Xishui County | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | Guizhou#Southwest China |
Pushpin Label: | Xishui |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Guizhou |
Coor Pinpoint: | Xishui County government |
Coordinates: | 28.3329°N 106.1972°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Guizhou |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Zunyi |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Donghuang |
Area Total Km2: | 3063.28 |
Population Total: | 522,541 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Xishui County is a county in the north of Guizhou province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the southwest. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi.
It was the site of the 2009 Xishui sex trial.
Xishui County is divided into 4 subdistricts, 20 towns and 2 townships:[1]
Yang Dezhi Red Army School in Wenshui Town (Chinese: 温水镇) in Xishui County.[2] It opened during the latter portion of the Qing Dynasty and became a Red Army School in 2008.[3]
The county is home to the 11.5km (07.1miles) "Xishui Forest Train" (an electric monorail with an engine shaped like a steam locomotive) which allows for sightseeing through forests and lakes near the city of Xishui .[4]
Xishui county is a home of Chinese liquor (baijiu) xijiu.