Hexian County, formerly known as Liyang, is a county under the jurisdiction of Maanshan City, Anhui Province. Located in the east of Anhui, on the edge of the Yangtze River Delta, at the forefront of Wanjiang development, facing the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. It is adjacent to yuxikou in Wuhu City in the southeast, Wuwei County in the south, hanshan county in the west, Quanjiao County in the northwest, Nanjing Bridge in the northeast, and Nanjing, Maanshan and Wuhu across the river in the east. With a total area of 13 19 square kilometers and a population of 540,000, it governs 9 towns, 85 village committees and 30 neighborhood committees. Urban area 18 km2. The permanent population of the county is 65,438+10,000. There are coal, phosphorus, dolomite, limestone, yellow sand and other mineral resources; There are more than 20 natural and cultural landscapes, such as Wujiang River, where Xiang Yu, the overlord of the Western Chu Dynasty, drew his sword and hanged himself, Tianmen Mountain, where Li Bai stopped to sing, Liu Yuxi's humble room in Hezhou, Xiangquan, where Prince Zhaoming of Nanliang bathed and treated his illness, and Zhenhuai House, where Ming Taizu was stationed. Celebrities in Hexian County include Tang Dynasty poet, Song Dynasty Du Mo, patriotic poet, Qing Dynasty writer Chen Tinggui, contemporary Cao Sheng, the first gold medal winner in China Olympic Games history, famous ecologist Hou, and academician of China Academy of Sciences. 1 County is the first official land of Bao Zheng, a famous historical and cultural city in Anhui Province, the best leisure and tourism county in China, an excellent county in Anhui Province and an excellent unit in Anhui Province. 2. Anhui Province is a first-class county with economic development, the top ten counties with investment environment in Anhui Province and the most valuable county in the Yangtze River Delta.