Wu'an city, Handan City, Hebei Province

Wu'an city, which is directly under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province and managed by Handan City, is located in the southern part of Hebei Province, the eastern foot of Taihang and the junction of Shanxi and Hebei provinces. It is located in the "intersection and superposition area" of the two national strategies of Beijing Tianjin Hebei and Central Plains Economic Zone. It is about 200 kilometers away from the four provincial capitals of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan. Wu'an city is an emerging city with industry as the main part. Its mineral resources are mainly iron and coal mines. It is one of the 58 key coal producing counties (cities) and the four major iron rich bases in China, with a total area of 1806 square kilometers,

Under the jurisdiction of 13 towns and 9 townships with a total population of 840000 (2021), Wu'an is a famous hometown of local opera, ancient smelting, Chinese millet and one of the top 100 cities in China. In 2006, UNESCO awarded Wu'an the title of "Millennium ancient county".

In 2019, the GDP of Wu'an city is 63.8 billion yuan, the total revenue is 10.5 billion yuan, and the comprehensive strength of county economy ranks 83rd among the top 100 in China.

Historical evolution

Spring and Autumn period, belongs to Jin, Warring States period, for Zhao Wu'an city.

In Qin Dynasty, Wu'an belonged to Handan county.

In the early Han Dynasty, Wu'an county was set up, belonging to Wei county. In the new dynasty of Wang Mang, Wu'an was changed to Huan'an, and it was renamed Wu'an in the early Eastern Han Dynasty.

In 618, Wu'an was changed to Zizhou, Cizhou, Mingzhou and Cizhou.

In 1265, Wu'an was incorporated into Handan county.

In 1368, Wu'an still belonged to Cizhou.

At the beginning of the Republic of China, Wu'an belonged to Henan Province.

In 1941, it was changed to Wunan county

In 1942, Ciwu county was formed with parts of Wu'an county and Handan county.

In 1944, Wu'an was renamed Wudong county.

In 1945, the original Wuci and Wudong counties were abolished and restored.

In 1949, it was assigned to Handan District of Hebei Province.

In 1952, Henan Province was transferred to Hebei Province.

In 1958, Wu'an county was abolished and Wu'an District of Handan city was established.

In 1961, Wu'an county was restored, belonging to Handan district.

On September 1, 1988, Wu'an county was abolished and Wu'an city was established as a county-level city under the provincial jurisdiction. On October 6, the Hebei provincial government authorized Handan city to manage on its behalf.

administrative division

In October 2016, Gaoyu Town, Guanglu Town, xinzhuangying Township, huaguanying Township and Taicheng township of Cixian county were classified as Hanshan District, while Lintan town and Nancheng township of Cixian county were classified as Fuxing district.

By 2018, Wu'an city has jurisdiction over 13 towns, 9 townships and 1 Industrial Park: Wu'an Town, kang'er Town, Wuji Town, Cishan Town, Boyan Town, Shucun Town, Datong Town, Yicheng Town, Kuangshan Town, Hejin Town, Yangyi Town, Yaoyao Town, Yetao Town, shangtuancheng Town, bei'anzhuang Town, Bei'an Lexiang Town, Xitushan Town, Xisizhuang Town, Huoshui Town, Shidong Town, Guantao town and Majiazhuang town Township, industrial park, a total of 502 administrative villages.

geographical environment

Location context

Wu'an is located in the south of Hebei Province, between 113 ° 45 ′ e to 114 ° 22 ′ E and 36 ° 28 ′ n to 37 ° 01 ′ n, adjacent to Fuxing district and Yongnian District of Handan City in the East, with Zishan as the boundary. It is adjacent to Cixian and Fengfeng mining areas in the south, bounded by Gushan, tianjingzhaishan and nandanao. In the west of Shexian county and Zuoquan County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, it is bounded by Qingyang mountain, Wanshou mountain and Qingya village. In the north is Shahe City, Xingtai City, bounded by Motianling, meiguizhai and huangmu mountain. The total area is 1806 square kilometers.

topographic features

Wu'an city is located in the contact of Taihang mountain uplift and North China Plain subsidence zone, which is a mountainous county (city). It can be divided into three types: mountain area (29.7%), low mountain and hilly area (45%) and basin (25.3%). There are five main branches of the Taihang Mountains. They are xiaomotianling mountain range, LAOYESHAN mountain range, Shibapan mountain range, southwest Hengxing mountain range, Gushan Mountain range and Zijinshan mountain range. Qingyazhai in the northwest is the highest peak in Wu'an, with an altitude of 1898.7 meters.

climate

Wu'an has a temperate continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 11 ℃ to 13.5 ℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 42.5 ℃, and the extreme minimum temperature is - 19.9 ℃. The annual average rainfall is 560 mm, and the annual maximum rainfall is 1472.7 mm. The average annual sunshine hours is 2297 hours, and the average annual sunshine percentage is 52%. In the four seasons, northwest, southwest and west wind frequently occur, with the annual average wind speed of 2.6 m / s and the extreme maximum wind speed of 29 M / s. The annual average frost free period is 196 days. The main natural disasters are drought, flood, hail, wind, insect, earthquake, frost and so on.

