Xifeng () is a county with 250,000 inhabitants under the administration of
Guiyang
Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, ...
, the capital 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
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,
People's Republic of China
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.
Xifeng has an area of . The seat of the county is Yongjing (). It is home to many forests, hotsprings, and other tourist attractions.
Sights
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Xifeng concentration camp, now a memorial to those imprisoned and killed by the
Kuomintang
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there between 1937-1948.
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Wujiang Gorge[
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Transportation
* China National Highway 210
Climate
References
External links
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Introductions of Xifeng by xinhuanet 1
County-level divisions of Guizhou
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