Qinzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Qinzhou is a prefecture level city under the jurisdiction of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the people's Republic of China. In 1994, Qinzhou City was established in Southwest China, south of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on the coast of South China Sea and Beibu Gulf It is the most convenient passage to the sea in Southwest China. In 2019, Qinzhou had 1 million and 400 registered residence households, with a total population of 4 million 176 thousand and 600.

Qinzhou city one belt, one road city of Guangfu culture in south of the Five Ridges City, is located in the lower part of Guangfu. The Han and Zhuang are Qinzhou's living nations. Qinzhou is an important city of "one belt and one way" south to sea, land and sea node city, and an important City in the Beibu Gulf Urban Agglomeration. It has deep water harbor and Qinzhou port of national bonded port. Nanqin high speed railway, as the main railway transportation channel in Guangxi Beibu Gulf region, constitutes the most convenient channel connecting Southwest China with Southeast Asia.

Qinzhou is adjacent to Nanning, the capital of Guangxi in the north, Beihai City and Yulin City in the East, and Fangchenggang City in the West. It governs two counties and two districts (Lingshan County, Pubei County, Qinnan District and Qinbei District). It has Qinzhou Port Economic Development Zone and Qincheng management zone. There are 380000 overseas Chinese compatriots in 46 countries and regions. Qinzhou City is located in the south of Tropic of cancer, in the Southeast Asian monsoon region, with strong solar radiation and obvious monsoon circulation. There are more than 30 scenic spots in Qinzhou City, including many 4A scenic spots. It is the hometown of oyster, banana, litchi and buffalo in China.

In 2019, Qinzhou's GDP will reach 135.63 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%.

Historical evolution

Name source

In the pre Qin period, Qinzhou belonged to Baiyue. After the first emperor of Qin unified China, Qinzhou was under the jurisdiction of Qin Shexiang county. From the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms to the Jin Dynasty, Qinzhou was under the jurisdiction of Jiaozhou Hepu County. It was first established in Song Yuanjia of the Southern Dynasty and was called Songshou county. In 598 of the Sui Dynasty, it was renamed Qinzhou, taking the meaning of "Qinshun", which was the earliest name of Qinzhou First name.

Evolution of organizational system

Qinzhou, known as Anzhou in ancient times, was founded in the 33rd year of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty (214 BC). In the Qin Dynasty, Lingnan was unified and Nanhai, Guilin and Xiangjun were set up. Qinzhou City is under the jurisdiction of Xiang county.

In the southern and Northern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, Shoujun was set up in the Song Dynasty, and Anzhou was set up in the Liang Dynasty. In 598, Anzhou was changed to Qinzhou. According to the "Qinzhou county annals" of the Republic of China, "in the 18th year of kaihuang, Anzhou was changed to Qinzhou, and Qinjiang was taken as its name." In 622, ningyue county was changed into Qinzhou governor's office, Qinzhou road in Yuan Dynasty, and Qinzhou office in early Ming Dynasty.

During the period of the Republic of China, it was changed into Qinxian County, which was under the jurisdiction of the Qinlian special office of Guangdong Province. After liberation, the office of the Commissioner of corruption was set up in Guangdong Province, which was transferred to Guangxi Province in 1951 and restored to Guangdong Province in 1955. In July 1965, it was again attached to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and was changed into the office of the administrative Commissioner of Qinzhou Prefecture, which has jurisdiction over seven counties and cities, namely Shangsi, Fangcheng, Qinzhou, Lingshan, Pubei, Hepu and Beihai.

On October 8, 1983, Qinzhou county was abolished and Qinzhou City was established, with the former administrative region of Qinzhou County as the administrative region of Qinzhou City.

In October 1983, Beihai county and Fangchenggang were designated. In July 1987, Hepu County was designated under the jurisdiction of Beihai city. In May 1993, Fangchenggang City was established. Fangcheng county and Shangsi county were designated under the jurisdiction of Fangchenggang City.

On June 28, 1994, Qinzhou District and Qinzhou City were abolished, and prefecture level Qinzhou City was established. Qinbei district and Qinnan District were newly established. The Municipal People's government was stationed in Xinxing road.

administrative division

According to the official website of the government in July 2017, Qinzhou has jurisdiction over two municipal districts and two counties, and the municipal government is located at No. 11, Yongfu East Street.

geographical environment

Location context

Qinzhou City is located in the south coast of Guangxi and the north coast of Beibu Gulf, with latitude of 21 ° 35 ′～ 22 ° 41 ′ N and longitude of 107 ° 72 ′～ 109 ° 56 ′ E. It borders Nanning in the north, Beihai and Yulin in the East, Qinzhou Bay in the South and Fangchenggang in the West. Qinzhou has a total land area of 10895 square kilometers and a mainland coastline of 562.64 kilometers.

Geology and geomorphology

Qinzhou City is located in the southern end of Nanhua paraplatform, with complex geological structure and well-developed strata. The Silurian system of Paleozoic under the exposed strata is the most developed; the magmatic rocks are mainly acidic intrusive rocks, mainly granite and rhyolite; folds and faults are developed with obvious zonation, and there are conditions for moderate or above earthquakes.

