Laohutai Township

Laohutai Township

Laohutai township is located in the northwest of Baicheng County, with a straight-line distance of 56.8 km. It is located in mountainous area. In the north, it is bordered by arkayayilak mountain, a branch of Tianshan Mountain, in the south by kapuqigayi hills and Dawanqi farm, in the southwest by muzati River and qarqi farm, in the east by mijike pastoral area and tiereke Town, and in the west by Baicheng sheep farm. The total area is 992.18 square kilometers.

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Politics

The township governs six village committees and one ranch in yamuguluk village, kaiputierhana village, KEKEYA village, meiqite village, ketektur village and topuluk village, with a total population of 12242 (2017). The township government is located in yamuguluk village.

Geography

There are many valleys in the township, and the terrain is undulating and wavy. Except for pastures, natural villages are distributed in narrow valleys and plains. The valley is about 30 kilometers long and 4-6 kilometers wide, with an altitude of 1738-1947 meters. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south. The land is fertile and saline free. The altitude of mountain grassland ranges from 1961 to 4006 meters. There are many kinds of wild grasses, small trees and shrubs. Picea, pine and cypress grow sparsely on the shady and semi shady slopes of mountains. The wild animals include wolves, bears, snow leopards, antelopes and wild boars.

climate

It is cool in summer and cold in winter, with large temperature difference between day and night and short frost free period, 120-135 days. The sowing season is about 15 days later than the plain area, and the growth of crops is greatly restricted by the climate. There is seasonal water shortage, and the average annual precipitation is more than 100 mm. There are often rain, hail and flash floods in summer in the area of yamuguluk.

Name source

"Laohutai" is a transliteration of Mongolian "nauhart", which means the place where there are many dogs. During the period of Junggar, it was a large grassland. Mongolians once lived here and got its name because they had many shepherds. Today, the Uygur people call Laohutai "kalabag", which means lush forest garden. Once upon a time, the place was sparsely populated and covered with tall shrubs. It was like an orchard.

Township Cultural Station

Laohutai township is located 68 kilometers northwest of the county, with six administrative villages and a total population of 12242 people (2017), which is one of the villages and towns (farms) in remote mountainous areas of Baicheng. Agricultural production is dominated by planting and animal husbandry. The per capita income was 1918.14 yuan.

Laohutai cultural station was first built in 1986. At that time, because there was no special management personnel in the station, it was not open to the outside world, and farmers and herdsmen were not able to engage in various cultural and sports activities in the cultural station. Therefore, Laohutai cultural station has not been able to play a role. By 2000, a staff member of Laohutai cultural station will be assigned by the county to hold 7-8 large-scale entertainment and sports activities every year. Under the strong support of the Ministry of culture at a higher level, the great attention of the leadership of Baicheng county Party committee and government, and the active coordination and supervision of Baicheng cultural department, in 2006, the government won 410000 state subsidies and 50000 county financial supporting funds (with a total investment of 460000 yuan), and built a new cultural and sports activity center with a floor area of 10 mu, a building area of 400 square meters and complete internal facilities, which will enrich the agricultural resources The amateur cultural life of herdsmen laid the foundation.

In recent years, with the improvement of economic conditions, Laohutai township has also increased the construction of rural cultural stations (rooms). From 2002 to 2004, with the implementation of the "five small projects", five village cultural rooms were built in six administrative villages of Laohutai township. The total construction area of village cultural rooms is 535 square meters, with a total investment of 350000 yuan, including 180 square meters of reading rooms and 175 square meters of recreational and sports activities rooms The comprehensive activity room is 180 square meters, with a total collection of 600 books, 15 sets of reading tables and chairs, 250 meters of bookshelves, 25 kinds of sports equipment, 4 baskets and volleyball courts, 12 musical instruments, 27 folk artists and 87 art lovers. On average, it can squeeze 6500 yuan from the village every year to organize village level sports activities.

Laohutai cultural station (room) has more than 6300 volumes and 17 kinds of sports facilities. Laohutai cultural station has also set up file cards for 20 wealthy and civilized households, central cultural households and folk artists. In order to enrich the spiritual life of the people of all ethnic groups in rural areas, various large, medium and small cultural and sports activities are held at least six times a year on holidays and anniversaries, with an annual fund of more than 10000 yuan. At the same time, Laohutai Township also actively participated in various cultural and sports activities organized by the county, and achieved good results, especially in March 2006, the delegation of Laohutai Township won the first prize in the nurouzi Festival horse race held by the county.

After the completion of the construction project of the new cultural station (room) in Laohutai Township, the number of people participating in the activities can be increased from 5000 to 10000 every year, so that the reading, activities, training and other activity rooms can be separated independently, so that the people in the town can participate in various cultural and sports activities nearby, so as to enrich the cultural life of the broad masses of farmers and herdsmen, provide the masses with high-quality spiritual food, and form an advocate of science and technology in rural areas The cultural atmosphere of technology, knowledge and abandoning feudal superstition enables the farmers and herdsmen to consciously and actively master the scientific and technological knowledge of agriculture and animal husbandry and the common sense of advanced civilization, so as to provide intellectual guarantee and spiritual support for the majority of rural farmers and herdsmen to speed up the pace of getting rich and running for a well-off society.

Address: Baicheng County, Aksu City

Longitude: 81.195108

Latitude: 41.843572

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