Postal code 405800 GDP 2013 County seat Chengxiang (城厢镇) | Time zone China Standard (UTC+8) Area code(s) 023 Local time Thursday 9:50 PM | |
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Country People's Republic of China Weather 18°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 74% Humidity Points of interest Hongchiba National Forest Park, Xiabingdong | ||
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.
Contents
- Map of Wuxi Chongqing China
- Administrative divisions
- Geography
- Economy
- Farming in Wuxi County
- Wuxi Industry Park
- Banking in Wuxi County
- Mining in Wuxi County
- Tourism
- Transportation
- Elementary Schools
- Middle and High Schools
- Vocational Schools
- References
Map of Wuxi, Chongqing, China
Wuxi County is noted as a major tourism site of Chongqing.
Administrative divisions
Wuxi County has 10 towns and 47 townships:
Towns:
Townships:
Geography
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.
Economy
Total economy performance in 2013 is good and growth rate is accelerating. Total GDP is 9.01 billion yuan in 2013.
Farming in Wuxi County
Major products include rice, corn, potato, sweet potato, cotton, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, carrot and soybean.
Wuxi Industry Park
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.
Banking in Wuxi County
Agricultural Bank of China is the most popular bank in Wuxi County with Postal Savings Bank of China come to the second place under the regulation of People's Bank of China of Wuxi County
Mining in Wuxi County
Mining is still an important part of the economy of Wuxi County, The major areas of production in 2010 were coal, iron ore, natural gas, salt and zinc.
Tourism
Tourism is a large industry in Wuxi county, with a number of tourism companies flourishing in recent years. The county's natural resources are some of the best preserved in Chongqing.
Transportation
Massive infrastructure programs started in 2008, like Wuxi-Yunyan highway, Wuxi-Fengjie highway and Wuxi-Zhenping highway with anticipation of completion in 2013 and that will be connected with other China National Highways
There is also a plan under consideration about building an airport in Wuxi County to serve the region across Shaanxi province, Sichuan province also other neighbouring provinces like Hubei, Guizhou, Hunan.
The Wuxi Long-distance Bus Station started bus service to Guangdong province and Shanghai in early 2009 while Wuxi Zhaojiaba Bus Station serves domectic transportation.