Huishui County
惠水县 | |
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  Huishui Location of the seat in Guizhou  Huishui Huishui (Southwest China) | |
| Coordinates (Huishui County government): 26°07′55″N 106°39′25″E / 26.1320°N 106.6570°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Autonomous prefecture | Qiannan |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,463.8 km2 (951.3 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation [1] (Longtanshan (龙塘山)) | 1,690.7 m (5,546.9 ft) |
| Lowest elevation [1] (Dachang River) | 666 m (2,185 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 476,900 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Huishui (Chinese: 惠水; pinyin: Huìshuǐ) is a county of south-central Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. 61% of its 476,900 population are minorities, including Bouyei, Miao, Hui, Zhuang, Sui, Bai, and Maonan.[2] In 1372 it was the seat of the historic Chengfan commandery (程番府).[3]
Within Guizhou it is noted for its orange cultivation.
The gecko species Hemiphyllodactylus huishuiensis was first discovered in, and named after Huishui.[4] A locally distributed species of Gesneriaceae plants was only found in Huishui.[5]
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- ^ "惠水县人口民族情况".
- ^ 牛平汉 (1997). 明代政区沿革综表 (in Chinese). 中国地图出版社. ISBN 978-7-5031-1540-0.
- ^ Yan, Jie; Lin, Yubo; Guo, Weibo; Li, Peng; Zhou, Kaiya (2016-06-02). "A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Guizhou, China". Zootaxa. 4117 (4): 543–554. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27395192.
- ^ Wen, Fang; Maciejewski, Stephen E.; He, Xiang-Qian; Han, Jing; Wei, Yi-Gang (2015-03-06). "Briggsia leiophylla , a new species of Gesneriaceae from southern Guizhou, China". Phytotaxa. 202 (1): 51–56. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.202.1.6. ISSN 1179-3163.