Tanxi Town is located in the southwest of Lufeng City, Guangdong Province, downstream of Luohe River. It is adjacent to Shangying Town in the east, Haifeng County in the west, Jieshi Bay in the south and Du Xing Economic Experimental Zone in the north. The total area of this town is 75 square kilometers. At the end of 2008, the total registered population was 7397 1 person, and there were 14 village (neighborhood) committees under its jurisdiction.