Fenxi County (Chinese:汾西; pinyin:Fénxī) is a county of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Linfen city. The county spans an area of 880 square kilometres (340mi2), and has a permanent population of 150,522 as of 2019.[1]
Toponymy
Fenxi literally means west (Chinese:西; pinyin:xī) of the Fen River (Chinese:汾; pinyin:fén), due to the county's location along the western banks of the Fen River.[2]
In 1949, the area fell under the jurisdiction of Linfen Prefecture, which was renamed to Jinnan Prefecture[zh] in 1954.[2] The current iteration of Fenxi County was established in 1961.[2]
Geography
Fenxi County is located along the west bank of the Fen River, and along the southeastern portion of the Lüliang Mountains.[3] The county's terrain is higher in the northwest, lower in the southeast, and generally characteristic of the Loess Plateau[3] The county's highest point is Xigushe Mountain (Chinese:西姑射山; pinyin:Xīgūshè Shān), at 1,890 metres (6,200ft) above sea level; the county's lowest point is in southern Tuanbai Township[zh], at 583 metres (1,913ft) above sea level.[3]
Major rivers in Fenxi County include the Fen River, the Tuanbaijian River (Chinese:团柏涧河; pinyin:Tuánbǎijiàn Hé), and the Duizhu River (Chinese:对竹河; pinyin:Duìzhú Hé).[3]
Climate
Climate data for Fenxi, elevation 1,012m (3,320ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)
Fenxi County has a sex ratio of 108.15 males per 100 females.[1]
As of 2019, 71,924 people in Fenxi County, or 47.78% of the population, lived in urban areas; 78,598 people, or 52.22% of the population, lived in rural areas.[1] The county's most populous village-level division, as of 2019, is Xiatuanbai (Chinese:下团柏村), with a population of 3,360; the county's least populous village-level division is Goudi (Chinese:沟底村), with a population of 320.[1]
The population of 150,522 reported in 2019 is up from the 144,791 reported in the 2010 Chinese Census.[1][2] In the 2000 Chinese Census, Fenxi County's population was 133,836.[2] A 1996 estimate put the county's population at about 120,000.[2]
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