Wuxi County 巫溪县 |
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County | |
Location of Wuxi County in Chongqing |
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Location of Chongqing in China |
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Coordinates: 31°27′N 109°38′E / 31.450°N 109.633°ECoordinates: 31°27′N 109°38′E / 31.450°N 109.633°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Municipality | Chongqing |
County seat | Chengxiang (城厢镇) |
Government | |
• Type | County |
• CPC Secretary | Tang De Xiang(唐德祥) |
• Mayor | Luo Cheng(罗成) |
Area | |
• County | 4,030 km2 (1,560 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• County | 514,200 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
• Urban | 163,000 |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Postal code | 405800 |
Area code(s) | 023 |
GDP | 2013 |
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CNY9.01 billion US$1.45 billion |
- Per capita | CNY17,012 US$2,744 |
- Growth | 19.2% |
HDI | 0.758 |
County flower | Peach |
Website | http://wx.cq.gov.cn/ |
Wuxi County (Chinese: 巫溪县; pinyin: Wūxī xiàn) is a county of Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China. Sitting at the upper reaches of Daning River and the southern slopes of the central Daba Mountains, It is best known for its scenic views and its preserved witchcraft culture.
Wuxi County is noted as a major tourism site of Chongqing.
Wuxi County has 10 towns and 47 townships:
Towns:
Townships:
The vast majority of Wuxi's land area is mountainous. With a wet abundant precipitation, Wuxi County is suitable for many plants to grow, the local products are medicine nectar, starch, bacon, dried fruit, vegetables and antler.
Total economy performance in 2013 is good and growth rate is accelerating. Total GDP is 9.01 billion yuan in 2013.
Major products include rice, corn, potato, sweet potato, cotton, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, carrot and soybean.
Manufacturing is the most important economy sector of Wuxi County, they are separately located in several industrial park of Wuxi county. One industry park is in Fenghuang town(凤凰), another one is in Jianshang Town(尖山), the third industrial park is in Ninggang. They all are regulated by Wuxi Government.