Suqian City, Jiangsu Province

Suqian Suqian, also known as Shuicheng, is a prefecture level city in Jiangsu Province. Suqian is located in the north of the Yangtze River Delta and the north of Jiangsu Province. It is a regional comprehensive transportation hub in the north of the Yangtze River Delta. It is located in the center of Xuzhou, Lianyungang and Huai'an. Suqian city city city is one belt, one road node in the Xuzhou metropolitan area and the core area of the Jianghuai eco economic zone. Jiangsu is an important gateway city to the central and western coastal areas. As of June 2020, Suqian has two districts and three counties with a total area of 8555 square kilometers. By the end of 2019, the registered residence population of Suqian was 5 million 923 thousand and 600.

Suqian is the hometown of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. It has a history of more than 5000 years of civilization and 2700 years of city construction. It was once the capital of Surabaya, Zhongwu and Suguo. It has a long history and rich culture. It is known as "the pulse of Chinese civilization, the root of Jiangsu civilization, the source of Huaihe civilization and the soul of Chu Han culture". Suqian is one of the birthplaces of wine culture, and the title of Chinese baijiu. The Yanghe River and Shuang Gou two famous wines are produced here. Suqian is a typical water town in Northern Jiangsu Province, with two freshwater lakes, Luoma Lake and Hongze Lake, and many rivers, such as the Grand Canal, the ancient Yellow River and Huaishu new river. Emperor Qianlong visited the south of the Yangtze River six times and five times, praising Suqian as "the first river in spring".

Suqian is one of the first batch of 12 demonstration cities of social credit system construction. It is China's excellent tourism city, National Garden City, national health city and national civilized city. In October 2020, Suqian was rated as the national model city (county) of double support.

History of construction

In the spring and Autumn period, it was the state of Zhongwu, and the county of Xiaxiang was established in Qin Dynasty.

In 113 B.C., the capital of Sishui state in the Western Han Dynasty was established and passed on to six kings in Five Dynasties for 132 years.

After the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty, to the first year of emperor an Yixi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (405), Xiaxiang county was changed to Suyu County.

Suyu County was still in the southern and Northern Dynasties and Sui Dynasty.

In 621, xiapi county was changed to Sizhou, and Suyu was still the capital.

In the 23rd year of Kaiyuan (735) of Tang Dynasty, Suyu County was swept away by Yimeng Mountains and waters, so Sizhou was transferred to linhuai County, and Suyu County was transferred to the former site of xiaxiangcheng.

In the first year of Tang BAOYING (762), Suyu County was changed to Suqian county to avoid the taboo of Li Yu.

The Song Dynasty belonged to the Huaiyin army of Hedong Road, Pizhou County, and later to the Huaiyang army of Jingdong road.

During the yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Suqian County belonged to Huai'an Prefecture.

In the early Qing Dynasty, it was a part of Jiangnan province.

In 1667, it was divided into Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province. Suqian belonged to Huai'an Prefecture of Jiangsu Province.

In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, Suqian was transferred to Xuzhou.

After the revolution of 1911, the Republic of China was founded and the system of state capital was abolished. Suqian was first directly under the Jiangsu provincial government, and then under the administrative supervision area of Huaiyin.

In the course of the people's revolutionary struggle, SISU county and Suqian county were established under the leadership of the six divisions of Guihua Central Military Region, belonging to Huaihai district.

From the Anti Japanese War to the liberation war, Suyu County was to the east of the canal, SISU county was to the west of the canal, and Subei County was to the north of Xiaodian town to Xin'an town of Xinyi City.

In September 1945, Suqian was established, belonging to SISU county.

In June 1946, Suqian county (including Yundong and Yunxi) and the area south of Xinyi River in Subei County became Suqian County, belonging to Huaiyin special area.

In 1970, it belonged to Huaiyin area.

In 1983, it belonged to Huaiyin City.

In December 1987, Suqian county was abolished and Suqian City at county level was established.

In July 1996, Suqian City at the county level was abolished and Suqian City at the prefecture level was established. The former Suqian City at the county level and the administrative regions of Siyang County, Shuyang County and Sihong County were the administrative regions of Suqian City at the prefecture level.

In March 2004, with the approval of the State Council, Suyu County was abolished and Suyu District was established.

administrative division

Division evolution

In July 1996, at the beginning of its establishment, Suqian governed four counties and one district, with a total of 124 townships.

From 1996 to 2000, there were 51 townships in succession, and towns were set up instead of townships.

In May 2000, with the approval of the provincial government, 15 townships and 6 farms were merged, and 4 new sub district offices were set up. The total number of townships and towns was reduced from 126 to 111.

In June 2001, combined with the rural tax reform, the village (neighborhood) committees with less than 2500 people in Suqian were merged. The total number of village (neighborhood) committees was removed and merged from 2299 to 1418, with a merger rate of 38%.

In March 2004, Yanghe Town, Zhenglou Town, Zhongyang Town, Cangji Town, tuyuan town of Siyang County and Chenji town of Sihong County were under the jurisdiction of Sucheng District of Suqian City.

