Tunxi District () is the central district and the administrative seat of Huangshan City, Anhui Province, eastern China.
It has a population of (2010)Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China 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 (208 AD), Sun Quan, the ruler of Sun Wu, established Liyang County (犁陽縣) in Tunxi, marking the beginning of Tunxi's administrative system. In 464, Liyang County was abolished and merged into Haining County (海寧, present-day Xiuning 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 (same name as Huangshan), 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 (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: Father José Fogued y Gil (), Claretians (C.M.F., April 24, 1937- January 24, 1954)
Transportation Roads and expressways G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway G3 Beijing–Taipei Expressway China National Highway 205
Railway Huangshan North railway station on Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed railway Hangzhou–Nanchang high-speed railway Chizhou–Huangshan high-speed railway Huangshan railway station on Anhui–Jiangxi railway
Airport Huangshan Tunxi International Airport
Sources and external links GCatholic - Apostolic prefecture
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