Tunxi District Explained

Tunxi
Other Name:Tunki
Postal Code:245000
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:District
Coordinates:29.6961°N 118.3153°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Anhui
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Huangshan
Seat Type:District seat
Seat:Yanghu
Area Total Km2:191
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Total:291188
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Tunxi District is the central district of Huangshan City, Anhui Province, eastern China. It has a population of (2010)[1] and an area of .

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.

Administrative divisions

Tunxi District is divided to 4 Subdistricts and 5 towns.[2]

Subdistricts
  • Yudong Subdistrict (Chinese: 昱东街道)
  • Yuzhong Subdistrict (Chinese: 昱中街道)
  • Yuxi Subdistrict (Chinese: 昱西街道)
  • Laojie Subdistrict (Chinese: 老街街道)
Towns
  • Tunguang (Chinese: 屯光镇)
  • Liyang (Chinese: 黎阳镇)
  • Yanghu (Chinese: 阳湖镇)
  • Yiqi (Chinese: 奕棋镇)
  • Xintan (Chinese: 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:

Transportation

Roads and expressways

Railway

Airport

See also

Sources and external links

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Notes and References

  1. [Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China]
  2. Web site: 南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org . XZQH . zh . 2012-05-24.