 28′ 20′′ E of Greenwich