Anxi County

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title: "Anxi County" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["anxi-county", "quanzhou", "county-level-divisions-of-fujian"] topic_path: "general/anxi-county" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxi_County" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameAnxi County
native_name安溪县
other_nameAnki; Anchi
settlement_typeCounty
image_skylineQingshuiyan Temple in Anxi County.jpg
image_captionQingshuiyan Temple in 2006
image_mapAdministrative Division Quanzhou.png
mapsize
map_captionin Quanzhou
pushpin_mapChina Fujian#China
pushpin_labelAnxi
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Fujian
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_namePeople's Republic of China
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Fujian
subdivision_type2Prefecture-level city
subdivision_name2Quanzhou
unit_prefUK
area_total_km22,994
population_total1,003,599
population_urban498,061
population_rural505,538
population_as_of2020 census
population_density_km2auto
timezone1China Standard
utc_offset1+8
website
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() is a county of the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, in southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China with 1,003,599 inhabitants (2020 census). It lies adjacent to and directly north of Xiamen city.

Anxi is well known for a number of varieties of Oolong tea, the best-known of which is Tieguanyin (铁观音, "Iron Boddhisatva of Mercy"). Anxi Tieguanyin (安溪铁观音) is classified as one of the Top 10 Chinese Tea.

In recent years, Anxi is known as the "scam town" of China, due to the considerable number of scammers originating from here in the 2023 Singapore money laundering case. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/China_Tea_Capital.JPG" caption="China Tea Capital"] ::

Attractions

Qingshuiyan () is a mountain hosting a very large Buddhist temple.

China Tea Capital () is a large center dedicated to showcasing Anxi County's famous tieguanyin tea.

Administration

The county executive, legislature and judiciary are in Fengcheng Town (), together with the CPC and PSB branches.

Towns

There are 13 towns () in Anxi County:

Townships

There are 11 townships () in Anxi:

Climate

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Anxi, elevation 131 m, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) |Jan high C = 18.3 |Feb high C = 19.2 |Mar high C = 21.5 |Apr high C = 25.8 |May high C = 29.0 |Jun high C = 31.8 |Jul high C = 34.5 |Aug high C = 33.9 |Sep high C = 31.9 |Oct high C = 28.6 |Nov high C = 24.8 |Dec high C = 20.3 |Jan mean C = 13.4 |Feb mean C = 14.2 |Mar mean C = 16.5 |Apr mean C = 20.8 |May mean C = 24.3 |Jun mean C = 27.2 |Jul mean C = 29.2 |Aug mean C = 28.6 |Sep mean C = 27.0 |Oct mean C = 23.5 |Nov mean C = 19.7 |Dec mean C = 15.2 |Jan low C = 10.1 |Feb low C = 11.0 |Mar low C = 13.2 |Apr low C = 17.3 |May low C = 20.9 |Jun low C = 24.0 |Jul low C = 25.5 |Aug low C = 25.2 |Sep low C = 23.7 |Oct low C = 19.8 |Nov low C = 16.2 |Dec low C = 11.7 |Jan record high C = 29.5 |Jan record low C = 0.6 |Feb record high C = 31.4 |Feb record low C = 2.1 |Mar record high C = 33.8 |Mar record low C = 1.9 |Apr record high C = 34.7 |Apr record low C = 7.7 |May record high C = 36.5 |May record low C = 13.9 |Jun record high C = 39.2 |Jun record low C = 16.6 |Jul record high C = 40.4 |Jul record low C = 22.6 |Aug record high C = 39.4 |Aug record low C = 21.5 |Sep record high C = 37.5 |Sep record low C = 16.2 |Oct record high C = 36.0 |Oct record low C = 10.7 |Nov record high C = 33.7 |Nov record low C = 4.3 |Dec record high C = 30.2 |Dec record low C = -0.6 |year high C= |year low C= |year high F = |year low F = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 52.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 78.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 121.3 |Apr precipitation mm = 132.1 |May precipitation mm = 214.0 |Jun precipitation mm = 271.1 |Jul precipitation mm = 202.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 289.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 163.0 |Oct precipitation mm = 62.2 |Nov precipitation mm = 44.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 46.3 |Jan humidity = 73 |Feb humidity = 76 |Mar humidity = 77 |Apr humidity = 76 |May humidity = 78 |Jun humidity = 80 |Jul humidity = 75 |Aug humidity = 77 |Sep humidity = 74 |Oct humidity = 69 |Nov humidity = 70 |Dec humidity = 70 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 8.2 |Feb precipitation days = 10.2 |Mar precipitation days = 14.0 |Apr precipitation days = 13.7 |May precipitation days = 16.6 |Jun precipitation days = 17.1 |Jul precipitation days = 11.9 |Aug precipitation days = 16.4 |Sep precipitation days = 11.5 |Oct precipitation days = 5.1 |Nov precipitation days = 5.9 |Dec precipitation days = 7.0 |year precipitation days = |Jan sun = 116.8 |Feb sun = 94.8 |Mar sun = 102.1 |Apr sun = 110.7 |May sun = 116.6 |Jun sun = 126.8 |Jul sun = 207.7 |Aug sun = 189.7 |Sep sun = 168.4 |Oct sun = 170.8 |Nov sun = 138.8 |Dec sun = 133.2 |year sun = | Jan percentsun = 35 | Feb percentsun = 30 | Mar percentsun = 27 | Apr percentsun = 29 | May percentsun = 28 | Jun percentsun = 31 | Jul percentsun = 50 | Aug percentsun = 48 | Sep percentsun = 46 | Oct percentsun = 48 | Nov percentsun = 43 | Dec percentsun = 41 | year percentsun = |source 1 = China Meteorological Administration

Transportation

The area was formerly served by Anxi railway station. In the future, it will be served by Anxi West railway station.

References

References

  1. "Ānxī Xiàn (County, China) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  2. Chen, Jing. (23 August 2023). "[Video] How Fujian's tea capital became known as a 'scam town'".
  3. link. [[China Meteorological Administration]]

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