Qixingguan District is the seat of the city of Bijie

Bijie

Bijie is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China.The Daotianhe Reservoir, located to the north of the town was commissioned in 1965 with a rated annual capacity of 6.5 million cubic meters....

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Guizhou

' is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country. Its provincial capital city is Guiyang.- History :...

province, People's Republic of China. The total area of the district is 3414.9 sqkm, and the total population 1,275,300.

On 10 November 2011, Bijie Prefecture (毕节地区) was converted to a prefecture-level city, and the former Bijie City was rechristened Qixingguan District. Government officials hope that Qixingguan will become a distribution centre for all of Southwest China and a base for new industries and tourism.

Geography

Qixingguan is located in northwestern Guizhou, with longitude ranging from 104° 51′ to 105° 55′ E, latitude 27° 03′ to 27° 46′ N, with elevations generally above 1600 metres (5,249.3 ft). It borders Sichuan and Yunnan.

Administration

There are 6 sub-districts (街道), 27 towns (镇), 2 townships (乡), and 6 ethnic townships (民族乡) under the administration of Bijie City: