Sansui County


Sansui County is a county in eastern Guizhou province, China, bordering Hunan province to the east. It is under the administration of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture and is one of the province's eastern gateways.

Geography and climate

Sansui County is located in the east of Guizhou and the northeast of Qiandongnan Prefecture away from the provincial capital of Guiyang and away from the prefecture seat of Kaili. It ranges in latitude from 26° 47' to 27° 04' N and in longitude from 108° 32' to 109° 04' E, spanning a total area of. Bordering counties are Xinhuang to the northeast, Tianzhu and Jianhe to the southeast and southwest, and Zhenyuan to the north. The county is part of the Yuan River watershed, and there is a total of of rivers within its borders.
Sansui has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate, with chilly, damp winters, and hot, humid summers. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from in January to in July, while the annual mean is. More than half of the annual rainfall occurs from May to August, while the annual frost-free period typically lasts 290 to 300 days.