Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County

Jinxiu County
金秀县 · Ginhsiu Swciyen
金秀瑶族自治县 · Ginhsiu Yauzcuz Swciyen
Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County
Jinxiu is located in Guangxi
Jinxiu
Jinxiu
Location of the seat in Guangxi
Coordinates: 24°07′N 110°11′E / 24.117°N 110.183°E / 24.117; 110.183
CountryChina
Autonomous regionGuangxi
Prefecture-level cityLaibin
Township-level divisions3 towns
7 townships
County seatJinxiu (金秀镇)
Area
 • Total
2,517 km2 (972 sq mi)
Elevation
787 m (2,582 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
130,313
 • Density52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Jinxiu (Chinese: 金秀; pinyin: Jīnxiù; Zhuang: Ginhsiu) is a county of eastern Guangxi, China, located in an area of relatively high concentrations of the Yao people. It is administered as the Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County of Laibin City. Established in 1952, with the name of Dayaoshan Autonomous Zone, in 1966, it was renamed as Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County. It has an area of 2,517 square kilometres (972 sq mi), much of it mountainous, and a population in 2004 of approximately 150,000.