Anxi County

Anxi County
安溪县
Anki; Anchi
Qingshuiyan Temple in 2006
Qingshuiyan Temple in 2006
  Anxi County
in Quanzhou
Anxi is located in Fujian
Anxi
Anxi
Location in Fujian
Coordinates: 25°03′N 118°11′E / 25.050°N 118.183°E / 25.050; 118.183
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceFujian
Prefecture-level cityQuanzhou
Area
 • County
1,156 sq mi (2,994 km2)
Population
 (2020 census)
 • County
1,003,599
 • Density870/sq mi (340/km2)
 • Urban
498,061
 • Rural
505,538
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Anxi County (simplified Chinese: 安溪; traditional Chinese: 安溪; 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.

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.[2]

China Tea Capital
  1. ^ "Ānxī Xiàn (County, China) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  2. ^ Chen, Jing (23 August 2023). "[Video] How Fujian's tea capital became known as a 'scam town'".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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