Luxi, Fujian Explained

Luxi
Native Name:芦溪镇
Settlement Type:Town (China)
Pushpin Map:China Fujian
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Fujian
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Fujian
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Zhangzhou
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Pinghe
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:24.4833°N 117.035°W
Elevation M:444

Luxi Town is a township-level division of Pinghe County, in the south of Fujian Province, China.[1]

Luxi Town is located in the mountainous northwestern corner of Pinghe County. In the north and west, its territory borders on Nanjing County and Yongding County.

The town's name comes from the eponymous creek (Luxi (Chinese: 芦溪), literally, "Reed Creek"; cf. Lugou Bridge in Beijing), which flows here into the Mei River (Meihe; not to be confused with Meijiang, of the same system). The Meihe flows to the southwest, eventually leaving Fujian and entering Guangdong, where it becomes known as the Meitan River and becomes one of the 3 rivers whose confluence forms the Han River. The town is served by Fujian Provincial Highway 309 (S309).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 福建省 . xzqh.org . Chinese . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120307032545/http://www.xzqh.org/html/fj/ . 2012-03-07 .