Wenxi County
Wenxi County
闻喜县 Wensi | |
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Location in Yuncheng | |
| Coordinates: 35°23′24″N 111°18′27″E / 35.39000°N 111.30750°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Yuncheng |
| Population (2020) | 355,269 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Wenxi County (simplified Chinese: 闻喜县; traditional Chinese: 聞喜縣; pinyin: Wénxǐ Xiàn) is a county in southwestern Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yuncheng. As of 2020, it had a population of roughly 350,000.
The name Wenxi, which means "hearing the glad news", was used as the county name in 111 BC when Emperor Wu of Han, who on his royal progress at this place, heard Han's decisive victory in the Han–Nanyue War.