is a county in the municipal region

Prefecture-level city

A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...

 of Quanzhou

Quanzhou

Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city in Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders all other prefecture-level cities in Fujian but two and faces the Taiwan Strait...

, Fujian Province

Fujian

' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...

. It lies adjacent to and directly north of Xiamen

Xiamen

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.

Anxi is well-known for a number of varieties of Oolong

Oolong

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 tea, the most well-known of which is Tieguanyin

Tieguanyin

Tieguanyin is a premium variety of Chinese oolong tea originated in the 19th century in Anxi in Fujian province. Tieguanyin produced in different areas of Anxi have different gastronomic characteristics...

 (铁观音, "Iron Boddhisatva of Mercy").

Attractions

Qingshui Yan is a mountain hosting a very large Buddhist temple.

China Tea Capital is a large center dedicated to showcasing Anxi County's famous tieguanyin tea.

Administration

The county executive, legislature and judiciary

Basic people's court

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 are in Fengcheng Town (凤城镇), together with the CPC

Communist Party of China

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 and PSB

Public Security Bureau

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 branches.

Towns (镇, zhen)

The county oversees 13 towns. Aside of the county seat, the other 12 are :

• Penglai (蓬莱)
• Hutou (湖头)
• Guanqiao (官桥)
• Jiandou (剑斗)
• Chengxiang (城厢)
• Jingu (金谷)
• Longmen (龙门)
• Huqiu (虎邱)
• Lutian (芦田)
• Gande (感德)
• Kuidou (魁斗)
• Xiping (西坪) - home of the original Tieguanyin bush

Townships (乡, xiang)

There are 11:

• Shangqing (尚卿)
• Cannei (参内)
• Bailai (白濑)
• Hushang (湖上)
• Daping (大坪)
• Longjuan (龙涓)
• Changkeng (长坑)
• Lantian (蓝田)
• Yanghua (祥华)
• Taozhou (桃舟)
• Futian (福田)