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 / 28.3329°N 106.1972°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) |
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.
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 (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| 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) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
7.6 (45.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
5.3 (41.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
17.7 (63.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
14.2 (57.6) |
9.7 (49.5) |
4.6 (40.3) |
13.6 (56.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
6.7 (44.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.4 (57.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.1 (53.8) |
7.5 (45.5) |
2.8 (37.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
| 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) | 26.3 (1.04) |
26.5 (1.04) |
52.9 (2.08) |
89.8 (3.54) |
134.0 (5.28) |
204.1 (8.04) |
170.0 (6.69) |
131.1 (5.16) |
94.7 (3.73) |
88.8 (3.50) |
40.3 (1.59) |
26.0 (1.02) |
1,084.5 (42.71) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 18.7 | 16.1 | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 18.2 | 14.4 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 18.8 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 198.7 |
| Average snowy days | 8.1 | 4.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 17.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 87 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 84 | 79 | 79 | 82 | 86 | 86 | 87 | 83 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 31.2 | 42.4 | 71.1 | 99.3 | 109.0 | 94.5 | 172.7 | 174.1 | 114.2 | 57.6 | 59.6 | 41.5 | 1,067.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 10 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 41 | 43 | 31 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 23 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[6] | |||||||||||||
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.
- ↑ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ↑ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ↑ 习水 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 21 November 2022.