Anxi County
安溪县 Anki; Anchi | |
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 Qingshuiyan Temple in 2006 | |
 Anxi County in Quanzhou | |
  Anxi Location in Fujian | |
| Coordinates: 25°03′N 118°11′E / 25.050°N 118.183°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Quanzhou |
| Area | |
• County | 1,156 sq mi (2,994 km2) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• County | 1,003,599 |
| • Density | 870/sq mi (340/km2) |
| • Urban | 498,061 |
| • Rural | 505,538 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
(simplified Chinese: 安溪县; traditional Chinese: 安溪縣; pinyin: Ānxī Xiàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: An-khoe kōan) 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).[1] 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.
- ^ "Ānxī Xiàn (County, China) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-10-30.