Xishui County, Guizhou

Xishui County () 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.

Administrative divisions

Xishui County is divided into 4 subdistricts, 20 towns and 2 townships:

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 () in Xishui County. It opened during the latter portion of the Qing Dynasty and became a Red Army School in 2008.

Tourism

The county is home to the "Xishui Forest Train" (an electric monorail with an engine shaped like a steam locomotive) () which allows for sightseeing through forests and lakes near the city of Xishui ().

Climate

Cuisine

Xishui county is a home of Chinese liquor (baijiu) xijiu.

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