Chishui City
Chishui (Chinese: 赤水; pinyin: Chìshǔi) is a county-level city of Guizhou Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the north and west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi.
The city has a total area of 1,801 km, and in 2007, it had a population of 300,000.[1]
Chishui is famous for its bamboo forestry, the city has around 87,000 hectares (340 sq mi) of bamboo forest coverage. The bamboo is used for paper production and bamboo weaving among others.
In 1935 the Battle of Chishui River took place in the city.
Administrative divisions
Chishui is divided into 3 subdistricts, 11 towns and 3 townships:
- subdistricts
- Shizhong 市中街道
- Wenhua 文华街道
- Jinhua 金华街道
- towns
- Tiantai 天台镇
- Fuxing 复兴镇
- Datong 大同镇
- Wanglong 旺隆镇
- Hushi 葫市镇
- Yuanhou 元厚镇
- Guandu 官渡镇
- Changqi 长期镇
- Changsha 长沙镇
- Lianghekou 两河口镇
- Bing'an 丙安镇
- townships
- Baoyuan 宝源乡
- Shibao 石堡乡
- Baiyun 白云乡
Climate
| Climate data for Chishui, elevation 355 m (1,165 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.9 (91.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
11.6 (52.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
14.0 (57.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
18.1 (64.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
7.9 (46.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
18.6 (65.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
7.5 (45.5) |
15.3 (59.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 35.9 (1.41) |
28.9 (1.14) |
55.2 (2.17) |
93.1 (3.67) |
145.3 (5.72) |
196.2 (7.72) |
186.0 (7.32) |
158.7 (6.25) |
126.6 (4.98) |
102.3 (4.03) |
52.5 (2.07) |
39.0 (1.54) |
1,219.7 (48.02) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 15.3 | 11.9 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 14.1 | 12.7 | 15.0 | 18.7 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 180 |
| Average snowy days | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 87 | 83 | 80 | 78 | 79 | 83 | 79 | 77 | 83 | 88 | 87 | 88 | 83 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 33.0 | 47.0 | 87.1 | 121.7 | 126.2 | 111.0 | 190.2 | 192.2 | 112.9 | 59.2 | 56.2 | 35.6 | 1,172.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 10 | 15 | 23 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 45 | 48 | 31 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 26 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||