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Xishui County, Guizhou

Coordinates: 28°19′52″N 106°11′49″E / 28.331°N 106.197°E / 28.331; 106.197
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Xishui County
习水县
Coordinates: 28°19′52″N 106°11′49″E / 28.331°N 106.197°E / 28.331; 106.197
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuizhou
Prefecture-level cityZunyi
Time zoneUTC+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]

Climate

Climate data for Xishui
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 5.6
(42.1)
7.8
(46.0)
13.0
(55.4)
18.4
(65.1)
21.7
(71.1)
24.0
(75.2)
27.5
(81.5)
27.4
(81.3)
23.1
(73.6)
17.2
(63.0)
12.6
(54.7)
7.6
(45.7)
17.2
(62.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 0.7
(33.3)
2.4
(36.3)
6.1
(43.0)
10.5
(50.9)
14.0
(57.2)
16.9
(62.4)
19.4
(66.9)
18.6
(65.5)
15.7
(60.3)
11.5
(52.7)
6.9
(44.4)
2.4
(36.3)
10.4
(50.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 26.4
(1.04)
26.8
(1.06)
45.0
(1.77)
82.9
(3.26)
143.0
(5.63)
184.2
(7.25)
170.3
(6.70)
141.6
(5.57)
105.9
(4.17)
86.8
(3.42)
45.0
(1.77)
29.4
(1.16)
1,087.3
(42.8)
Source: National Meteorological Center of CMA

References

  1. ^ "China's Red Army schools". Agence France-Presse at the Boston Globe. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-02-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) "The Yang Dezhi “Red Army” elementary school in Wenshui, Xishui country in Guizhou province[...]"
  2. ^ "Revealed: life inside China's 'Red Army' schools". Agence France-Presse at the South China Morning Post. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-02-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)