Guixi City
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Guixi is a county-level city
County-level city
A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....

 in Yingtan
Yingtan
Yingtan is a prefecture-level city in the east part of China's Jiangxi province. It borders Fujian province to the east. Its location next to Fujian and its proximity to Zhejiang, have made it a strategically important city for centuries...

 Municipality, Jiangxi
Jiangxi
' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...

 Province, in southeastern China.

The city covers two-thirds of the land area in the municipal region. Like Yuehu District
Yuehu District
Yuehu District is a district of Jiangxi, China. It is under the administration of the Jingdezhen city....

 (月湖区), the municipal seat, Guixi's centre Xiongshi lies on the Xinjiang River (信江).

Administration

The city executive, legislature and judiciary
Basic people's court
A basic people's court is a lowest level court in the Courts of General Jurisdiction in the People's Republic of China. According to the Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People's Republic of China, the basic people's courts handle the first instance cases at the local level.Basic people's...

 are in Xiongshi Town (雄石镇), together with the CPC
Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...

 and PSB
Public Security Bureau
In the People's Republic of China, a public security bureau refers to the government offices while the smaller offices are called Police posts which are similar in concept to the Japanese Kōban system) present in each province and municipality that handles policing , public security, and...

 branches.

Towns (镇, zhen)

The city oversees 14 other towns:
  • Zhoufang (周坊)
  • Taqiao (塔桥)
  • Sili (泗沥)
  • Hongtang (鸿塘)
  • Zhiguang (志光)
  • Hetan (河潭)
  • Liukou (流口)
  • Luohe (罗河)
  • Longhushan (龙虎山) - access to Longhushan Mountain
    Mount Longhu
    Mount Longhu , is located in Jiangxi, China. It is famous for being one of the birthplaces of Taoism, with many Taoist temples built upon the mountainside...

  • Shangqing (上清)
    Shangqing Town
    Shangqing is a town under the county-level city of Guixi, in the municipal region of Yingtan, JX. It is a small stop on a major railroad - the Fuzhou branch line from the Yingtan junction on the Nanchang--Shanghai line...

     - access to Longhushan Mt.
  • Jintun (金屯)
  • Tangwan (塘湾)
  • Wenfang (文坊)
  • Lengshui (冷水)

Townships (乡, xiang)

There is one Ethnic Township (民族乡) for the She (畲) nation
She people
The She people are a Chinese ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China....

 at Zhangping (樟坪), upstream from Wenfang Town.

Rail

Guixi is a railroad junction for the Anhui-Jiangxi and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railways.
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