Qushui () is a town in

Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County (; Hani language, Hani: ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, in southern Yunnan, China, bordering Laos to the south and Vietnam to the southeast. It is one of the two counties in ...

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 16,811 and an area of . The town sits at the junction of China, Vietnam and Laos.

Administrative division

As of 2016, the town is divided into seven villages: * Lvman () * Basan () * Lazhu () * Tianxin () * Longtang () * Gaoshan () * Nuna ()

History

On December 28, 2012, it was upgraded to a town.

Geography

The town is situated at the eastern

. The town is bordered to the north by

Lüchun County Lüchun County () is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the south of Yunnan province, China, bordering Vietnam's Lai Châu Province to the south. Geography Lüchun is located in southwestern Honghe Prefecture in southeastern ...

, to the east by

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

, to the south by

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

, and to the west by

Guoqing Township Guoqing Township () is a township in Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 13,381 and an area of . Administrative division As of 2016, the township is divided into six villages: * Me ...

Jiahe Township Jiahe () may refer to: * Jiahe County, a county of Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China * Jiahe Subdistrict, Guangzhou, a subdistrict of Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China * Jiahe Subdistrict, Suining, a subdistrict of Chuanshan D ...

and Menglie Town. The highest point in the town is Mount Shiceng () which stands above sea level. The lowest point is in Gaoshan Village (), which, at above sea level. The town enjoys a subtropical humid monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of , total annual rainfall of , annual average evaporation of , and annual average sunshine hours in 1871 hours. There are five major rivers and streams in the town, namely the Lvman River, Tuka River, Zhengkangba River, Lazhu River, and Tianxin River.

Economy

Agriculture and

animal husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, animal fiber, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, management, production, nutrition, selective breeding, and the raising ...

also play roles in the local economy. The main crops are rice and corn.

Demographics

As of 2017, the

National Bureau of Statistics of China The National Bureau of Statistics () is a deputy-ministerial level agency directly under the State Council of China. Established in August 1952, the bureau is responsible for collection, investigation, research and publication of statistics c ...

estimates the town's population now to be 16,811.

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