Shuicheng () is a district in the west of

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

province, China, bordering

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

province to the west. It is under the administration of

Liupanshui Liupanshui () is a city in western Guizhou province, People's Republic of China. The name Liupanshui combines the first character from the names of each of the city's three constituent counties: Liuzhi, Panzhou, Shuicheng. As a prefecture-level ...

city.

Administrative divisions

Shuicheng District comprises 9 subdistricts, 11 towns and 10 ethnic townships: ;subdistricts *Shuangshui Subdistrict 双水街道 *Jianshan Subdistrict 尖山街道 *Laoyingshan Subdistrict 老鹰山街道 *Dongdi Subdistrict 董地街道 *Xinqiao Subdistrict 新桥街道 *Yiduo Subdistrict 以朵街道 *Hongqiao Subdistrict 红桥街道 *Shilong Subdistrict 石龙街道 *Haiping Subdistrict 海坪街道 ;towns *Bide Town 比德镇 *Huale Town 化乐镇 *Panlong Town 蟠龙镇 *Ajia Town 阿戛镇 *Shaomi Town 勺米镇 *Yushe Town 玉舍镇 *Duge Town 都格镇 *Fa'er Town 发耳镇 * Jichang Town 鸡场镇 *Dongjing Town 陡箐镇 *Miluo Town 米箩镇 ;ethnic townships *Pingzhai Yi Ethnic Township 坪寨彝族乡 *Longchang Miao, Bai and Yi Ethnic Township 龙场苗族白族彝族乡 *Yingpan Miao, Yi and Bai Ethnic Township 营盘苗族彝族白族乡 *Shunchang Miao, Yi and Bouyei Ethnic Township 顺场苗族彝族布依族乡 *Huajia Miao, Bouyei and Yi Ethnic Township 花嘎苗族布依族彝族乡 *Yangmei Yi, Miao and Hui Ethnic Township 杨梅彝族苗族回族乡 *Xinjie Yi, Miao and Bouyei Ethnic Township 新街彝族苗族布依族乡 *Yezhong Miao, Yi and Bouyei Ethnic Township 野钟苗族彝族布依族乡 *Guobujia Yi, Miao and Bouyei Ethnic Township 果布嘎彝族苗族布依族乡 *Houchang Miao and Bouyei Ethnic Township 猴场苗族布依族乡

Biodiversity

Shuicheng is home to two

amphibian Amphibians are tetrapod, four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the Class (biology), class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terres ...

species that are not known from anywhere else: the horned toad ''

Xenophrys shuichengensis ''Boulenophrys shuichengensis'' is a species of amphibian in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to China: it is only known from the type locality, Fenghuang Village in Shuicheng County, Guizhou. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropi ...

'' and

Shuicheng salamander The Shuicheng salamander (''Pseudohynobius shuichengensis'') is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to China. Its type locality is Shuicheng in Guizhou Province, and it is not yet known from elsewhere; it is not likely to b ...

(''Pseudohynobius shuichengensis''). Ethnic townships in Liupanshui

References

County-level divisions of Guizhou Liupanshui {{Guizhou-geo-stub