Yangxi County
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Yangxi
阳西县 | |
|---|---|
  Yangxi Location of the seat in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 21°45′07″N 111°37′05″E / 21.752°N 111.618°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Yangjiang |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,271 km2 (491 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Yangxi County (simplified Chinese: 阳西县; traditional Chinese: 陽西縣; pinyin: Yángxī Xiàn) is a coastal county in the southwest of Guangdong Province, China, facing the South China Sea to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yangjiang. The county has a total area of 1,271 km2 (491 sq mi), and 126.6 km (78.7 mi) of coastline.[citation needed]
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Yangxi County was established in 1988 and there are 8 towns and 1 township. In 1993, Pu Township was named into Pu town. In August 2003, Pu town was incorporated into Zhilong town, Yangxi county governs Zhilong town[织篢镇], Chengcun town[程村镇], Shapa town[沙扒镇], Xinxu town[新圩镇] and Rudong town[儒洞镇], Tangkou town[塘口镇], Xitou town[溪头镇] and Shangyang town[上洋镇] totally eight towns. The County People's government locates in Zhilong town.[citation needed]
Zhilong town is the home of Yangxi county, become the political, economic and cultural center of Yangxi county. The town is a subtropical monsoon climate, sunshine, abundant rainfall, with mountains and seas and also is optimal.[citation needed]
Economy
Primary Industry
Yangxi County is rich in rice, litchi, longan, watermelon, pepper and so on, which YuHeBao litchi, Shangyang town watermelon, Pupai town pepper, Xitou town colorful potatoes and Rudong town agricultural commodities are exported to all over the country. The county built in fruits, vegetables, medicinal herbs and Marine aquaculture, animal husbandry production and so on ten big production bases.[citation needed]
Secondary Industry
The local Zhongshan torch industrial park garden construction basically completes the Secord 3000 hectares of land development plan. Zhongshan torch industrial park was named provincial excellent park again. Marine industry basic District completed more than 300 hectares of land level. New building materials industrial park has new requisition of land of 2000 hectares. Wind power project is put into production.[citation needed]
Tertiary Industry
Yangxi has been holding the God Water Day on July 7 and Chongyang Festival Tourism and Cultural Activities County in these years. Many hotels such as the Yujing hot spring hotel and the Jiuzhou National hotel were built for the opening. Royal lagoon, triumphant luxurious, ZhongYang street real estate development completed investment of 800 million Yuan.[citation needed]
Tourist
Salt Mineral Hot Springs[咸水矿温泉]
Salt Mineral Hot Springs is located on the center of the county, inside the Donghu Park. Inside the park, there are many facilities for entertainment, like merry-go-round and toy shot. Then in the center of hot springs, there are many pools in different healthy effects for people to enjoy themselves. Year and year, many people would like to come here for vocation even people outside the province.
Shapa Beach[沙扒湾]
Shapa is a name of a town. There is a wide sea and beautiful beach. The famous beach is the Moon Beach for its shape looks like the moon. The sand is soft and white. And the sea is very blue and wide. The wind is also very soft. What is more, it is a good place for fishing. People catch much fish here every year and earn a lot. Dried shredded squid and dried nori are very well-known all over the province.[citation needed]
Dongshui Mountain[东水山]
Dongshui Mountain is special in its paper making technology, which does not mean its paper making technology is advanced but original. Local people try to make the bamboo into fragment by their hands or the hand working machine. Then people would make paper one by one.
