Huize County

Huize County (, old name: Dongchuan 東川) is a county-level city, 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
It is 120 km 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 (古城街道)
 * Baoyun (宝云街道)
 * Jinzhong (金钟街道)
 * 7 towns
 * 12 townships
 * 1 ethnic township
 * Xinjie Hui (新街回族乡)

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

Transport

 * China National Highway 213

Economy
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.