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Linshui County

邻水县
Linshui County 邻水县
County
	Location of Linshui County (red) in Guang'an City (yellow) and Sichuan
	Linshui Location of the seat in Sichuan
	Coordinates: 30°17′N 106°59′E / 30.283°N 106.983°E
Country	China
Province	Sichuan
Prefecture-level city	Guang'an
Area
• Total	1,919.22 km2 (741.01 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	707,537
• Density	370/km2 (950/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.scls.gov.cn

Linshui County (simplified Chinese: 邻水县; traditional Chinese: 鄰水縣; pinyin: Línshuǐ Xiàn) is a county in the east of Sichuan province, China, administratively governed by the prefecture-level city of Guang'an; it is the easternmost county-level division of Guang'an, bordering Chongqing municipality to the east.^[1]

The county, which is not large, is accessible via a four-hour shuttle coach riding on the Chengnan expressway from Chengdu (Shiling public bus station) and a two-hour driving from the municipality city Chongqing on the south. The county is rich in natural resources, and has reservoirs of coal and sweet natural gas.

Strategically, Linshui County is on the only path out of Sichuan province in the east, as the connecting point between Dazhou and Chongqing. The local economy is largely dependent on livestock and agricultural farming.

Administrative divisions

Linshui County comprises 25 towns:^[2]

Dingping 鼎屏镇
Chengbei 城北镇
Chengnan 城南镇
Ganzi 柑子镇
Guanyinqiao 观音桥镇
Moujia 牟家镇
Heliu 合流镇
Tantong 坛同镇
Gaotan 高滩镇
Jiulong 九龙镇
Yulin 御临镇
Yuanshi 袁市镇
Fenghe 丰禾镇
Ba'er 八耳镇
Shiyong 石永镇
Xingren 兴仁镇
Wangjia 王家镇
Shizi 石滓镇
Sangu 三古镇
Lianghe 两河镇
Taihe 太和镇
Chunmu 椿木镇
Liangban 梁板镇
Fusheng 复盛镇
Lijia 黎家镇

Transportation

Due to the peculiar local terrain—a series of parallel mountain ranges running in the SW to NE direction --, most roads in the area run in the valleys, also in the SW-NE direction. The G65 Baotou–Maoming Expressway runs through Linshui County, but no railway does. The closest railway to Linshui, the Xiangyang–Chongqing line, runs west of these ranges, outside of the county's borders; the closest railway station, in Huaying, is almost 30 km (19 mi) away by road, and has very limited service.^[3]

Plans exist for a high speed railway (Dazhou-Chongqing Intercity Railway, 达渝城际铁路) that would run from Chongqing to Dazhou, roughly parallel to the older Xiangyang–Chongqing Railway. In early May 2015, Linshui people learned that the railway would be routed (i.e. the valley in which it will run) was to be via Guang'an, hometown of Deng Xiaoping. Tens of thousands of residents marched in protest and were met by violent attacks by local police, including a Special Police Unit team, with two people reported dead. A violent reaction followed and the confrontation lasted all day and well into the night with many police cars damaged.^[4]^[5]

Climate

Climate data for Linshui, elevation 392 m (1,286 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	17.9 (64.2)	23.6 (74.5)	32.0 (89.6)	35.5 (95.9)	36.4 (97.5)	36.9 (98.4)	39.4 (102.9)	42.0 (107.6)	41.6 (106.9)	34.2 (93.6)	25.7 (78.3)	18.7 (65.7)	42.0 (107.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.2 (48.6)	12.2 (54.0)	17.2 (63.0)	22.7 (72.9)	26.2 (79.2)	28.9 (84.0)	32.6 (90.7)	32.9 (91.2)	27.5 (81.5)	21.3 (70.3)	16.3 (61.3)	10.3 (50.5)	21.4 (70.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.3 (43.3)	8.6 (47.5)	12.6 (54.7)	17.6 (63.7)	21.2 (70.2)	24.2 (75.6)	27.3 (81.1)	27.2 (81.0)	22.9 (73.2)	17.6 (63.7)	12.9 (55.2)	7.7 (45.9)	17.2 (62.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	4.3 (39.7)	6.2 (43.2)	9.5 (49.1)	14.1 (57.4)	17.8 (64.0)	21.0 (69.8)	23.6 (74.5)	23.3 (73.9)	19.9 (67.8)	15.3 (59.5)	10.7 (51.3)	5.8 (42.4)	14.3 (57.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−2.5 (27.5)	−1.0 (30.2)	0.0 (32.0)	4.9 (40.8)	9.1 (48.4)	14.1 (57.4)	17.4 (63.3)	17.8 (64.0)	12.9 (55.2)	3.7 (38.7)	0.4 (32.7)	−3.3 (26.1)	−3.3 (26.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	19.5 (0.77)	24.0 (0.94)	55.2 (2.17)	103.2 (4.06)	173.0 (6.81)	205.5 (8.09)	179.5 (7.07)	137.5 (5.41)	133.0 (5.24)	105.2 (4.14)	55.2 (2.17)	21.4 (0.84)	1,212.2 (47.71)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	10.5	9.9	11.9	13.9	15.9	15.7	12.7	11.3	12.9	16.1	11.9	11.3	154
Average snowy days	0.9	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1.5
Average relative humidity (%)	86	82	79	79	81	83	79	76	82	87	87	88	82
Mean monthly sunshine hours	22.9	34.1	73.6	108.4	113.7	107.6	174.7	183.4	107.3	60.7	48.4	24.4	1,059.2
Percent possible sunshine	7	11	20	28	27	26	41	45	29	17	15	8	23
Source: China Meteorological Administration^[6]^[7]