Tunxi District

Tunxi

屯溪区
Tunki
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
Country	China
Province	Anhui
Prefecture-level city	Huangshan
District seat	Yanghu
Area
• Total	191 km2 (74 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	291,188
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	245000
Website	www.ahtxq.gov.cn

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

It has a population of 217,637 (2010)^[1] 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.

Administrative divisions

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

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: