Lixin County is a county located in Anhui

Anhui

Anhui is a province in the People's Republic of China. Located in eastern China across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, it borders Jiangsu to the east, Zhejiang to the southeast, Jiangxi to the south, Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, and Shandong for a tiny...

 province of China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture of Bozhou

Bozhou

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. It is a county famous for its education system and beef production. An agricultural county in China

People's Republic of China

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, the people of Lixin have depended on farming (mainly wheat

Wheat

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)for hundreds of years. Recently, the industrialisation

Industrialisation

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 of China has forced many farmers to migrate to the cities for short-term jobs.

History

Lixin county is a fairly young geopolitical entity among those that have been thousands and thousands of years in China. The creation of the county did not occur until the People's Republic of China was established in 1949. In the late 1960s, Lixin was created by the combination of parts from three neighbouring counties: Guoyang, Mengcheng and Fuyang

Fuyang

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A county part of Fuyang

Fuyang

Fuyang may refer to:*Fuyang, Anhui , prefecture-level city in Anhui, China** the Fuyang meteorite of 1977, which fell in Anhui, China *Fuyang, Zhejiang , county-level city in Zhejiang, China...

 city, Lixin was recently joined by six other counties to form the prefecture-level city, Bozhou

Bozhou

Bozhou is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Anhui province, People's Republic of China. It borders Huaibei to the northeast, Bengbu to the southeast, Huainan to the south, Fuyang to the southwest, and the province of Henan to the north.-Administration:...

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Administrative divisions

Lixin County has 19 towns

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 and 7 townships

Townships of the People's Republic of China

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Towns:

• Chengguan
  Chengguan, Lixin County
  Chengguan is a town and the county seat of Lixin County, northwestern Anhui province, East China....
  
   (城关镇)
• Wangtuan (望疃镇)
• Kantuan (阚疃镇)
• Zhangcun (张村镇)
• Jiangji (江集镇)
• Jiucheng (旧城镇)
• Xipanlou (西潘楼镇)
• Sunji (孙集镇)
• Ruji (汝集镇)
• Gongdian (巩店镇)
• Wangren (王人镇)
• Wangshi (王市镇)
• Yongxing (永兴镇)
• Madianzi (马店孜镇)
• Daliji (大李集镇)
• Huji (胡集镇)
• Zhangou (展沟镇)
• Chengjiaji (程家集镇)
• Zhongtuan (中疃镇)

Townships:

• Shuangqiao (双桥乡)
• Chundian (春店乡)
• Liujiaji (刘家集乡)
• Jiwangchang (纪王场乡)
• Sunmiao (孙庙乡)
• Xinzhangji (新张集乡)
• Danfeng (丹凤乡)

External links

• Official website of Lixin County Government