Xichuan County

The state of Chu's first capital Danyang was in Xichuan.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

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Xichuan is located south of Funiu Mountain. The county is about 107 kilometers from northwest to southeast, with a width of 46 kilometers and a total area of 2,798 square kilometers. Xichuan County is a horseshoe-shaped terrain that protrudes to the southeast in the northwest direction. The northwest is a low mountain area, the middle is a hilly area, and the southeast is a hilly and alluvial plain. Danjiangkou Reservoir is located in the south of the county. The northern and northwestern parts of the county belong to the eastern part of the Qinling mountains. On the south side of the Funiu Mountains, the mountain body is roughly east–west. The mountains about 900 meters above sea level extend from north to south. There are the Daba Mountains in the west and southwest of the county. The elevation of the east and west peaks at the junction of Zoumaling and Hubei is 1,033 meters. 1086 meters is the highest peak of the county. The east side of the Danjiangkou Reservoir belongs to the southwestern margin of the Nanyang Basin and is flat and ridge-like.

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|location = Xichuan, elevation {{convert|248|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)

|Jan high C = 8.2

|Feb high C = 10.9

|Mar high C = 17.3

|Apr high C = 23.2

|May high C = 27.9

|Jun high C = 31.2

|Jul high C = 32.6

|Aug high C = 31.9

|Sep high C = 26.9

|Oct high C = 22.1

|Nov high C = 15.5

|Dec high C = 10.4

|Jan mean C = 2.6

|Feb mean C = 5.3

|Mar mean C = 11.2

|Apr mean C = 16.8

|May mean C = 21.7

|Jun mean C = 25.6

|Jul mean C = 27.7

|Aug mean C = 26.8

|Sep mean C = 21.9

|Oct mean C = 16.5

|Nov mean C = 10.1

|Dec mean C = 4.5

|Jan low C = -1.4

|Feb low C = 1.3

|Mar low C = 6.4

|Apr low C = 11.4

|May low C = 16.5

|Jun low C = 20.8

|Jul low C = 23.8

|Aug low C = 22.9

|Sep low C = 18.2

|Oct low C = 12.5

|Nov low C = 6.3

|Dec low C = 0.3

|Jan record high C = 20.6 |Jan record low C = -8.5

|Feb record high C = 24.3 |Feb record low C = -8.5

|Mar record high C = 34.7 |Mar record low C = -3.5

|Apr record high C = 35.6 |Apr record low C = 0.2

|May record high C = 39.3 |May record low C = 5.9

|Jun record high C = 40.9 |Jun record low C = 13.6

|Jul record high C = 40.2 |Jul record low C = 15.4

|Aug record high C = 39.1 |Aug record low C = 15.5

|Sep record high C = 40.5 |Sep record low C = 10.3

|Oct record high C = 34.5 |Oct record low C = -0.3

|Nov record high C = 30.4 |Nov record low C = -4.3

|Dec record high C = 23.0 |Dec record low C = -12.2

|year high C = |year low C =

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|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 15.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 16.6

|Mar precipitation mm = 38.3

|Apr precipitation mm = 53.2

|May precipitation mm = 78.3

|Jun precipitation mm = 94.5

|Jul precipitation mm = 155.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 132.5

|Sep precipitation mm = 97.7

|Oct precipitation mm = 61.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 33.1

|Dec precipitation mm = 11.9

|Jan humidity = 65

|Feb humidity = 64

|Mar humidity = 63

|Apr humidity = 65

|May humidity = 63

|Jun humidity = 66

|Jul humidity = 75

|Aug humidity = 77

|Sep humidity = 75

|Oct humidity = 72

|Nov humidity = 71

|Dec humidity = 65

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 5.0

|Feb precipitation days = 5.4

|Mar precipitation days = 7.7

|Apr precipitation days = 8.7

|May precipitation days = 9.6

|Jun precipitation days = 9.4

|Jul precipitation days = 12.7

|Aug precipitation days = 12.2

|Sep precipitation days = 10.8

|Oct precipitation days = 9.5

|Nov precipitation days = 6.7

|Dec precipitation days = 4.9

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 109.2

|Feb sun = 106.7

|Mar sun = 140.5

|Apr sun = 169.5

|May sun = 175.3

|Jun sun = 167.5

|Jul sun = 165.3

|Aug sun = 165.9

|Sep sun = 135.9

|Oct sun = 131.1

|Nov sun = 124.8

|Dec sun = 123.7

|year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 34

| Feb percentsun = 34

| Mar percentsun = 38

| Apr percentsun = 43

| May percentsun = 41

| Jun percentsun = 39

| Jul percentsun = 38

| Aug percentsun = 41

| Sep percentsun = 37

| Oct percentsun = 38

| Nov percentsun = 40

| Dec percentsun = 40

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 4.3

|Feb snow days = 3.1

|Mar snow days = 1.0

|Apr snow days = 0.1

|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 = 0.7

|Dec snow days = 2.2

|year snow days =

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Xichuan has 2 subdistricts, 11 towns, and 4 townships:{{cite web

|url = http://www.xzqh.org/html/list/182.html

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|access-date = 2012-05-24}}

;Subdistricts:

• Longcheng Subdistrict ({{lang|zh|龙城街道}}), Shangsheng Subdistrict ({{lang|zh|商圣街道}})

;Towns:

• Jingziguan ({{lang|zh-hans|荆紫关镇}}), Laocheng ({{lang|zh-hans|老城镇}}), Xianghua ({{lang|zh-hans|香花镇}}), Houpo ({{lang|zh-hans|厚坡镇}}), Jiuchong ({{lang|zh-hans|九重镇}}), Shengwan ({{lang|zh-hans|盛湾镇}}), Jinhe ({{lang|zh-hans|金河镇}}), Siwan ({{lang|zh-hans|寺湾镇}}), Cangfang ({{lang|zh-hans|仓房镇}}), Shangji ({{lang|zh-hans|上集镇}}), Madeng ({{lang|zh-hans|马蹬镇}})

;Townships:

• Xihuang Township ({{lang|zh-hans|西簧乡}}), Maotang Township ({{lang|zh-hans|毛堂乡}}), Dashiqiao Township ({{lang|zh-hans|大石桥乡}}), Taohe Township ({{lang|zh-hans|滔河乡}})

• Fan Li, the politician and economist of the country in the late Spring and Autumn period.
• Fan Ye, famous historian and essayist in the Southern Song dynasty.
• Fan Zhen, (about 450 years - 515 years), materialist philosopher, atheist.
• Famous poet Chou Meng-tieh was born in Xichuan County in 1921.

{{Reflist}}

{{commons category|Xichuan County}}

{{Wiktionary|Xichuan|Hsi-ch'uan}}

• {{in lang|zh}} [http://www.xichuan.gov.cn/ Official website of Xichuan County government]

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