Tunxi District () is the central

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Province, eastern

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. It has a population of (2010) 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

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Administrative divisions

Tunxi District is divided to 4 Subdistricts and 5 towns. ;Subdistricts ;Towns

Religion

Tunxi (or Tunki) is the seat of the Latin Catholic

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(a pre-diocesan jurisdiction, not entitled to a

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) 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

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(now a Diocese). No statistics available.
It has been vacant indefinitely without

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(possibly dormant) since the death of its only incumbent: * Father José Fogued y Gil (),

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(C.M.F.) (born in Spain) (1937.04.24 – death 1954.01.24).

Transportation

Roads and expressways

G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway The Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway (), designated as G56 and commonly referred to as the Hangrui Expressway () is an expressway in China that connects the cities of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and Ruili, Yunnan, a city on the border with Burma. When complete, ...

G3 Beijing–Taipei Expressway The Beijing–Taipei Expressway (), designated as G3 and commonly known as the Jingtai Expressway (), is a partially completed expressways of China, Chinese expressway that, if fully constructed, would connect Mainland China with Taiwan. Current ...

China National Highway 205 China National Highway 205 (G205) runs from Shanhaiguan, Hebei Province to Shenzhen, Guangdong. It is 3,160 kilometres in length and runs south from Shanhaiguan towards Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, and ends in Gua ...

Railway

Huangshan North railway station Huangshan North railway station () is a railway station of Hefei–Fuzhou High-Speed Railway in Xintan, Tunxi District, Huangshan, Anhui and belongs to the China Railway Shanghai Group. It commenced services with the Hefei-Fuzhou HSR on June 28, 2 ...

on ** Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed railway **

Hangzhou–Huangshan intercity railway Hangzhou–Huangshan intercity railway () or Hanghuang ICR () is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line between Hangzhou, Zhejiang and Huangshan, Anhui. The line runs through northwestern Zhejiang and southern Anhui and accommodates t ...

* Huangshan railway station on ** Anhui–Jiangxi railway

Airport

Huangshan Tunxi International Airport Huangshan Tunxi International Airport () is an airport in Tunxi District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province. It mainly serves tourists to Mount Huangshan, one of China's top tourist destinations. The airport was first built in 1958 and has one 2, ...

Sources and external links

GCatholic - Apostolic prefecture
Specific County-level divisions of Anhui Huangshan City {{Huangshan-geo-stub