Huishui () is a county of south-central
Guizhou
Guizhou (; Postal romanization, formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in the Southwest China, southwest region of the China, People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the pr ...
province, China. It is under the administration of the
Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (; Buyei: ''Qianfnanf Buxqyaix Buxyeeuz ziqziqzouy''; Hmu: ''Qeef Naif Dol Yat Dol Hmub Zid Zid Zeb'') is an autonomous prefecture of Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, bordering Guangxi ...
. 61% of its 476,900 population are minorities, including
Bouyei,
Miao Miao may refer to:
* Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China
* Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages
* Miao (Unicode ...
,
Hui,
Zhuang,
Sui,
Bai, and
Maonan. In 1372 it was the seat of the historic Chengfan
commandery
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(
程番府).
Within Guizhou it is noted for its
orange cultivation.
The
gecko
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Geckos a ...
species
Hemiphyllodactylus huishuiensis was first discovered in, and named after Huishui. A locally distributed species of
Gesneriaceae
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plants was only found in Huishui.
Administrative divisions
Huizhou governs 8
towns
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Origin and use
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and 3
subdistricts:
* Lianjiang subdistrict (涟江街道)
* Mengjiang subdistrict (濛江街道)
* Mingtian subdistrict (明田街道)
* Haohuahong town (好花红镇)
* Baijin town (摆金镇)
* Yashui town (雅水镇)
* Duanshan town (断杉镇)
* Lushan town (芦山镇)
* Wangyou town (王佑镇)
* Xiantang town (羡塘镇)
* Gangdu town (岗度镇)
Climate
Transport
*
G69 Yinchuan–Baise Expressway
*
G7611 Duyun–Shangri-La Expressway
References
External links
County-level divisions of Guizhou
Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
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