In July 2005, Shizi Town, Qixiong town and Zhangji town of Shuyang County were merged into Shucheng town; Chengxiang town and Laian town of Siyang County were merged into Zhongxing Town, and Daxing neighborhood committee of Linhe town was merged into Zhongxing town; loulou Township and Chonggang township of Sihong County were merged into Qingyang Town, and wulijiang farm was merged into Qingyang Town.

In June 2013, Caiji town and wangguanji town of Suyu District were under the jurisdiction of Sucheng District of Suqian City.

In July 2013, Shucheng town of Shuyang County was abolished and Shucheng street, Nanhu street, Mengxi street, Shizi street, Zhangji street and Qixiong street were established.

In March 2014, Shunhe town of Suyu District was abolished and Shunhe street, Xiaxiang street and Yuxin street were established.

In December 2017, shuangzhuang town in Sucheng district was abolished and shuangzhuang street and zhikou street were established.

Zoning details

As of June 2020, Suqian City has two districts, three counties and three district level functional areas. The Municipal People's government is located at No.1 nanhu road, Hebin street, Suqian City.

geographical environment

Location context

Suqian City is located in the north of Jiangsu Province, between 33 ° 12 ′ 17 ″ - 34 ° 24 ′ 38 ″ north latitude and 117 ° 6 ′ 19 ″ - 119 ° 12 ′ 50 ″ east longitude. It is adjacent to Huai'an City in the south, Lianyungang City in the East, Xuzhou City in the North and Anhui Province in the west, with a total area of 8555 square kilometers, including 77.6% of land area and 4385 square kilometers of cultivated land The water surface area is 2367 square kilometers.

topographic features

Suqian City is a typical water town in North Jiangsu Province, which is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The southwest and northwest parts of the whole terrain are hills. The altitude of most areas is below 40 meters, with the highest altitude of 71.2 meters and the lowest altitude of 2.8 meters.

climate

Suqian City belongs to the warm temperate monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of 14.2 ℃, an average annual precipitation of 910mm, and an average annual sunshine duration of 2291 hours. The total solar radiation is about 117 kcal / cm2, and the annual sunshine is 2271 hours. The frost free period is longer, with an average of 211 days. The first frost period is generally in late October, and the first snowfall day is generally in the middle of December. The active accumulated temperature is 5189 ℃, and the annual crop growth period is 310.5 days. The average annual precipitation is 892.3 mm. Due to the influence of monsoon, there is little change between years, but the distribution of precipitation is uneven, which is easy to form spring drought, summer waterlogging, autumn and winter dry weather.

hydrology

Suqian City is located in the middle and lower reaches of Huaihe River and Yishusi River Basin. It is adjacent to Hongze Lake in the South and Luoma Lake in the north. It receives 210000 square kilometers of water from the upper reaches. It is known as "flood corridor". There are two major water systems in Suqian City Huaihe River system and Yishu Sishui system. The total area of the city is 8555.0 square kilometers. Among them, Huaihe River system covers an area of 4225.6 square kilometers, Yishusi river system covers an area of 4329.4 square kilometers, Hongze Lake covers an area of 1248.0 square kilometers, and Luoma Lake covers an area of 222.0 square kilometers.

natural resources

mineral resources

Suqian City is rich in mineral resources, with large reserves of non-metallic minerals. The minerals that have been discovered, proved and developed include quartz sand, kyanite, silica, crystal, phosphate rock and yellow sand. The minerals to be explored and exploited include mica, diamond, copper, iron, petroleum and potassium ores.

water resource

Suqian's surface water resources are 1357.5 million cubic meters, equivalent to 158.7 mm of annual runoff, 12.6% less than the average annual surface water resources of 1553.9 million cubic meters. Among them, the Huaihe River system is 836.6 million cubic meters, and the yishusishui river system is 526.9 million cubic meters. The city's groundwater resources are 1.015.3 billion cubic meters, including 378.9 million cubic meters of Huaihe River system and 636.4 million cubic meters of yishusishui system. According to the landform, the groundwater resources in plain area is 982.8 million cubic meters, accounting for 96.8% of the groundwater resources; in hilly area, the groundwater resources are 32.5 million cubic meters, accounting for only 3.2%.

population

By the end of 2019, the total number of registered residence households in Suqian was 1 million 536 thousand and 600, registered residence was 5 million 923 thousand and 600, and the resident population was 4 million 937 thousand and 900, an increase of 12 thousand over the previous year, an increase of 0.2%. In terms of age structure, there were 1.0587 million children (0-14 years old), accounting for 21.4%, 0.5% higher than that of the previous year; 3.369 million labor force (15-64 years old), accounting for 67.0%, 0.7% lower than that of the previous year; 572300 elderly people (65 years old and above), accounting for 11.6%, 0.2% higher than that of the previous year. The birth rate of permanent residents is 12.5 ‰, the death rate is 7.1 ‰, and the natural growth rate of population is 5.4 ‰. The urbanization rate of the whole city was 61.1%, 1.1 percentage points higher than that of the previous year.

Economics

overview

In 2020, the city's GDP will reach 326.237 billion yuan, an increase of 4.5% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 34.140 billion yuan, an increase of 1.7%; the added value of the second industry was 34.140 billion yuan

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