Cenxi 岑溪市 ·Cinzhih Si Shumkai
County-level city
Coordinates:22°55′N111°00′E / 22.917°N 111.000°E /22.917; 111.000
Country	China
Autonomous region	Guangxi
Prefecture-level city	Wuzhou
Township-level divisions	14 towns
Municipal seat	Cencheng (岑城镇)
Area
• Total	2,783 km2 (1,075 sq mi)
Elevation	107 m (351 ft)
Population  (2006)
• Total	840,000
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	543200
Area code	0774

Cenxi (Chinese:岑溪;pinyin:Cénxī;Jyutping:sam⁴kai¹) is acounty-level city under the administration ofWuzhou City, in the east ofGuangxi, China.

The first state that governed the current area of Cenxi was theNanyue Kingdom, which was succeeded by theHan dynasty, which establishedMenglingCounty (猛陵縣) on current area of Cenxi.

During theSouthern dynasties on A.D. 524,YongyeCommandery (永業縣) was established on current area of Cenxi, whereas during theSui dynasty on A.D. 583, its administrative level was changed to County.

Later in theTang dynasty on A.D. 622, it was restructured toNanyiZhou (南義州), which was subdivided into 3 counties: Anyi (安義), Longcheng (龍城) and Yicheng (義城). On A.D. 757, Longcheng County was renamed to Cenxi County, which became the precursor of current name.

During theNorthern Song dynasty on A.D. 973, the aforementioned 3 counties were reintegrated into Cenxi County, and then this name was retained during subsequent dynasties and states.^[1]

Cenxi borders withGuangdong province and its downtown is 32 kilometres west of the boundary. It situates onLingnanhügelland, featured with mostly mountains, and its climate is characterised ashumid subtropical. The municipality comprises a downtown core, several rural town hubs, and hundreds of rural villages.Agricultural fields andforests account for most of the landmasses. The region contains massive and diverse natural occurrence of granite resources.^[2]

Cenxi administers 14 towns:^[3]

Towns:

• Cencheng (岑城镇),Malu (马路镇),Nandu (南渡镇),Shuiwen (水汶镇),Dalong (大隆镇),Limu (黎木镇),Daye (大业镇),Jinzhu (筋竹镇),Chengjian (城谏镇),Guiyi (归义镇),Nuodong (糯垌镇),Anping (安平镇),Sanbao (三堡镇),Botang (波塘镇)

The total population at the point of 2006 was approximately 0.78 million, of whichethnic Han people account for 99.6% of the total population. By the records ofhousehold registration, 15.8% of the population are non-agricultural, and 84.2% are agricultural.^[4]

Cenxi situates close to the westernmost edge ofCantonese-speaking area, and the great majority of local population speak avernacular that is classified under theGoulou dialect (勾漏片), a Cantonese variety that is moderately related tostandard Cantonese (i.e.Guangzhou dialect) in terms of vocabulary, grammar and phonetics, and remains largely mutually intelligible with most of the Cantonese varieties. Unlike other Cantonese-speaking major cities (e.g.Guangzhou andNanning), Cenxi dialect continues to be themother tongue of the majority of local residents and widely spoken on a daily basis, thanks to its low immigration and relatively isolated geography.Mandarin is the medium of instruction at schools, but only used when communicating with non-Cantonese aliens.

• Liang Fangwu (梁方伍/梁天桂/梁天柱).Kungfu master in Faat Ga Family of martial arts.^[5]
• Chen Jihuan (陈济桓). Military general inSecond Sino-Japanese War, died inBattle of Guilin–Liuzhou.^[6]

• County-level divisions of Guangxi
• Cities in Guangxi
• Wuzhou

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