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 .
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  • Type: City with 177,000 residents
  • Description: county
  • Also known as: “Chien-shui”, “Chien-shui-hsien”, “Jianshui County”, “Kienshui”, “Kienshui-hsien”, “Lin’an”, “Lin’an Zhen”, “Linanfu”, and “临安”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lin’an and Chaoyang Gate.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

City gate
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is a city gate.

Place of worship
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a place of worship.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lin’an.

Town
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town.

Jianshui

Latitude
23.6361° or 23° 38′ 10″ north
Longitude
102.8264° or 102° 49′ 35″ east
Population
177,000
Elevation
1,311 metres (4,301 feet)
Open location code
7PM4JRPG+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 469623271
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1806146
Wiki­data ID
Q1201028
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Jianshui” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جيان شوي”
  • Chinese: “Jiànshuǐxiàn”
  • Chinese: “Kiàn-súi-koān”
  • Chinese: “建水”
  • Chinese: “建水县”
  • Chinese: “建水縣”
  • Dutch: “Jianshui”
  • French: “Comte de Jianshui”
  • French: “Comté de Jianshui”
  • French: “Jianshui”
  • French: “xian de Jianshui”
  • French: “Xian de Jianshui”
  • Gan Chinese: “建水县”
  • German: “Jianshui”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Jianshui”
  • Italian: “contea di 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”

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