There are several townships in Xiacuo Township, Xitou.

Xitou Xiacuo Township is located in the south of Guangshan Highway, east of He Hui Highway, and along the coast of Guitouhai. East to the middle of Guitou Hainan, bordering Narita, Sharon, Du Jing, Meihua and Shenpu; Continue westward; South of Xiqiao and Yanting; Peace and beauty in the north.

Xiacuo Township, Xitou, with an east-west direction of 10 kilometers and a north-south direction of about 4 kilometers, covers an area of about 30 square kilometers. Overseas population is spread all over the world, mainly in Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province, Thailand, the United States, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Southeast Asian countries, and it is one of the hometown of overseas Chinese. Xitou Xiacuo Township has a large population. After liberation (195 1 year), in order to adapt to administrative management, the government divided it into Xia Cuo and Xinlong according to the living area. Xitouxiacuo is located in the southwest of Chaoyang District (Shantou City, Guangdong Province) 13km, belonging to heping town. There is a small river in the north of the village flowing into the turtle head sea, commonly known as the mouth of the river is the head of the stream, so the village is named as the head of the stream. The village was built in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1436- 1449). Settlements are distributed in strips along the river, and houses are mostly brick-and-wood bungalows. Give priority to developing agriculture. The cultivated land is 223.93 hectares, and the main varieties are raw oranges, rice and sweet potatoes. There are textile, plastic products, hardware accessories and other factories. Also engaged in mat weaving, shallow sea fishing, goose, duck and fish breeding, construction and other industries. There is a small commodity market. Traditional customs with rural characteristics include that mothers give birth to a banner and worship God at the end of the year. In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival is also famous every year. 1984 Overseas Chinese in Thailand donated to build Xiacuo School; 1985, donated Jianlong primary school building. At present, there are five schools in Xitou Xiacuo Township: Xitou Xiacuo Central School (Xiacuo Middle School), Xitou Xiacuo Primary School, Xitou Xiacuo Primary School Branch (Hongqi Primary School), Xitou Xinlong Primary School and Xitou Xinlong Primary School Branch (Xibei Primary School). Xitou Xiacuo Central School (Xiacuo Middle School) was awarded as "Shantou First Class School" in 2004.