Tunxi - Tunxi

A municipal district in Huangshan City in the southern part of Anhui Province, China. It is located upstream of the Xin'an River, a tributary of the Qiantang River. It has a permanent population of 217,637 (2010). It was known as Tunxi Town during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and a city was established in 1949. It was temporarily abolished in 1963 and incorporated into Xiuning County, but became a city again in 1975. It was further incorporated into Huangshan City in 1987 and became a municipal district of that city. Traditionally, it was the economic center of Huangshan City, as it was the junction between shipping on the Xin'an River and land routes in the southern part of the province. Huangshan Tunxi International Airport is located in the northwest of the district, and international flights have been open since 2014. It is a distribution center for tea, bamboo, timber, and other products produced in the mountainous region, and is known as "Tunlu" for its thriving tea industry.

[Kazuo Hayashi, Editorial Department, July 19, 2017]

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中国、安徽(あんき)省南部の黄山(こうざん)市にある市轄区。銭塘江(せんとうこう)支流の新安江(しんあんこう)の上流に位置する。常住人口21万7637（2010）。明(みん)・清(しん)時代より屯渓鎮として知られ、1949年に市が設置された。1963年に一時撤廃され休寧(きゅうねい)県に編入されたが、1975年にふたたび市となった。さらに1987年黄山市に編入され、その市轄区となった。従来、新安江の航運と省南部の陸路との接点として、黄山市の経済の中心である。区北西部には黄山屯渓国際空港があり、2014年から国際線が開設されている。山岳地帯で産する茶、竹、木材などの集散地で、製茶業が発達し「屯緑」の名で知られる。

［林　和生・編集部　2017年7月19日］

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