Jianshui

Jianshui County is a division of Honghe Prefecture in . Numerous temples, traditional residences, bridges and other historic sites survive in and around the old town, making Jianshui a useful stop on an overland journey between and , on the border with .
  • City with about 534,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,310 metres (4,300 feet)
  • Description: county
  • Also known as
    “Chien-shui”
    “Chien-shui-hsien”
    “Jianshui County”
    “Kienshui”
    “Kienshui-hsien”
    “Lin’an”
    “Lin’an Zhen”
    “Linanfu”
    “临安”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lin’an and Chaoyang Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lin’an.
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Latitude
23.6361° or 23° 38′ 10″ north
Longitude
102.8264° or 102° 49′ 35″ east
Open location code
7PM4JRPG+CG
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Jianshui” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جيان شوي”
  • Chinese: “Jiànshuǐxiàn”
  • Chinese: “建水”
  • Chinese: “建水县”
  • Chinese: “建水縣”
  • Dutch: “Jianshui”
  • French: “Comté de Jianshui”
  • French: “Jianshui”
  • French: “Xian de Jianshui”
  • Gan Chinese: “建水县”
  • German: “Jianshui”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Jianshui”
  • Italian: “Contea di Jianshui”
  • Japanese: “建水県”
  • Korean: “젠수이현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kiàn-súi-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jianshui”
  • Norwegian: “Jianshui”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جیانشوی”
  • Russian: “Цзяньшуй”
  • Spanish: “Jianshui”
  • Swedish: “Jianshui”
  • Ukrainian: “Цзяньшуй”
  • Urdu: “جیانشوی کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Kiến Thủy, Hồng Hà”
  • Vietnamese: “Kiến Thủy”
  • Wu Chinese: “建水县”
  • Yue Chinese: “建水”

Localities in the Area

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