Geography of Sandi Township

Sandy Township is connected to Cuiba in the north, laterite and Xintang in the south, Sancha in the west and Jianshi in the east. The territory has four distinct seasons and a mild climate, which belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid climate. The frost-free period is 240-290 days, the precipitation is1100-1400 mm, the annual average sunshine is between 1350- 1860 hours, and the relative humidity is 70-.

The territory of Sandy Township is distributed in three steps, including high mountains, two high mountains and low mountains. The highest elevation (Baodao Liangzi, Shentang Village)1680m, and the lowest elevation (Xinduba, Nanmuyuan Village) is 270m, with an average elevation of 950m.

Sandy land is very rich in products, such as corn, rice, tobacco, konjac, vegetables and other crops. Chestnut, tea, small fruit and other high-efficiency economic forests have large planting area and good quality. Coal mine, pyrite, dolomite, chrysanthemum stone and other mineral resources are rich, and there are unique selenium deposits in the world. Rich in hydropower resources, with an installed capacity of 200,000 kilowatts, there are only two small hydropower stations, Baxi River and Qiaotou River, with an installed capacity of only 1.36 million kilowatts and an annual power generation of 3 million kWh. Group, 9875 households, 35480 people.