natural resources

water resource

Wu'an is located in the south of Hebei Province, the terrain is high in the West and low in the East, belonging to Ziya River system of Haihe River Basin. There are five four level tributaries (Nanming River, Beiming River, Ming River, Mahui River, mud river), and 17 above five level tributaries. There are 36 reservoirs in the whole region, including 4 medium-sized reservoirs (Koushang reservoir, Chegu reservoir, Siliyan reservoir and damingyuan reservoir), with a total capacity of 109.66 million cubic meters. There are 32 small reservoirs with a total capacity of 37.2 million cubic meters and 11 small reservoirs (including Mahui reservoir). Small 21 seats. Four irrigation districts (Koushang Irrigation District, Chegu Irrigation District, Jiazhuang irrigation district and Yuefeng Irrigation District).

mineral resources

Wu'an is one of the 58 key coal producing counties (cities) and the four major rich iron ore bases in China. There are mainly more than 20 kinds of minerals such as coal, iron, marble, bauxite, among which coal and iron ore are the most famous, with reserves of 2.3 billion tons and 562 million tons respectively.

Biological resources

Wu'an belongs to the North China flora semi xerophytic forest steppe vegetation flora. The natural vegetation can be divided into 6 vegetation types and 26 formations, including coniferous forest, coniferous broad-leaved mixed forest, broad-leaved forest, shrub, shrub grass and meadow. There are wild soybean, Tilia amurensis, linchunmu and other rare plants in the territory, which is the main distribution area of Taihang flower in the world.

Wild animals mainly include leopard, wolf, fox, zokor, squirrel, hedgehog, etc.; birds include sparrow, magpie, pigeon, swallow, quail, eagle, turtledove, pheasant, etc.; fish include carp, catfish, crucian carp, loach, eel, etc.; amphibians include frog, toad; reptiles include snake, lizard, etc.; arthropod, link, mollusc animals include shrimp, crab, mussel, etc.

population

As of 2010, the permanent resident population of Wu'an city was 819000. Compared with 720199 in the fifth national census at 0:00 on November 1, 2000, the number of permanent residents increased by 98801 or 13.72%. The average annual growth rate is 1.29%.

By 2021, the permanent resident population of Wu'an city is 840000.

There are Han, Hui, Mongolian and Dong nationalities in Wu'an city.

Politics

Secretary of the municipal Party committee: Zhao Hongshan

Mayor: Qiang Yanfeng

Economics

overview

In 2019, the GDP of Wu'an city is 63.8 billion yuan, the total fiscal revenue is 10.5 billion yuan, the general public budget revenue is 4.83 billion yuan, and the comprehensive strength of county economy ranks the 83rd among the top 100 in China.

primary industry

In 2014, the grain planting area of Wu'an city was 828700 mu, of which the wheat planting area was 205200 mu. The cotton planting area is 38000 mu, and the oil planting area is 31000 mu. The grain output was 294000 tons, 15000 tons less than that in 2013. Cotton output was 2771 tons, 204 tons lower than that in 2013, and oil production was 3493 tons, 182 tons higher than that in 2013.

The number of live pigs was 1.3885 million, an increase of 7.26% over 2013. The number of sheep raised was 75100, an increase of 11.4% over 2013. The total output of meat was 75200 tons, an increase of 7.9% over 2013. The egg production was 26700 tons, 5.5% higher than that in 2013. The milk output was 4000 tons, basically the same as that in 2013. The total output of dry and fresh fruits was 43500 tons, an increase of 16500 tons over 2013.

the secondary industry

In 2014, the total output value of industrial enterprises in Wu'an city was 134.56 billion yuan, an increase of 2.3% over 2013, of which 122.96 billion yuan was for industrial enterprises above Designated Size, an increase of 1.2% over 2013. The industrial added value was 32.1 billion yuan, an increase of 9.8% over 2013. Among them, the added value of industries above designated size was 29.26 billion yuan, an increase of 9.7% over 2013. The profits and taxes of industries above Designated Size reached 4.93 billion yuan, an increase of 74.5% over 2013. The profit was 3.16 billion yuan, an increase of 179.6% over 2013, and the product sales rate was 97.9%.

In 2014, the added value of iron and steel industry in Wu'an city was 26.22 billion yuan, accounting for 81.7% of the industrial proportion. Four enterprises are listed in the top 500 Chinese enterprises.

the service sector; the tertiary industry

In 2014, the added value of wholesale and retail industry in Wu'an city was 5.71 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2% over 2013. The added value of accommodation and catering industry was 1.29 billion yuan, an increase of 8.4%.

In 2014, the total retail sales of social consumer goods in Wu'an city was 13.84 billion yuan, an increase of 13.3% over 2013. From the perspective of urban and rural areas, the retail sales of urban consumer goods reached 8.74 billion yuan, an increase of 12.6% over 2013; the retail sales of rural consumer goods reached 5.1 billion yuan, an increase of 14.6% over 2013. According to the scale, the retail sales above quota reached 4.47 billion yuan, an increase of 13.3% over 2013; the retail sales of enterprises and individuals below quota reached 9.37 billion yuan, an increase of 13.3% over 2013. By the end of 2014, there were 23 commodity markets of various types in Wu'an city, including 4 markets with turnover exceeding 100 million yuan, realizing turnover of 2.84 billion yuan.

social undertakings

Science and technology

In 2016, Wu'an city has developed 10 new products and technologies, with 428 patent applications and 320 authorized patents, which have been promoted

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