Yi'an District

Yi'an District (simplified Chinese: 义安区; traditional Chinese: 義安區; pinyin: Yì'ān Qū), formerly Tongling County, is a district of the city of Tongling, in the south of Anhui province, lying on the southern and eastern (right) bank of the Yangtze River. The total area is 1,113 km² (430 sq mi). The population (Han nationality) is 716,300.

Tongling is known as “a place with 8 blessings”. The city has already identified thirty minerals, among which, copper reserves occupy more than 70% of Anhui Province, pyrite reserves rank first in East China and second in China, the reserves of limestone, gold and silver all stand first in Anhui.

Yi'an is a district with many rare aquatic animals, such as the white dolphin, finless porpoise and Yangtze alligator. Tongling, an origin of Chinese bronze culture, is known as “Chinese Ancient Bronze Capital”.

Yi'an lies roughly midway between Shanghai and Wuhan, Nanjing and Jiujiang. It is also the northern gate of the scenery resorts, Huangshan and Jiuhua mountains.