# 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.
It was the site of the 2009 Xishui sex trial.

## Administrative divisions

Xishui County is divided into 4 subdistricts, 20 towns and 2 townships:

### subdistricts

* Donghuang 东皇街道
* Jiulong 九龙街道
* Shanwang 杉王街道
* Malin 马临街道

### towns

* Tucheng 土城镇
* Tongmin 同民镇
* Xingmin 醒民镇
* Longxing 隆兴镇
* Xijiu 习酒镇
* Huilong 回龙镇
* Sangmu 桑木镇
* Yong'an 永安镇
* Liangcun 良村镇
* Wenshui 温水镇
* Xianyuan 仙源镇
* Guandian 官店镇
* Zhaiba 寨坝镇
* Minhua 民化镇
* Erlang 二郎镇
* Erli 二里镇
* Sanchahe 三岔河镇
* Dapo 大坡镇
* Taolin 桃林镇
* Chengzhai 程寨镇

### townships

* Shuanglong 双龙乡
* Niba 坭坝乡

## Education

Yang Dezhi Red Army School in Wenshui Town (温水镇) in Xishui County. It opened during the latter portion of the Qing Dynasty and became a Red Army School in 2008.

## 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).

## Climate

Climate data for Xishui, elevation 1,180 m (3,870 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2020) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) | 28.7 (83.7) | 29.9 (85.8) | 31.2 (88.2) | 33.7 (92.7) | 32.6 (90.7) | 34.2 (93.6) | 35.6 (96.1) | 36.0 (96.8) | 30.5 (86.9) | 26.8 (80.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 36.0 (96.8) |
| 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 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 10 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 41 | 43 | 31 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 23 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China ||||||||||||||

## Cuisine

Xishui county is a home of Chinese liquor (baijiu) xijiu.