Tunxi District


Tunxi District is the central district and the administrative seat of Huangshan City, Anhui Province, eastern China.
It has a population of 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.

History

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Sun Quan, the ruler of Sun Wu, established Liyang County in Tunxi, marking the beginning of Tunxi's administrative system. In 464, Liyang County was abolished and merged into Haining 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, 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
  • Yuzhong Subdistrict
  • Yuxi Subdistrict
  • Laojie Subdistrict
;Towns
  • Tunguang
  • Liyang
  • Yanghu
  • Yiqi
  • Xintan

Religion

Tunxi is the seat of the Latin Catholic Apostolic prefecture of Tunxi / Tunkien, 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. No statistics available. It has been vacant indefinitely without Apostolic administrator since the death of its only incumbent:

Transportation

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Airport