Xishui County, Guizhou
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Xishui County
习水县 | |
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  Xishui Location of the seat in Guizhou  Xishui Xishui (Southwest China) | |
| Coordinates (Xishui County government): 28°19′58″N 106°11′50″E / 28.3329°N 106.1972°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Prefecture-level city | Zunyi |
| County seat | Donghuang |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,063.28 km2 (1,182.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 522,541 |
| • Density | 170.582/km2 (441.806/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Xishui County (simplified Chinese: 习水县; traditional Chinese: 習水縣; pinyin: Xíshuǐ Xiàn) 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]
- subdistricts
- Donghuang 东皇街道
- Jiulong 九龙街道
- Shanwang 杉王街道
- Malin 马临街道
- towns
- Tucheng 土城镇
- Tongmin 同民镇
- Xingmin 醒民镇
- Longxing 隆兴镇
- Xijiu 习酒镇
- Huilong 回龙镇
- Sangmu 桑木镇
- Yong'an 永安镇
- Liangcun 良村镇
- Wenshui 温水镇
- Xianyuan 仙源镇
- Guandian 官店镇
- Zhaiba 寨坝镇
- Minhua 民化镇
- Erlang 二郎镇
- Erli 二里镇
- Sanchahe 三岔河镇
- Dapo 大坡镇
- Taolin 桃林镇
- Chengzhai 程寨镇
- townships
- Shuanglong 双龙乡
- Niba 坭坝乡
Education
Yang Dezhi Red Army School in Wenshui Town (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]
