| Chishui | |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 970 |
| Demographics2 Title2: | 15-64 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in China |
| Demographics2 Title1: | 0-14 |
| Demographics2 Title3: | 65+ |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Coordinates: | 25.6417°N 118.1372°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Fujian# China# Asia# Earth |
| Native Name: | 赤水镇 |
| Demographics Type1: | Population gender ratio |
| Demographics Type2: | Population age ratio |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 2,109 |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 928 |
| Subdivision Name4: | Dehua County |
| Population Total: | 4,063 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Fujian |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code [3] |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 2,844 |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 291 |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 1,954 |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quanzhou |
| Postal Code: | 362500 |
| Subdivision Type4: | County |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Male |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Female |
| Area Total Km2: | 90.95 |
| Population Density Km2: | 42.65 |
Chishui is a mountainous town and one of eleven fourth-order administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of northwest Dehua County, Quanzhou, Fujian, China, located 33 kilometres from the county seat and home to a species of Apanteles (Apanteles opacus).[4] [5]
Chishui has Jiuxian Mountain in its administrative town boundaries.[6] Daiyun Mountain (also known as Yingxue Mountain) is another mountain in Daiyun, a village administered under Chishui. Daiyun Mountain is 1856 metres tall, takes up 35 km2, and is heavily vegetated, protected and trailed. It is known as 'the ridge of Mid-Fujian' and overlooks Alishan mountain ranges in Taiwan. Huangshan pine trees are scattered over the mountain. Chishui also has a ceramics museum and a location on the Taoxian River.[7]
The town has a humid-subtropical climate (Cfb) on the Köppen climate classification.[5]
The town's county had a local bridge and road construction company in Suling Village.
The construction company, the town's economic and social affairs center and the town's agricultural center were cancelled by the county government on February 4, 2021.[8]
The town has 12,038 mu (8.03 km2) of arable land and at least 18 more attractions other than the two mountains mentioned above.[9], it administers Chishui Residential Community and the following fourteen villages:[10]