Xiapu

The county executive, legislature and judiciary are in (), together with the CPC branch. The county court and PSB branch are in (), the county hospital and industrial district are in (). Xiapu has jurisdiction over 6 towns () and over 6 townships (), of which three are ethnic townships designated for the native She people. Zhouyang Township (州洋乡) was once a township under the jurisdiction of Xiapu and was abolished in 2003. Towns • Sansha (三沙镇) • Yacheng (牙城镇) • Xi'nan (溪南镇) • Shajiang (沙江镇) • Xiahu (下浒镇) • Changchun (长春镇) Townships • Baiyang (柏洋乡) • Beibi (北壁乡) • Haidao () • Yantian She Ethnic Township (盐田畲族乡) • Shuimen She Ethnic Township (水门畲族乡) • Chongru She Ethnic Township (崇儒畲族乡) ==Scenic Areas==

• (, includes Changchun Town, Xiahu Town and Beibi Township) • (, means the castle of Guanyin pavilion, located in Shuimen She Ethnic Township) • (杨家溪风景区, located in Yacheng Town) ==Transportation==

• Xiapu Railway Station on the Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway == Xiapu Manichaean manuscripts ==

In 2008, the Xiapu Manichaean manuscripts of Shangwan Village 上万村, in Baiyang Township, Xiapu County became publicly known to the scientific world. They are manuscripts from a religion known as Manichaeism, which now only exists as Chinese Manichaeism. They continue to be used by a local priest, Chen Peisheng 陈培生, in his Manichaean rituals. ==Xiapu in the News==

On August 9, 2009, Xiapu was where Typhoon Morakot made continental landfall. A million people had just been evacuated from vulnerable areas of this and surrounding counties. ==Climate==