Qi County, also known by its
Chinese name Qixian, is a
county
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
in the central part of
Shanxi Province, China. It is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...
of
Jinzhong and has a population of approximately 265,310.
The county is on the route of the
Datong-Puzhou Railway, the primary axial railway of Shanxi Province, which links it to
Datong (approximately 7.5 hours) and the provincial capital
Taiyuan
Taiyuan; Mandarin pronunciation: (Jin Chinese, Taiyuan Jin: /tʰai˦˥ ye˩˩/) is the capital of Shanxi, China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. It is an industrial base foc ...
(approximately 1.5 hours away).
The county seat, also named Qixian, is designated as a National Historic and Cultural City. The county is home to the
Qiao and
Qu Family Compounds and is nearby the
UNESCO World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...
of
Pingyao.
Climate
References
External links
www.xzqh.org
County-level divisions of Shanxi
Jinzhong
National Famous Historical and Cultural City
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