Tunxi District

Tunxi District (Chinese: 屯溪区; pinyin: Túnxī Qū) is the central district and the administrative seat of Huangshan City, Anhui Province, eastern China.

Tunxi 屯溪区 Tunki
District
Tunxi, seen in orange, within Huangshan
Coordinates: 29°41′46″N 118°18′55″E / 29.6961°N 118.3153°E / 29.6961; 118.3153
Country	China
Province	Anhui
Prefecture-level city	Huangshan
District seat	Yanghu
Area
• Total	191 km^2 (74 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	291,188
• Density	1,520/km^2 (3,950/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	245000
Website	www.ahtxq.gov.cn

It has a population of 217,637 (2010) and an area of 249 square kilometres (96 sq mi). Tunxi District has jurisdiction over four subdistricts and five towns.

The most well-known tourist spot is the Old Town, although Tunxi is also close to the Huangshan Mountain Range and Hongcun Village, both of which are World Heritage Sites.

History

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty (208 AD), Sun Quan, the ruler of Sun Wu, established Liyang County (犁陽縣) in Tunxi, marking the beginning of Tunxi's administrative system. In 464, Liyang County was abolished and merged into Haining County (海寧, present-day Xiuning County). In 553, Liyang County was reestablished under Xinning Commandery.

On April 30, 1949, the 35th Division of the 12th Corps of the Second Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army occupied Tunxi. On May 13, the Huizhou District was established, with Tunxi City established and the district government stationed in Tunxi. To promote local tourism economy, on November 27, 1987, the former Huizhou District was abolished and replaced by Huangshan City (same name as Huangshan), with Tunxi becoming a city district and the seat of the municipal government.

Administrative divisions

Tunxi District is divided to 4 Subdistricts and 5 towns.

Subdistricts

Yudong Subdistrict (昱东街道) Yuzhong Subdistrict (昱中街道)

Yuxi Subdistrict (昱西街道) Laojie Subdistrict (老街街道)

Towns

Tunguang (屯光镇) Liyang (黎阳镇) Yanghu (阳湖镇)

Yiqi (奕棋镇) Xintan (新潭镇)

Religion

Tunxi (or Tunki) is the seat of the Latin Catholic Apostolic prefecture (a pre-diocesan jurisdiction, not entitled to a Titular Bishop) of Tunxi / Tunkien(sis) (Latin adjective), which depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. It was established on 1937.02.22 on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Wuhu (now a Diocese). No statistics available. It has been vacant indefinitely without Apostolic administrator (possibly dormant) since the death of its only incumbent:

• Father José Fogued y Gil (扶植義), Claretians (C.M.F., April 24, 1937- January 24, 1954)

Transportation

Roads and expressways

• G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway
• G3 Beijing–Taipei Expressway
• China National Highway 205

Railway

• Huangshan North railway station on
  • Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed railway
  • Hangzhou–Nanchang high-speed railway
  • Chizhou–Huangshan high-speed railway
• Huangshan railway station on
  • Anhui–Jiangxi railway

Airport

• Huangshan Tunxi International Airport

Sources and external links

• GCatholic - Apostolic prefecture

Specific

1. Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China
2. "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

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