Dushan County

CountryChina

County seatBaiquan

Elevation

1,001 m (3,284 ft)

Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Dushan County 独山县 Tuhshan
County
Dushan Location of the seat in Guizhou Show map of Guizhou Dushan Dushan (Southwest China) Show map of Southwest China
Coordinates (Dushan County government): 25°49′20″N 107°32′42″E / 25.8221°N 107.5450°E / 25.8221; 107.5450
Country	China
Province	Guizhou
Prefecture	Qiannan
County seat	Baiquan
Area [1]
• Total	2,442.2 km2 (942.9 sq mi)
Elevation	1,001 m (3,284 ft)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	265,083
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	558200
Area code	0854
Website	http://www.dushan.gov.cn/

Dushan County (simplified Chinese: 独山县; traditional Chinese: 獨山縣; pinyin: Dúshān Xiàn; lit. 'independent mountain') is a county of 346,000 people (2007) in Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the south of the province, bordering Guangxi to the south. The county seat is the town of Baiquan.

Dushan is located in a mountainous area, with elevations increasing from south to north. The primary river in the county is the Duliu River (都柳江), and the annual mean temperature is around 15 °C (59 °F) and there is total of 1,346 millimetres (52.99 in) of rainfall annually.^[1] Transportation links include the Guizhou–Guangxi Railway (黔桂铁路), the G75 Lanzhou–Haikou Expressway, China National Highways 210 and 312. Important natural attractions are Duxiu Mountain (独秀峰), Shenxian Cave (神仙洞) and Yuqing Caves (于清洞), and Ziquan Lake (紫泉湖).