[2] Ansai has jurisdiction over the following 3 subdistricts:[2] Ansai has jurisdiction over the following 8 towns:[2] The district, located in the Loess Plateau, is largely hilly, with its elevation ranging from 1,012 metres (3,320 ft) to 1,731.1 metres (5,679 ft) in height.

[1] Ansai is a traditionally agricultural district where vegetables, livestock, apples, apricots are produced.

There is a tradition of paper-cutting,[5] the painting of farmers, clay crafts, waist drums,[6] and folk songs.

Ansai is part of the Chinese Communists base in northern Shaanxi, with several schools in the south suburb of Yan'an.

[8] In August 2012, a sleeper bus crashed into a tanker carrying methanol, killing 36 people and injuring 3.