Huishui County
Appearance
Huishui County
惠水县 | |
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Coordinates (Huishui County government): 26°07′55″N 106°39′25″E / 26.1320°N 106.6570°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guizhou |
Autonomous prefecture | Qiannan |
Area | |
• Total | 2,463.8 km2 (951.3 sq mi) |
Highest elevation [1] (Longtanshan (龙塘山)) | 1,690.7 m (5,546.9 ft) |
Lowest elevation [1] (Dachang River) | 666 m (2,185 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 476,900 |
• Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
Huishui (Chinese: 惠水; pinyin: Huìshuǐ) is a county of south-central Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. 61% of its 476,900 population are minorities, including Bouyei, Miao, Hui, Zhuang, Sui, Bai, and Maonan.[2] In 1372 it was the seat of the historic Chengfan commandery (程番府).[3]
Within Guizhou it is noted for its orange cultivation.
The gecko species Hemiphyllodactylus huishuiensis was first discovered in, and named after Huishui.[4] A locally distributed species of Gesneriaceae plants was only found in Huishui.[5]
Administrative divisions
Huizhou governs 8 towns and 3 subdistricts:[6]
- Lianjiang subdistrict (涟江街道)
- Mengjiang subdistrict (濛江街道)
- Mingtian subdistrict (明田街道)
- Haohuahong town (好花红镇)
- Baijin town (摆金镇)
- Yashui town (雅水镇)
- Duanshan town (断杉镇)
- Lushan town (芦山镇)
- Wangyou town (王佑镇)
- Xiantang town (羡塘镇)
- Gangdu town (岗度镇)
Climate
Climate data for Huishui (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 23.4 (74.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.7 (92.7) |
35.0 (95.0) |
34.2 (93.6) |
34.8 (94.6) |
35.3 (95.5) |
34.8 (94.6) |
31.3 (88.3) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
35.3 (95.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
26.3 (79.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
12.6 (54.7) |
20.8 (69.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
16.8 (62.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
15.9 (60.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
5.1 (41.2) |
8.4 (47.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
13.8 (56.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
4.7 (40.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
11.5 (52.7) |
12.0 (53.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19.4 (0.76) |
23.5 (0.93) |
38.0 (1.50) |
75.5 (2.97) |
185.5 (7.30) |
236.4 (9.31) |
220.8 (8.69) |
140.0 (5.51) |
96.6 (3.80) |
82.9 (3.26) |
43.0 (1.69) |
16.3 (0.64) |
1,177.9 (46.36) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 80 | 78 | 80 |
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[7] |
Transport
References
- ^ a b "惠水县人民政府-自然地理".
- ^ "惠水县人口民族情况".
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 牛平汉 (1997). 明代政区沿革综表 (in Chinese). 中国地图出版社. ISBN 978-7-5031-1540-0.
- ^ Yan, Jie; Lin, Yubo; Guo, Weibo; Li, Peng; Zhou, Kaiya (2016-06-02). "A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Guizhou, China". Zootaxa. 4117 (4): 543–554. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27395192.
- ^ Wen, Fang; Maciejewski, Stephen E.; He, Xiang-Qian; Han, Jing; Wei, Yi-Gang (2015-03-06). "Briggsia leiophylla , a new species of Gesneriaceae from southern Guizhou, China". Phytotaxa. 202 (1): 51–56. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.202.1.6. ISSN 1179-3163.
- ^ "2020年统计用区划代码". www.stats.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
- ^ 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
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