岳西地处安庆地区的西北角,大别山腹部,境内山势陡峻,岗峰重迭,高差显著。全县总面积2,398平方公里。辖八区一镇,61个公社,368个大队,36万人口,人均六分田地、八亩山,是个“八山一水半分田,半分道路和庄园”的大山区。 Yuexi is located in the northwest corner of Anqing region, the abdomen of the Dabie Mountains, the territory of steep mountains, Kongfeng overlap, height difference significantly. The county a total area of ​​2,398 square kilometers. Administer eight districts and one town, 61 communes, 368 brigade, 360,000 population, per capita six points of land, eight acres of mountains, is a “eight mountains of water and a half, half a road and manor,” the mountain.