Kaihua County

Kaihua County

Kaihua County is located in the west of Zhejiang Province, the northwest of Quzhou City, the source of Qianjiang River and the junction of Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. It is between 28 ° 54 ′ 30 ″ n to 29 ° 29 ′ 59 ″ E and 118 ° 01 ′ 15 ″ e to 118 ° 37 ′ 50 ″ E. It borders on Chun'an County in Hangzhou in the East and northeast, Changshan County in Hangzhou in the East and south, Yushan County and Dexing City in Jiangxi Province in the southwest, Wuyuan County in Jiangxi Province in the West and northwest, and Xiuning County in Anhui Province in the north. The county has a circumference of 297.73 km, a width of 59.2 km from east to west, a length of 66 km from north to south, and a total area of 2236.61 square kilometers.

Kaihua County is the birthplace of Qiantang River, a national ecological county and a national ecotourism demonstration area. Qianjiangyuan National Park in the county is one of the ten national park construction pilot units in China. The main scenic spots are national 5A scenic spot, Gengong Buddhist culture tourism area, qianjiangyuan National Forest Park, Gutianshan National Nature Reserve, colorful Changhong, huaqiangu scenic spot, Jiuxi Longmen, Jinxing, Xiayu and other beautiful villages. On December 7, 2016, the national development and Reform Commission and other 11 ministries and commissions issued a notice, agreeing to list Kaihua County as the third batch of national new urbanization comprehensive pilot areas, requiring to start the pilot before the end of 2016, achieve the phased results of the pilot task by 2018, form the experience that can be copied and popularized, and comprehensively and orderly promote the successful experience of the pilot nationwide by 2020.

In November 2018, Kaihua County was selected into the 2018 national "happy hundred counties list"

In December 2018, it won the second batch of national ecological civilization construction demonstration cities and counties.

In March 2019, it was listed as the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization area sub County list.

On June 14, 2019, he won the "China Urban Governance Innovation Award".

Evolution of organizational system

The spring and Autumn period belongs to Yue, and the Warring States period belongs to Chu.

In the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Taimo County, Kuaiji county.

In 1921, Xinan county was set up at the end of Taiping period. Today, Kaihua area is a part of Xinan county.

In the 23rd year of Jian'an (218), Sun Quan was resettled in dingyang county (now Changshan County), and Kaihua belonged to dingyang county.

In the fifth year of Xianheng (674) of the Tang Dynasty, Changshan County was established. Today, Kaihua belongs to Changshan County.

In the fourth year of Qiande (966) of the Northern Song Dynasty, Qian Chu, king of Wu and Yue, set up Kaihua farm in the seven townships of Kaiyuan, Chonghua, Jinshui, Yutian, Shimen, Longshan and Yuntai in the west of Changshan County.

In 981, at the request of Zheng an, the magistrate of Changshan County, kaihuachang was promoted to Kaihua County, which belongs to Quzhou.

Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties remained unchanged.

In the early years of the Republic of China, it belonged to Jinhua Road.

In 1927, the system of Taoism was abolished and directly under Zhejiang Province.

In 1935, the office of administrative inspector of Quzhou was set up.

On May 4, 1949, Kaihua County was liberated, belonging to Quzhou special area.

In 1955, Quzhou district was abolished, and Kaihua County belonged to Jiande district.

In December 1958, Jiande district was abolished and Kaihua district was changed to Jinhua District.

In May 1985, Jinhua District was abolished and divided into Jinhua City and Quzhou City. Kaihua County belongs to Quzhou City.

administrative division

Division evolution

In 2002, Kaihua County had jurisdiction over 10 towns and 16 townships: Chengguan Town, Huabu Town, Majin Town, cuntou Town, chihuai Town, Fengjia Town, tongcun Town, Yanglin Town, SuZhuang Town, Qixi Town, Linshan Town, Yinkeng Town, Zhongcun Town, Changpu Town, xingkou Town, Changhong Town, Zhangwan town, Xiashan Town, Hetian Town, Tangwu Town, Huanggu Town, Fanglin Town, Jincun Town, Qingyang Town, diben town and Daben town There are 11 residential areas and 449 administrative villages in xibian township.

In 2004, Kaihua County has jurisdiction over 10 towns, 16 townships, 8 communities and 449 administrative villages.

In 2005, the original 26 townships were adjusted to 18: Xiashan township was abolished and merged into Majin town; Fanglin township was abolished and merged into cuntou town; Huanggu township was abolished and merged into daxibian township; diben township was abolished and merged into Yinkeng township; xingkou township was abolished and merged into chihuai town; some administrative areas of Huabu town (Xiaxi, Dushan, Xinxia, Xinjian, Zaojiao and other five administrative villages) were assigned to Chengguan town; and the closure was abolished Jiazhen and Qingyang Township were merged into Huabu town; Changpu township was abolished and its administrative areas were divided into Linshan Township and Jincun Township respectively. After the adjustment, Kaihua County has jurisdiction over 9 towns including Chengguan, Huabu, Majin, cuntou, chihuai, tongcun, Yanglin, SuZhuang and Qixi, and 9 townships including Linshan, Yinkeng, Zhongcun, Changhong, Zhangwan, Hetian, Tangwu, daxibian and Jincun.