The shape of Qinzhou City is a little square, which mainly belongs to hilly landform. The East, West and north of the territory are surrounded by mountains, rolling hills and complex terrain. The northwest belongs to mountainous area, with 100000 mountains as the main body, with high green, straight and towering mountains, deep valleys and no land for waterfalls; the north and West belong to Middle Hilly Area, with an altitude of about 250 meters except for a few mountains and high hills; the middle belongs to low hilly platform, basin and river valley alluvial plain area, with low hills and river valley plain as the main part, and the land is slightly flat; the East belongs to low hilly area; the South belongs to low hilly coastal hills Qinjiang delta is the largest alluvial plain in the city. The terrain of the whole area is high in the northwest and northeast, inclining from north to south, and the terrain in the South drops significantly. Qinzhou City has 10.08 square kilometers of mountainous area (above 500 meters above sea level), accounting for 0.22%; 686.83 square kilometers of medium and high hills (100-500 meters above sea level), accounting for 14.75%; 2835.52 square kilometers of low hills (below 100 meters), accounting for 60.89%; 441.99 square kilometers of platform and terrace, accounting for 9.49%; 473.3 square kilometers of plain (0-10 meters), accounting for 10.16%; 108.53 square kilometers of water area (rivers, reservoirs, etc.), 33%; other 100.78 square kilometers, accounting for 2.16%.

climatic conditions

Qinzhou City is located in the south of Tropic of cancer, in the Southeast Asian monsoon region, with strong solar radiation and obvious monsoon circulation. Because it is adjacent to Beibu Gulf in the South and 100000 mountains in the northwest, it is mainly affected by the marine climate and also by the continental air mass. The marine climate is obvious, and it is one of the humid, hot and rainy places in China.

Sea area

The south of Qinzhou City is the vast Qinzhou Bay. Qinzhou Bay is a part of the Beibu Gulf in the South China Sea. It is located in the northernmost part of the Beibu Gulf, which is rich in fish. In a broad sense, Qinzhou Bay starts from Yingluo port in Hepu County in the East and ends at BeiCang estuary in Fangcheng County in the west, with a coastline of 1478 km. In a narrow sense, Qinzhou Bay refers to the bay along the coast of Qinzhou City. This bay is located between Beihai harbor and Fangchenggang, 18 nautical miles away from Beihai harbor in the East, Qisha harbor (within the territory of Fangcheng Autonomous County) in the west, and 8 nautical miles away from Fangchenggang.

The total area of the bay is 908.37 square kilometers, including 171.82 square kilometers of beach and 736.55 square kilometers of shallow water (454.38 square kilometers within 5 meters of water depth, 266.06 square kilometers between 5-10 meters and 16.11 square kilometers between 10-20 meters). It is more than 20 nautical miles long, extending from north to South and opening to Beibu Gulf in the south. The head and mouth of the Bay are very open, and the middle part is narrow, with a width of 1.5-3 nautical miles. The continental shelf inclines from north to south, and the shallow sea belongs to semi closed continental shelf sea area. The bottom shape inclines slowly, and the slope is generally within 2 degrees. The bottom shape of most sea areas is relatively flat. The sediment is within 10 nautical miles of the northern coast, almost all of which are muddy and sandy shoals. The water in the bay is shallow, with a general depth of 2-18m and a maximum depth of 29m. Due to abundant sunshine, suitable water temperature, rich nutrients and abundant plankton, the bay is suitable for the breeding and growth of various fish and other marine products, as well as the survival of birds and birds. There are 130 kinds of economic fish in the bay. The average transparency of the sea water in the bay is about 3 fathoms (the length of the people's hands is about 1.7 meters), which is the result of the high concentration of plankton and other suspended solids. The pH of seawater ranges from 8.20 to 8.30 in winter and 8.26 in summer.

natural resources

water resource

The total reserves of groundwater resources in Qinzhou City is about 1.608 billion cubic meters, and the available water is 482 million cubic meters, which can only be used for domestic water in Qinzhou City. However, there are abundant surface water resources, with an annual runoff of 6.48 billion cubic meters, accounting for 2.68% of the total runoff in the region, and the annual runoff depth is 1091 mm. The water yield per unit area is 1.061 million cubic meters per square kilometer, the water yield per mu of cultivated land is 5470 cubic meters, and the water yield per capita is about 4772 cubic meters. The average annual water inflow to the sea is 2.03 billion cubic meters in Qinjiang River, 2.59 billion cubic meters in Maoling River and 1.86 billion cubic meters in Dafengjiang river.

During the flood season, Qinjiang River accounts for 83%, Maoling River 77.2% and Dafengjiang River 87.9%; during the non flood season, Qinjiang River accounts for 17%, Maoling River 22.8% and Dafengjiang River 12.1%.

ocean resources

Qinzhou City has a wide range of marine organisms, with 866.7 square kilometers of breeding area within the 10 meter contour line near the shore, and 4200 tons of shallow sea fish resources per year. There are 35 species of shrimps, 191 species of crabs, 143 species of snails, 178 species of shellfish, 17 species of cephalopods and 326 species of fish in the 20 meter isobath, of which more than 20 species are the main economic fish. Maowei Sea, with an area of 135 square kilometers, is the largest natural oyster seedling collecting and artificial breeding base in southern China. It is rich in four famous products of oyster, shrimp, green crab and grouper, as well as wild waterfowl such as duck and seagull

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