Dushan County
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Dushan County is a county of 346,000 people (2007) in Guizhou
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 of Southwest China
Southwest China
Southwest China is a region of the People's Republic of China defined by governmental bureaus that includes the municipality of Chongqing, the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and the Tibet Autonomous Region.-Provinces:-Municipalities:...

. It is under the administration of Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture of Guizhou province in the People's Republic of China. The capital of the prefecture is Duyun...

, in the south of the province, bordering Guangxi
Guangxi
Guangxi, formerly romanized Kwangsi, is a province of southern China along its border with Vietnam. In 1958, it became the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, a region with special privileges created specifically for the Zhuang people.Guangxi's location, in...

 to the south. The county seat is located in the of Chengguan (城关镇).

Dushan is located in a mountainous area, with elevations increasing from south to north. The primary river in the county is the Duliu River (都柳江), and the annual mean temperature is around 15 °C (59 °F) and there is total of 1346 millimetres (52.99 in) of rainfall annually. Transportation links include the Guizhou–Guangxi Railway (黔桂铁路), the G75 Lanzhou–Haikou Expressway (兰海高速), China National Highways 210
China National Highway 210
China National Highway 210 runs from Baotou, Inner Mongolia to Nanning, Guangxi Province. It is 3,097 kilometres in length and runs south from Baotou towards Shaanxi Province, Sichuan Province, Chongqing, Guizhou Province, and ends in Guangxi Province.- Route and distance:-References:*...

 and 312
China National Highway 312
China National Highway 312 , also referred to as Route 312 or The Mother Road, is an important highway that runs east-west across the breadth of People's Republic of China. It begins at the port city Shanghai and ends at Khorgas in the Ili River valley, on the border with Kazakhstan. In total it...

. Important natural attractions are Duxiu Mountain (独秀峰), Shenxian (神仙洞) and Yuqing Caves (于清同), and Ziquan Lake (紫泉湖).

Administrative divisions

There are 8 towns
Town (China)
When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 . It is a fourth-level administrative unit, i.e...

, 7 townships, and 3 ethnic townships:

Towns:
  • Chengguan (城关镇), Shangsi (上司镇), Mawei (麻尾镇), Jiali (甲里镇), Xiasi (下司镇), Jichang (基长镇), Mianchang (兔场镇), Mawan (麻万镇)


Townships:
  • Yangfeng Township (羊凤乡), Yaosuo Township (尧梭乡), Wengtai Sui Ethnic Township (翁台水族乡), Jiading Sui Ethnic Township (甲定水族乡), Shuiyan Township (水岩乡), Benzhai Sui Ethnic Township (本寨水族乡), Yaobang Township (尧棒乡), Dongling Township (董岭乡), Huanghou Township (黄后乡), Dayang Township (打羊乡)

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