Wenxi County

Wenxi County 闻喜县
County
Location in Yuncheng
Wenxi Location of the seat in Shanxi
Coordinates: 35°23′24″N 111°18′27″E / 35.39000°N 111.30750°E / 35.39000; 111.30750Coordinates: 35°23′24″N 111°18′27″E / 35.39000°N 111.30750°E / 35.39000; 111.30750
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shanxi
Prefecture-level city	Yuncheng
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.wenxi.gov.cn

Wenxi County (simplified Chinese: 闻喜县; traditional Chinese: 聞喜縣; pinyin: Wénxǐ Xiàn) is a county in southern Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture level city of Yuncheng. As of 2002 it had a population of roughly 380,000.

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.

References

• www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)