Sandu County
三都县 · Sanyduy xianq | |
|---|---|
| 三都水族自治县 Sanyduy Suijzuf Ziqziqxianq Sandu Shui Autonomous County | |
 Shui ethnic houses | |
  Sandu Location of the seat in Guizhou  Sandu Sandu (Southwest China) | |
| Coordinates (Sandu County government): 25°59′01″N 107°52′10″E / 25.9836°N 107.8694°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Autonomous prefecture | Qiannan |
| County seat | Sanhe Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • Autonomous county | 2,384 km2 (920 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 675 m (2,215 ft) |
| Highest elevation [1] (Gengding Mountain) | 1,665.5 m (5,464.2 ft) |
| Lowest elevation [1] (Duliu River) | 303 m (994 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[2] | |
| • Autonomous county | 276,347 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 177,882 |
| • Ethnic minorities | 367,100 |
| • Shui people | 261,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 558100 |
| Area code | 0854 |
| Website | www |
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.[4] 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.[5]
It is one of the poorest counties of Guizhou.[6] Most of the county is forested and it is noted for its clean air.[7][8]
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- ^ 行政区划 [Administrative divisions] (in Chinese). Sandu Shui Autonomous County People's Government. 2022-05-17. Archived from the original on 2022-07-26. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ^ "一个都不能少！全国唯一水族自治县三都脱贫摘帽_澎湃号·媒体_澎湃新闻-The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "三都水族自治县人民政府门户网站-三都简介". www.sandu.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
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