Xishui County, Guizhou
Xishui County (simplified Chinese: 习水县; traditional Chinese: 習水縣; pinyin: Xíshuǐ Xiàn) is a county in the north of Guizhou province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the southwest. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi.
Xishui County
习水县 | |
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  Xishui Location of the seat in Guizhou  Xishui Xishui (Southwest China) | |
| Coordinates (Xishui County government): 28°19′58″N 106°11′50″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Prefecture-level city | Zunyi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,063.28 km2 (1,182.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 522,541 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
It was the site of the 2009 Xishui sex trial.
Education
Yang Dezhi Red Army School in Wenshui Town (温水镇) in Xishui County.[1] It opened during the latter portion of the Qing Dynasty and became a Red Army School in 2008.[2]
Tourism
The county is home to the 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) "Xishui Forest Train" (an electric monorail with an engine shaped like a steam locomotive) (Chinese: 习水森林小火车) which allows for sightseeing through forests and lakes near the city of Xishui (Chinese: 习水县).[3]
Climate
| Climate data for Xishui (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.4 (63.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
28.2 (82.8) |
31.2 (88.2) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.6 (90.7) |
33.8 (92.8) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.4 (92.1) |
30.5 (86.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
34.4 (93.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) |
8.0 (46.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.2 (75.6) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
23.3 (73.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
7.8 (46.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
6.1 (43.0) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.0 (57.2) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.8 (60.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
7.1 (44.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
10.5 (51.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
10.9 (51.6) |
11.2 (52.2) |
7.2 (45.0) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 27.2 (1.07) |
27.8 (1.09) |
47.9 (1.89) |
85.5 (3.37) |
137.6 (5.42) |
177.3 (6.98) |
186.6 (7.35) |
145.7 (5.74) |
88.0 (3.46) |
81.1 (3.19) |
43.0 (1.69) |
26.1 (1.03) |
1,073.8 (42.28) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 19.2 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 17.9 | 15.2 | 14.2 | 15.9 | 18.5 | 15.7 | 17.0 | 209.5 |
| Source 1: National Meteorological Center of CMA[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China (precipitation days, extremes 1971–2000)[5] | |||||||||||||
Cuisine
Xishui county is a home of Chinese liquor (baijiu) xijiu.
References
- "China's Red Army schools". Agence France-Presse at the Boston Globe. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-02-21. "The Yang Dezhi “Red Army” elementary school in Wenshui, Xishui country in Guizhou province[...]"
- "Revealed: life inside China's 'Red Army' schools". Agence France-Presse at the South China Morning Post. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
- "鰼部森林小火车 尽享悠闲时光". China Daily. 28 June 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- 1981年-2010年（习水）月平均气温和降水 (in Simplified Chinese). National Meteorological Center of CMA. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- 习水 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 21 November 2022.