Jixi County (, Mandarin pronunciation: ; Jixihua pronunciation: jie' cii xin) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xuancheng, in the southeast of Anhui province, China, bordering Zhejiang province to the east. It has a population of and an area of .. Jixi County is a hilly region with many rivers and bodies of water. History Huayang Town, under the administration of Jixi County, was well known during the Han Dynasty (208 BCE–220 CE). Jixi County was formally established in 776 CE during the Tang Dynasty. It formed part of the Huizhou region. In early European accounts, it was romanized Tsiki. Administration Jixi County has jurisdiction over eight towns and three townships. Towns Townships Jiapeng Township () Jingzhou Township () Banqiaotou Township () Climate Transportation Rail Jixi is served by the Anhui–Jiangxi Railway and Jixi North railway station on the Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed railway and the Hangzhou–Huangshan intercity railway. Residents Famous people from Jixi County include: Hu Zongxian the Ming dynasty Minister of War Hu Xueyan businessman Hu Shih scholar Hu Jintao General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party References County-level divisions of Anhui Xuancheng