Huaining County

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Huaining 怀宁县 Hwaining
County
Huaining in Anqing
Coordinates: 30°44′05″N 116°49′47″E / 30.7348°N 116.8296°E / 30.7348; 116.8296
Country	China
Province	Anhui
Prefecture-level city	Anqing
County seat	Gaohe
Area
• Total	1,276 km2 (493 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	496,683
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	246121

Huaining County (simplified Chinese: 怀宁县; traditional Chinese: 懷寧縣; pinyin: Huáiníng Xiàn) is a county in the southwest Anhui Province, China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Anqing. It has a population of 790,000^[when?] and an area of 1,543 km² (596 sq mi). The government of Huaining County was originally based in Shipai (Shihpai) (石牌镇) Town and moved to its current location in Gaohe Town (高河镇) on 18 January 2002.