Sandu Shui Autonomous County ( Chinese : 三都水族自治县 ; pinyin : Sāndū Shuǐzú Zìzhìxiàn ; Bouyei : Sanyduy Suijzuf Ziqziqxianq ) is an autonomous county in the southeast of Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture , and the only Shui Autonomous County in China; 63% of Shui in China live in this county, which is the heartland of the Shui people. Per a 2022 county government publication, Sandu has a population of 381,000, 97% of whom belong to ethnic minorities , and 67% of the total population are Shui.
9-501: It is one of the poorest counties of Guizhou. Most of the county is forested and it is noted for its clean air. Sandu administers the following 2 subdistricts and 6 towns : Sandu County's urban center is located 68 kilometres (42 mi) from Duyun, the administrative center of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture , and 177 kilometres (110 mi) from the provincial capital of Guiyang . All of Sandu belongs to
18-1619: A 9% increase from the previous year, and the second highest among county-level divisions in the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture . Sandu is served by the Guiyang–Guangzhou high-speed railway , with a travel time of 50 minutes to Guiyang . It is also connected by G76 Xiamen–Chengdu Expressway and several provincial expressways. This Guizhou location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Subdistricts of China Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present A subdistrict ( Chinese : 街道 / 街 ; pinyin : jiēdào / jiē ; lit. 'streets and avenues / streets')
27-1125: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Area (Beijing) Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present Area ( simplified Chinese : 地区 ; traditional Chinese : 地區 ; pinyin : Dìqū )
36-528: Is a type of township-level divisions of China that is only used within Beijing . It is an intermediate designation between the rural township or town and the more urban subdistrict , and is given to settlements resembling desakotas . Usually, each area within Beijing will also carry its previous respective designation as a town or township, and the town/township government will take additional role as
45-502: Is one of the smaller administrative divisions of China . It is a form of township -level division which is typically part of a larger urban area, as opposed to a discrete town (zhèn, 镇) surrounded by rural areas, or a rural township (xiāng, 乡). In general, urban areas are divided into subdistricts and a subdistrict is sub-divided into several residential communities or neighbourhoods as well as into villagers' groups (居民区/居住区, 小区/社区, 村民小组). The subdistrict's administrative agency
54-496: Is the subdistrict office ( Chinese : 街道办事处 ; pinyin : jīedào bànshìchù ) or simply the jiedao ban (街道办, jiēdào bàn). Because of the influence of the literal meaning of the Chinese word for 'subdistrict' (street [街道, jiedao]), the term is prone to alternative translations like 'street community'. This government -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Chinese location article
63-430: The area office ( Chinese : 地区办事处 ). Such a system is referred to as " One agency, two nameplates " ( Chinese : 一个机构,两个牌子 ). For the most part, the area and town/township will share the same place name, such as Nanmofang and Liangxiang . However, there are also exceptions, such as the town name of Wanliu Area being Haidian. Area as a township-level divisions was first implemented inside Chaoyang District, with
72-441: The remaining 284,002 belong to rural areas , giving the autonomous county an urbanization rate of 25.43%. Per a 2022 county government publication, 67% of the autonomous county's population is ethnically Shui , another 30% belong to other recognized ethnic minorities , and just 3% of the population is ethnically Han Chinese . The average annual disposable income for urban residents as of 2021 totaled 35,874 renminbi (RMB),
81-663: The watershed of the Liu River which flows into the Pearl River . The Duliu River has its source in Sandu and flows into the Liu River. The county is rather mountainous with Karst landscape resulting in large locale temperature and climate differences. Antimony is mined commercially in Sandu. As of 2021, Sandu Shui Autonomous County has a registered hukou population of 380,871, of which, 96,869 belong to urban areas , and
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