Wenxi County

Wenxi County
闻喜县
Wensi
Location in Yuncheng
Location in Yuncheng
Wenxi is located in Shanxi
Wenxi
Wenxi
Location of the seat in Shanxi
Coordinates: 35°23′24″N 111°18′27″E / 35.39000°N 111.30750°E / 35.39000; 111.30750
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceShanxi
Prefecture-level cityYuncheng
Population
 (2020)
355,269
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.wenxi.gov.cn

Wenxi County (simplified Chinese: 闻喜县; traditional Chinese: 聞喜縣; pinyin: Wénxǐ Xiàn) is a county in southern Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture level city of Yuncheng. As of 2020 it had a population of roughly 350,000.

The name Wenxi, which means "hearing the glad news", was used as the county name in 111 BC when Emperor Wu of Han, who on his royal progress at this place, heard Han's decisive victory in the Han–Nanyue War.