Which province and city is Sixian in?

Sixian County is in Suzhou City, Anhui Province.

Sixian County, formerly known as Hongxian County and Sizhou, belongs to Suzhou City, Anhui Province, and is located in the northeast of Anhui Province. Sihong County, Jiangsu Province in the east, Lingbi County in the west, Wuhe County and Guzhen County in the south, Suining County and Suqian City in Jiangsu Province in the north, with a total area of 1.857 square kilometers. In the middle of Sixian County, there are intermittent island hills running from northeast to southwest, with bedrock exposed, with an altitude of 50 to 157 meters, extending for 55 kilometers continuously, covering an area of 48 square kilometers, accounting for 2.7% of the county's area.

Sixian county has a long history. It was established as early as the Xia Dynasty. Originally the seat of Sizhou Prefecture, it was called Hongxiang and Sizhou in ancient times. It has a unique world cultural heritage in the province, the only living site of the Sui and Tang Grand Canal, the first batch of state-level intangible cultural heritage, Sizhou Opera, the hometown of potatoes in China, Shilonghu National Wetland Park, medicinal cloth shoes in China, and the revolutionary base in northeast Anhui.

The geographical environment of Sixian County

Sixian county has a warm temperate and semi-warm monsoon climate, which is suitable for the growth of various crops, especially for agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry. The annual sunshine hours are 2284-2495 hours, the sunshine rate is 52%-57%, the annual temperature is 65438 04℃, the annual frost-free period is 200-220 days, the annual precipitation is 800-930 mm, and the rainy season precipitation accounts for 56% of the whole year.

Excellent climatic resources are conducive to crop growth. The main meteorological disasters are drought, flood, wind, frost, freezing and hail. The climate is characterized by four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine, moderate rainfall, simultaneous rain and heat, short spring and autumn, long winter and summer, changeable weather in spring, high temperature and rainy summer, crisp autumn days and frequent cold waves in winter.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Sixian County