Huize County


Huize County is a county, under the jurisdiction of Qujing City, Yunnan province, People's Republic of China.

Demography

The city has grown considerably over the past 20 years. It has 871,200 inhabitants.

Geography

Huize is in northeastern Yunnan and borders Xuanwei and Weining County, Guizhou to the east, Zhanyi District and Xundian County to the south, Dongchuan District and Qiaojia County to the west and Ludian County to the north.
It is from the center of Qujing.
Huize is located between mountains with rice fields at one side and a large earth dam to the south. Some of the mountain areas are blasted for construction materials.

Administrative divisions

Huize County has 3 subdistricts, 7 towns, 12 townships and 1 ethnic township.
;3 subdistricts
  • Gucheng
  • Baoyun
  • Jinzhong
;7 towns
  • Nagu
  • Yiche
  • Leye
  • Kuangshan
  • Zhehai
  • Dajing
  • Daibu
;12 townships
  • Dahai
  • Laochang
  • Wuxing
  • Daqiao
  • Zhichang
  • Malu
  • Huohong
  • Yulu
  • Luna
  • Shangcun
  • Jiache
  • Tianba
;1 ethnic township
  • Xinjie Hui

    Climate

Tempered by the low latitude and moderate elevation, Huize has a mild subtropical highland climate, with short, mild, dry winters, and warm, rainy summers. A great majority of the year's rainfall occurs from June to September.

Transport

There are several food markets, temples, shops and bars in the county center.

Tourist attractions

On 23 July 2023 a glass segment of touristic glass slide had completely dislodged, leaving a void at a height of 10 metres. It caused collisions between rafts but nobody was injured. A video of the accident was in the worldwide media.