Huishui County

{{Infobox settlement | name = Huishui County | native_name = 惠水县 | native_name_lang = zh-Hans | postal_code_type = Postal code | settlement_type = County | image_skyline = 惠水 - panoramio (7).jpg | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Guizhou#Southwest China | pushpin_label = Huishui | pushpin_map_caption = Location of the seat in Guizhou | coordinates = {{coord|26.1320|N|106.6570|E|type:adm3rd_region:CN-52_source:Gaode|format=dms|display=it}} | coor_pinpoint = Huishui County government | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = China | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Guizhou | subdivision_type2 = Autonomous prefecture | subdivision_name2 = Qiannan |seat_type = County seat |seat = | area_total_km2 = 2,463.8 | population_total = 476,900 | population_as_of = 2010 | population_density_km2 = auto | elevation_m = | timezone = China Standard | utc_offset = +8 | website = {{URL|http://www.gzhs.gov.cn}} | official_name = | elevation_max_m = 1690.7 | elevation_max_point = Longtanshan (龙塘山) | elevation_min_point = Dachang River | elevation_min_m = 666 | elevation_min_footnotes = <ref name=:1>{{cite web | url=http://www.gzhs.gov.cn/zjhs/zrdl/ | title=惠水县人民政府-自然地理 }}</ref> | elevation_max_footnotes = <ref name=:1/> }} '''Huishui''' ({{lang-zh|c=惠水 |p=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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=惠水县人口民族情况|url=http://www.gzhs.gov.cn/zjhs/rkmz/201810/t20181016_6066835.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1372 it was the seat of the historic Chengfan commandery (程番府).<ref>{{Cite book|last=牛平汉|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0kE4AQAAIAAJ&q=%E6%83%A0%E6%B0%B4%E5%8E%BF|title=明代政区沿革综表|date=1997|publisher=中国地图出版社|isbn=978-7-5031-1540-0|language=zh}}</ref>

Within Guizhou it is noted for its orange cultivation.

The gecko species Hemiphyllodactylus huishuiensis was first discovered in, and named after Huishui.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Yan|first1=Jie|last2=Lin|first2=Yubo|last3=Guo|first3=Weibo|last4=Li|first4=Peng|last5=Zhou|first5=Kaiya|date=2016-06-02|title=A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Guizhou, China|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4117.4.6|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=4117|issue=4|pages=543–554|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.6|pmid=27395192|issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription}}</ref> A locally distributed species of Gesneriaceae plants was only found in Huishui.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wen|first1=Fang|last2=Maciejewski|first2=Stephen E.|last3=He|first3=Xiang-Qian|last4=Han|first4=Jing|last5=Wei|first5=Yi-Gang|date=2015-03-06|title=Briggsia leiophylla, a new species of Gesneriaceae from southern Guizhou, China|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.202.1.6|journal=Phytotaxa|language=en|volume=202|issue=1|pages=51–56|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.202.1.6|issn=1179-3163|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

== Administrative divisions == Huishui governs 3 subdistricts and 8 towns:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/52/27/522731.html|script-title=zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：惠水县| publisher = National Bureau of Statistics of China| language = zh-hans| access-date =}}</ref>

