Jixi County

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (February 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Jixi 绩溪县
County
Jixi is the southernmost division in this map of Xuancheng
Xuancheng in Anhui
Coordinates: 30°04′03″N 118°34′43″E / 30.0675°N 118.5785°E / 30.0675; 118.5785Coordinates: 30°04′03″N 118°34′43″E / 30.0675°N 118.5785°E / 30.0675; 118.5785
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Anhui
Prefecture-level city	Xuancheng
Area
• Total	1,126 km2 (435 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	159,000
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	245300

Jixi County
The Huihang Trail, connecting Jixi with Lin'an in Zhejiang
Simplified Chinese	绩溪县
Traditional Chinese	績溪縣
showTranscriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jìxī Xiàn Wade–Giles Chi-hsi Hsien

Jixi County (Chinese: 绩溪县, Mandarin pronunciation: [tɕî.ɕí.ɕjɛ̂n]; Jixihua pronunciation: [tɕiɛʔ.t͡sʰɿ.ɕĩ] jie' cii xin) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xuancheng, in the southeast of Anhui province, China, bordering Zhejiang province to the east. It has a population of 180,000^[when?] and an area of 1,126 km² (435 sq mi).. Jixi County is a hilly region with many rivers and bodies of water.

History[]

Huayang Town, under the administration of Jixi County, was well known during the Han Dynasty (208 BCE–220 CE). Jixi County was formally established in 776 CE during the Tang Dynasty. It formed part of the Huizhou region. In early European accounts, it was romanized Tsiki.

Administration[]

Jixi County has jurisdiction over eight towns and three townships.^[1]

Towns

Townships

• Jiapeng Township (家朋乡)
• Jingzhou Township (荆州乡)
• Banqiaotou Township (板桥头乡)

Transportation[]

Rail[]

Jixi is served by the Anhui–Jiangxi Railway and Jixi North railway station on the Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed railway and the Hangzhou–Huangshan intercity railway.

Residents[]

Famous people from Jixi County include:

• Hu Zongxian the Ming dynasty Minister of War
• Hu Xueyan businessman
• Hu Shih scholar

References[]

This Xuancheng location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t