Jixi County is a county in Anhui

Anhui

Anhui is a province in the People's Republic of China. Located in eastern China across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, it borders Jiangsu to the east, Zhejiang to the southeast, Jiangxi to the south, Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, and Shandong for a tiny...

 Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of Xuancheng

Xuancheng

Xuancheng is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province of Eastern China. It borders Wuhu to the northwest, Chizhou to the west, Huangshan to the southwest, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu to the southeast and northeast respectively....

 City. It has a population of 180,000 and an area of 1126 square kilometres (434.8 sq mi). Jixi borders Lingan in the east, Ningguo and Jingde

Jingde County

Jingde County is a county in Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of Xuancheng City. It has a population of 150,000 and an area of . The government of Jingde County is located in Jingyang Town.Jingde County has jurisdiction over five towns and five townships....

 in the south, and Taiping to the west. Jixi County is a hilly region with many rivers and bodies of water.

Jixi County has jurisdiction over seven towns and ten townships.

History

Huayang Town, under the administration of Jixi County, was well-known during the Han Dynasty

Han Dynasty

The Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms . It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty of the former regent Wang Mang...

 (208 BCE–220 CE). Jixi County was formally established in 776 CE during the Tang Dynasty

Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...

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Famous people who have claimed ancestry in Jixi County include Hu Jintao

Hu Jintao

Hu Jintao is the current Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China. He has held the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang...

, the CPC General Secretary, PRC President and Hu Shi (1891–1962), reformist philosopher and essayist.

Rail

Jixi is served by the Anhui-Jiangxi Railway.