* 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==

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Huishui, elevation {{convert|992|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) |Jan high C = 10.0 |Feb high C = 13.4 |Mar high C = 17.8 |Apr high C = 23.0 |May high C = 25.6 |Jun high C = 27.3 |Jul high C = 29.0 |Aug high C = 29.2 |Sep high C = 26.6 |Oct high C = 21.5 |Nov high C = 17.7 |Dec high C = 12.2 |Jan mean C = 6.1 |Feb mean C = 8.8 |Mar mean C = 12.6 |Apr mean C = 17.5 |May mean C = 20.6 |Jun mean C = 22.8 |Jul mean C = 24.2 |Aug mean C = 23.8 |Sep mean C = 21.2 |Oct mean C = 17.0 |Nov mean C = 12.9 |Dec mean C = 7.9 |Jan low C = 3.7 |Feb low C = 5.7 |Mar low C = 9.1 |Apr low C = 13.7 |May low C = 16.8 |Jun low C = 19.6 |Jul low C = 21.0 |Aug low C = 20.2 |Sep low C = 17.5 |Oct low C = 14.0 |Nov low C = 9.6 |Dec low C = 5.1 |Jan record high C = 23.4 |Jan record low C = −5.1 |Feb record high C = 29.9 |Feb record low C = −3.5 |Mar record high C = 31.6 |Mar record low C = −2.9 |Apr record high C = 33.7 |Apr record low C = 3.0 |May record high C = 35.0 |May record low C = 6.0 |Jun record high C = 34.2 |Jun record low C = 11.5 |Jul record high C = 34.8 |Jul record low C = 12.0 |Aug record high C = 35.3 |Aug record low C = 13.8 |Sep record high C = 34.8 |Sep record low C = 7.9 |Oct record high C = 31.3 |Oct record low C = 2.6 |Nov record high C = 28.2 |Nov record low C = −2.1 |Dec record high C = 27.0 |Dec record low C = −6.9 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 24.1 |Feb precipitation mm = 20.3 |Mar precipitation mm = 43.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 73.8 |May precipitation mm = 195.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 267.9 |Jul precipitation mm = 222.0 |Aug precipitation mm = 135.3 |Sep precipitation mm = 100.5 |Oct precipitation mm = 86.8 |Nov precipitation mm = 39.5 |Dec precipitation mm = 18.8 |Jan humidity = 80 |Feb humidity = 77 |Mar humidity = 76 |Apr humidity = 75 |May humidity = 77 |Jun humidity = 81 |Jul humidity = 81 |Aug humidity = 80 |Sep humidity = 79 |Oct humidity = 81 |Nov humidity = 79 |Dec humidity = 78 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 13.3 |Feb precipitation days = 11.2 |Mar precipitation days = 13.9 |Apr precipitation days = 14.4 |May precipitation days = 17.1 |Jun precipitation days = 18.0 |Jul precipitation days = 17.1 |Aug precipitation days = 15.0 |Sep precipitation days = 11.6 |Oct precipitation days = 14.6 |Nov precipitation days = 10.3 |Dec precipitation days = 10.2 |year precipitation days = |Jan sun = 36.6 |Feb sun = 55.6 |Mar sun = 78.3 |Apr sun = 107.9 |May sun = 115.4 |Jun sun = 91.4 |Jul sun = 139.0 |Aug sun = 158.9 |Sep sun = 128.9 |Oct sun = 82.1 |Nov sun = 81.0 |Dec sun = 58.0 |year sun = | Jan percentsun = 11 | Feb percentsun = 18 | Mar percentsun = 21 | Apr percentsun = 28 | May percentsun = 28 | Jun percentsun = 22 | Jul percentsun = 33 | Aug percentsun = 40 | Sep percentsun = 35 | Oct percentsun = 23 | Nov percentsun = 25 | Dec percentsun = 18 | year percentsun = |Jan snow days = 2.3 |Feb snow days = 0.8 |Mar snow days = 0.3 |Apr snow days = 0 |May snow days = 0 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0 |Nov snow days = 0 |Dec snow days = 0.5 |year snow days = |source 1 = China Meteorological Administration<ref name="cma graphical">{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans |access-date=28 April 2023}}</ref><ref> {{cite web|url=https://experience.arcgis.com/template/e724038fda394e9d9b7921f10fd1aa55/page/%E7%BA%AF%E8%A1%A8%E6%A0%BC%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1-(%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%948110%E5%8F%98%E5%8C%96)/?org=UQmaps |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网|publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans | access-date =28 April 2023}}</ref> }}

== Transport ==

* G69 Yinchuan–Baise Expressway * G7611 Duyun–Shangri-La Expressway

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Counties of Guizhou Category:Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture