Xixiu District () is a
district
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in the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of Chi ...
of
Anshun
Anshun () is a prefecture-level city located in southwestern Guizhou province, southwest China, near the Huangguoshu Waterfall, the tallest in China. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,297,339. The city proper had a population o ...
,
Guizhou Province, China. The district spans an area of 1,705 square kilometres, and has a population of 765,399 people as of the 2010 Chinese Census.
Geography
The district is home to a number of rivers which belong to the larger
Yangtze River
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watershed and the
Pearl River
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watershed.
Much of the district's landscape is characterized by
karst
Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, Dolomite (rock), dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathe ...
topography.
Climate
Xixiu District has an average annual temperature of 14 °C, and an average annual precipitation of 1356 millimetres.
Administrative divisions
Xixiu District administers 8
subdistricts, 10
towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an or ...
, 2
townships, and 5
ethnic townships
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.
Subdistricts
The district's 8 subdistricts are , , , , ,
Huaxi Subdistrict, , and
Xin'an Subdistrict.
Towns
The district's 10 towns are ,
Yaopu, , , , , , , , and .
Townships
The district's 2 townships are and .
Ethnic townships
The district's 5 ethnic townships are , , , , and .
Economy
In 2018, the district's GDP totaled 32.59 billion
Yuan and retail sales totaled 7.956 billion Yuan.
Significant mineral deposits in Xixiu District include
coal
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Coal is formed when ...
,
iron
Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in ...
, and
marble
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.
Transportation
The Gui-Huang Road (), a section of
National Highway 320 runs through the district.
The and the
Anshun–Liupanshui intercity railway both run through the district.
References
External links
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County-level divisions of Guizhou