Sishui Township () is a township in

Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County ( zh, s=龙胜各族自治县, t=龍勝各族自治縣, p=Lóngshèng Gèzú Zìzhìxiàn; ; usually referred to as "Longsheng County" ) is a county in the northeast of Guangxi, China, bordering Hu ...

Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...

, China. As of the 2018 census it had a population of 13,000 and an area of .

Etymology

The name "Sishui" is named after the intersection of four streams, namely Zhailong Stream (), Yandi Stream (), Pannei Stream () and Yitan Stream ().

Administrative division

As of 2016, the township is divided into nine villages: * Zhoujia () * Ximen () * Sanshe () * Batan () * Sishui () * Pannei () * Maluo () * Licha () * Licai ()

History

In the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

(1644–1911), it belonged to the Dongtuan () . It was incorporated as a township in 1933. After the founding of the Communist State in 1949, it came under the jurisdiction of the East District () and soon came under the jurisdiction of the First District () in October 1952. The Sishui Commune was set up in May 1961. And its name was restored as Sishui Township in July of the following year. On June 6, 2019, the villages of Pannei and Zhoujia was listed among the fifth group of "List of Traditional Villages in China" by the

State Council of China The State Council of the People's Republic of China, also known as the Central People's Government, is the chief administrative authority and national cabinet. It is constitutionally the highest administrative organ of the country and the e ...

Geography

The township is situated at northeastern

. It is surrounded by Madi Township and

Weijiang Township Weijiang Township () is a township in Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County, Guangxi, China. As of the 2018 census it had a population of 9,700 and an area of . Etymology The name of "Weijiang" is named after Weijiang Stream, which flo ...

on the north, Lejiang Town on the west,

Jiangdi Township Jiangdi Township () is a township in Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County, Guangxi, China. As of the 2018 census it had a population of 8,900 and an area of . Administrative division As of 2016, the township is divided into eight vill ...

on the east, and Longsheng Town on the south. The highest point in the township is Mount Fupingbao () which stands above sea level. The lowest point is Paifang () at above sea level. The Sang River (), a tributary of the

Xun River The Xun River ( Chinese: 浔江, pinyin: Xún Jiāng, jyutping: ''Cham4 Gong1'') is a short section of the main branch of the Pearl River system upstream from the Xi Jiang in China. Although less than 200km long, it is of considerable importanc ...

, passes through the town northeast to southwest.

References

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