Wen'anyi () is a

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Yanchuan County Yanchuan County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yan'an, in the northeast of Shaanxi Province, bordering Shanxi Province across the Yellow River to the east. The county spans in area, and has a permanent po ...

Yan'an Yan'an (; ), alternatively spelled as Yenan is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west. It administers several counties, including Zhidan (formerly Bao'an ...

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. The town is located in central Yanchuan County, from the county center of . According to the

2010 Chinese Census The 2010 Chinese census, officially the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (中華人民共和國第六次全國人口普查), was conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China wi ...

, the town's population totals 4,178.

History

In 1958, Wen'anyi was established as a

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was sent to in Wen'anyi in early 1969 as part of Mao Zedong's Down to the Countryside Movement. Xi stayed in the village for seven years, performing manual labor and ascending the local political ranks. In May 1984, Wen'anyi was changed to a

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, and in August, it was upgraded to a

. In 2015, the former town of was merged into Wen'anyi.

Administrative divisions

Wen'anyi administers 2 residential communities and 23 administrative villages.

Residential Communities

Wen'anyi contains the following 2 residential communities: * Wenzhou Community () * Wen'an Community ()

Villages

Wen'anyi contains the following 23 administrative villages: * Shangyi Village () * Xiayi Village () * Majiagou Village () * Yiluohe Village () * () * Baijiayuan Village () * Yujun Village () * Laozhuanghe Village () * Tuojiacha Village () * Lüjiahe Village () * Qiaojiahe Village () * Kangjia Village () * Fengjiawan Village () * Gaojiaping Village () * Zhangjiatun Village () * Majiaping Village () * Gaojiagetu Village () * Fanjiagou Village () * Haojiahe Village () * Donggeta Village () * Hejiahe Village () * Dumuyuan Village () * Poshihe Village ()

Demographics

Wen'anyi's population per the

was 4,178, down from the 5,474 recorded in the

2000 Chinese Census The 2000 Chinese census, officially the Fifth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (), was conducted by the government of the People's Republic of China with 1 November 2000 as its zero hour. The total population was calcula ...

. A 1996 population estimate put Wen'anyi's population at 7,000.

Economy

has become a major

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site, due to Xi Jinping's years living in the

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

. According to the

People's Daily The ''People's Daily'' () is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The newspaper provides direct information on the policies and viewpoints of the CCP. In addition to its main Chinese-language ...

, about 2,500 people come to visit the village each year. A publication by the government of

reported that Wen'anyi spent 73 million

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in 2017 on infrastructure and beautification to further develop tourism.

Transport

National Highway 210 runs through Wen'anyi.

References

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