Suiyang County () is a
county
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in
Guizhou Province
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, China. It is under the
jurisdiction
Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' and 'speech' or 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United States, the concept of jurisdiction applies at multiple level ...
of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...
of
Zunyi
Zunyi ( zh, s=遵义 , t=遵義 , p=Zūnyì) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, situated between the provincial capital Guiyang to the south and Chongqing to the north, also bordering Sichuan to t ...
. It has an area of 2,566 square kilometers and a population of 560,000 as of 2017.
Suiyang leaf-litter toad, ''
Leptobrachella suiyangensis'', is only known from the Huoqiuba Nature Reserve in Suiyang County.
Administrative divisions
Suiyang County is divided into 1
subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.
Equivalents
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* Kelurahan, in Indonesia
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, 12
towns
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and 2
townships
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
:
;subdistrict
*Yangchuan 洋川街道
;towns
*Zhengchang 郑场镇
*Wangcao 旺草镇
*Puchang 蒲场镇
*Fenghua 风华镇
*Maoya 茅垭镇
*Jianba 枧坝镇
*Kuankuo 宽阔镇
*Huangyang 黄杨镇
*Qinggangtang 青杠塘镇
*Taibai 太白镇
*Wenquan 温泉镇
*Pingle 坪乐镇
;townships
*Dalucao 大路槽乡
*Xiaoguan 小关乡
Climate
References
External links
Official website of Suiyang County government
Counties of Guizhou
Administrative divisions of Zunyi
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