Jixi County, belonging to Xuancheng City, Anhui Province, is located in latitude 29 ° 57 ′ ~ 30 ° 20 ′, longitude 118 ° 20 ′ ~ 118 ° 55 ′ between the south of Anhui Province, the eastern part of the southern Anhui mountainous region, located in the Huangshan Mountain Range and the West Tianmu Mountain Range combination of zones, the Yangtze River system and the Qiantang River system of the watershed, the east and the Zhejiang Province of Hangzhou City, Lin'an District, the north and Ningguo City, Jingde County, adjoining, and the west and Jingde County, Huangshan District and Shexian County to the west, and Shexian County to the south, with a total area of 1,126 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, Jixi County had a household population of 171,000 people. As of the end of 2022, Jixi County has 8 towns and 3 townships under its jurisdiction, with the county government in Huayang Town.
Jixi County is a national historical and cultural city and a national cultural and ecological reserve. It was called Huayang Town in the Han Dynasty, and in the first year of Datong of the Liang Dynasty (535) in the Southern Dynasty, Liang (Liang) An County was set up, and in the second year of Yongtai of the Tang Dynasty (766), Jixi County was set up. Jixi is an important part of the ancient Xin'an, ancient Shezhou, ancient Huizhou, Tang to Song dynasty belongs to Shezhou, Song Xuanhe three years (1121), because of Jixi has "Hui Ling, Hui Xi, Dahui Village", change "Shezhou for Huizhou" ("Hui, good also" Ershu). On April 30, 1949, Jixi County was liberated and became part of Huizhou Prefecture, and in January 1988, it was transferred to Xuancheng District, and in January 2001, it became part of Xuancheng City. Jixi because of the water and named, according to the county records, "the county north of the milk stream and Huixi a mile away from each other and flow, away from the composite, such as performance, so the name Jixi". Jixi beautiful scenery, cultural heritage, is the important birthplace of Hui culture, known as the source of harmony, cultural city, the hometown of celebrities, the hometown of Hui cuisine.
In 2022, Jixi County realized a gross regional product of 10.16 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 0.4%.