Zoning details

By the end of 2018, Kaihua County has one office and 14 townships: Qinyang office, Huabu Town, tongcun Town, Yanglin Town, Yinkeng Town, Zhongcun Town, Linshan Town, chihuai Town, SuZhuang Town, Changhong Town, Majin Town, cuntou Town, Qixi Town, Hetian Town, daxibian Town, with a total of 255 administrative villages.

geographical environment

Location context

Kaihua County, located in the west of Zhejiang Province, is the source of Qiantang River. It is adjacent to Chun'an County in the northeast, Changshan County in the southeast, Yushan County, Dexing City and Wuyuan County in Jiangxi Province in the West and northwest, and Xiuning County in Anhui Province in the north. The geographical coordinates are between 28 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds to 29 degrees 29 minutes 59 seconds north latitude and 118 degrees 1 minutes 15 seconds to 37 minutes 50 seconds east longitude. The total area of the county is 2236.61 square kilometers, 66 kilometers long from north to South and 59.2 kilometers wide from east to west.

topographic features

The topography of Kaihua County is mainly hilly, known as "nine mountains, half water, half field". The whole terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The central and southeast parts gradually transition from the middle mountain to the low mountain, high hill, low hill and small valley basin. The highest peak is "baishijian", with an altitude of 1453.7 meters.

climate

Kaihua County has a subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, mild and pleasant. The annual average temperature is 16.4 ℃, the annual average rainfall is 1814 mm, and the sunshine hours are 1712.5 hours. It is known as "China's Amazon rainforest".

natural resources

Forest resources

Kaihua County is located in the North sub zone of the middle subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest belt, and the vegetation area of Cyclobalanopsis glauca and Castanopsis carlesii forest on the hills of Zhejiang and Anhui, with the characteristic forest of the North-South intersection transition zone. There are many types of vegetation, including evergreen broad-leaved forest, evergreen deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest, coniferous broad-leaved mixed forest, shrub, artificial vegetation, timber forest, bamboo forest, economic forest, etc. there are also many kinds of vegetation, and there are more than 100 kinds of excellent native afforestation tree species available for development and utilization.

mineral resources

As of 2008, Kaihua County has found 28 minerals (stone coal, raw coal, uranium, gold, silver, copper, iron, magnetite, limonite, siderite, Specularite, lead-zinc, vanadium, tin, molybdenum, cinnabar, limestone, dolomite, gangue, quartz sandstone, pyrophyllite, potassium, phosphate, pyrite, barite, kaolinite) There are more than 110 mineral fields.

Biological resources

plant resources

National level I:

Taxus chinensis var. mairei (Taxaceae)

National level II:

Torreya grandis, Zelkova schneideriana, Ulmus pumila, Magnolia officinalis, Magnolia officinalis, Magnolia longipes, Cinnamomum camphora, Phoebe bournei, Ailanthus pubescens, Phyllostachys heterophylla, Lindera hupehensis, Glycine max, xiangguoshu, jinqiansong, Liriodendron, lianxiangshu, Eucommia ulmoides and xiangguoshu

National level III:

Ulmus pumila, Coptis chinensis, Illicium verum, Magnolia amurensis, Phoebe bournei, Lindera fortunei, Glycine soja, Rhizoma Arnebiae, Rhizoma vajraya, Yanling, Bambusa breviflora

Rare and endangered plants in Zhejiang Province

Sabina vulgaris, Cyclocarya paliurus, Zelkova schneideriana, Manglietia ruyuanensis, Michelia yeshanensis, Michelia shenshanensis, Hongshan, Zhejiang, Styrax wuyuanensis, Paris polyphylla, Sparganium cristatum, Dryopteris australis

Animal resources

There are 26 species of amphibians in 7 families, 51 species of reptiles in 9 families, 104 species of birds in 30 families and 58 species of mammals in 21 families in Kaihua County.

List of national class I protected animals:

White necked pheasant, black muntjac, clouded leopard and leopard

List of national class II protected animals:

Tiger frog, mandarin duck, kite, red bellied hawk, sparrow hawk, pine finch hawk, common bunting, hairy foot bunting, grey breasted bamboo chicken, kestrel, Silver Pheasant, spoon chicken, Grass Owl, red horned owl, collar horned owl, carved owl, short eared owl, collar horned owl, spotted Horned Owl, macaque, pangolin, jackal, black bear, green weasel, otter, great civet, little civet, native cat, hyena, and Yangcai golden turtle

population

By the end of 2018, the total household number of registered residence in Kaihua County was 120 thousand and 300, and the total registered residence population was 362 thousand and 200, of which 186 thousand and 500 were men and 176 thousand were women. In the whole year, 3992 people were born, the birth rate was 11.03 ‰; 2349 people died, the death rate was 6.49 ‰; the natural growth rate was 4.54 ‰. According to the results of the 5 ‰ population sampling survey, the permanent resident population of the whole county reached 255000, an increase of 3600 compared with 251400 at the end of 2017. Among them, the urban population was 127900, an increase of 7400 over 2017; the rural population was 127100, a decrease of 3800. city

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