Qimen County (; alternately romanized as Keemun) is a county in the southeast of

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, bordering

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to the southwest. It is the westernmost

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of the

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Huangshan City Huangshan () is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. Huangshan means ''Yellow Mountain'' in Chinese and the city is named after the famously scenic Yellow Mountains which cover much of the city's vast g ...

. It has a population of 190,000 and an area of . The government of Qimen County is located in Qishan Town.

History

Qimen County was established in 766 during the

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(Yongtai

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2). It takes its name from the Mount Qi in the northeast and the Chang River () in the southwest. The headquarters of the

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were in Qimen during part of the

Taiping Rebellion The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a civil war in China between the Qing dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The conflict lasted 14 years, from its outbreak in 1850 until the fall of ...

Administrative divisions

Qimen County has jurisdiction over 10 towns and 8 townships. ;Towns ;Townships

Climate

Economy

Qimen County is a tea-producing region, and the

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called

Keemun tea Keemun ( zh, t=祁門紅茶, p=Qímén hóngchá, l= Qimen red tea, c=, cy=Kèihmùhn hùhngchàh) is a famous Chinese black tea. First produced in the late 19th century, it quickly became popular in the West and is still used for a number of c ...

is named after Qimen.

Transportation

Rail

Qimen is served by the Anhui–Jiangxi Railway.

Places of interest

The area around the border with

Shitai County Shitai County () is a county in the south of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Chizhou. It has population of and an area of . The government of Shitai County is located in Qili Tow ...

contains a National Nature Reserve. It includes a peak in the

Huangshan Mountains Huangshan ( zh, s=黄山),Bernstein, pp. 125–127. literally meaning the Yellow Mountain(s), is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. It was originally called "Yishan", and it was renamed because of a legend that Empe ...

References

External links

Qimen County official site
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