Moreover, Shishou boasts a diversified landscape, including mountains, hills, lakes, rivers, terraces and plains, as well as abundant resources such as rice, cotton, oil plants, eggs, fish, and lotus roots.

Shishou is in a subtropical monsoon climate zone with an abundant amount of light and heat energy and a long frost-free period.

The city of Shishou has direct jurisdiction over 2 subdistricts, 11 towns, 1 townships, and 1 economic and technological development zone:[6][7][8] Chinese (2010 Census) (km²) Committees In June 2009, Shishou was rocked by violent protest after a man, Tu Yuangao, was found dead, supposedly due to suicide, outside the Yonglong hotel.

Confrontations between the police and residents continued outside the hotel, and on June 20, the municipal government began cutting internet connections in Shishou.

On June 21, the police managed to break through the crowd and took Tu's corpse to a crematorium, apparently without giving the family the investigation it had requested.