Huoshan County, Lu'an City, Anhui Province

Huoshan County, belonging to Lu'an City, Anhui Province, is located in the west of Anhui Province, the hinterland of the Dabie Mountains, and the upper reaches of the Pi River, a tributary of the Huaihe River. The total area is 2043 square kilometers.

The county was established in the fifth year of Yuanfeng (106 BC) of Han Dynasty, and it was called Huoshan County in Sui Dynasty. Generally, it is mountainous landform, and the terrain inclines from southeast to northwest. It belongs to the north subtropical humid monsoon climate zone.

It has jurisdiction over 16 townships, 1 provincial economic development zone and 144 villages (communities). It is a typical mountainous area, reservoir area and old revolutionary base area county. The registered residence population of 362 thousand and 595 people, achieving GDP of 17 billion 669 million yuan, including: the first industry added value is 1 billion 573 million yuan, the second industry added value is 9 billion 577 million yuan, third industry added value 6 billion 519 million yuan, three industrial structure is 8.9:54.2:36.9, according to registered residence population, the gross domestic product gross value is 48695 yuan. On October 9, 2020, it was named as the fourth batch of practice and innovation bases of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" by the Ministry of ecological environment.

Historical evolution

Xia belonged to Yangzhou and was the fief of gaotao's descendants.

Before the spring and Autumn period, there were six vassal states. After Chu destroyed the six vassal states, he set up a city (the old city is xiabukou, now xiafuqiao town), and later moved to Nangang (200 steps to the east of the city).

Qin belongs to Jiujiang county.

In 206 B.C., Emperor Gaozu of the Western Han Dynasty belonged to Hengshan state. In the fifth year, it belonged to Huainan state. In 164 B.C., Emperor Wendi returned to Hengshan state. In 122 B.C., Emperor Wudi changed Hengshan state to Hengshan County. In the fifth year of Yuanfeng (106 B.C.), it belonged to Lujiang County.

In the 25th year of Yuanjia (448), Emperor Wen of the Southern Song Dynasty set up Kaihua County, which belongs to Lujiang County. In the 6th year of Tianjian (507), Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty set up Huozhou county and yue'an County, which belong to Chengguan town and Beipei County, Xincai County, which belong to xiafuqiao county. In the 2nd year of Taiqing Dynasty, Yuean county was abolished and Ancheng county was set up Xingxian. Huozhou was abolished in the Northern Qi Dynasty and was renamed Yuean county. In the second year of Tianjia (561), Emperor Chen Wendi restored Huozhou; in the second year of Taijian (570), Emperor Xuandi entered the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

In the early Sui Dynasty, it belonged to Luzhou and later to Lujiang County. In 581, Emperor Wen changed Xincai County of Beipei county to pishui county (where it is governed by today's xiafuqiao town), abolished Yuean county and changed Yuean county to Huoshan County (where it is governed by today's Chengguan town).

In 621, Huoshan County, Yingcheng county and Qiancheng county were established as Huozhou County, and pishui county was changed into Kaihua County. In the first year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan reign (627), Huozhou was abolished, and Yingcheng, Qiancheng, Kaihua and Jue counties were incorporated into Huoshan. Huoshan has five counties, belonging to Shouzhou in Huainan. In 697, it was renamed Wuchang county. Zhongzong Shenlong first year (705), still known as Huoshan County. Xuanzong Kaiyuan 27 years (739), renamed Shengtang county. In the first year of Tianbao (742), Huoshan County was set up in the abandoned and prosperous Tang Dynasty, belonging to Shouchun County of Huainan road.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, it belonged to the Zhongzheng army in Shouzhou at the beginning. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, it was changed into the Qing Huai army. In the Later Zhou Dynasty, it became the Zhongzheng army. The county was named Huoshan. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, it was located in the ancient city of fan and Lu'an.

Song Taizu Kaibao eight years (975), merged into Lu'an County, is Huainan road Shouzhou. Huizongzhenghe five years (1115), is Huaixi road Shouchun house.

In the early Yuan Dynasty, it was reduced to Gubu town of Lu'an County, belonging to Luzhou road. In the second year of emperor TAIDING (1325), it belonged to the North Road of Huaixi river. Shundi Zhizheng 12 years (1352), is Huainan Jiangbei province.

In the early years of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty, the inspection department of Gubu town was set up. In the second year of Hongzhi (1489), Huoshan County was established in Kaihua and Xingxian townships of the first Department of Lu'an county and the inspection department of Gubu town.

In the early Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Zhili Prefecture of Lu'an in the second year of Yongzheng (1724).

The first year of the Republic of China (1912), directly under the Anhui Province. From the fourth year of the Republic of China to the sixth year of the Republic of China (from June 1915 to July 1917), it belonged to Anqing road. In October 1921, it was the third administrative supervision district of Anhui Province. In August 1929, it was the second administrative supervision district of Anhui Province.

On September 3, 1936, the county was liberated by the Red Army of Chinese workers and peasants, and the democratic government of Huoshan County was established the next day under the leadership of the West Anhui Working Committee of the Communist Party of China. In April 1938, it belonged to Lu'an special district of Northern Anhui.

In April 1952, it belonged to Lu'an special district of Anhui Province (changed to district in March 1971).

administrative division

Division evolution

From the founding of the people's Republic of China to 1985, the administrative division of Huoshan County changed greatly. In 1949, there were 5 districts, 29 townships, 2 township level towns and 143 villages in the county; in 1958, there were 13 communes and 91 production teams in the county; in 1983, there were 7 districts, 1 district level town, 42 townships and 1 township level town in the county, with 286 villages and resident communities under its jurisdiction; in 1985, there were 7 districts, 1 district level town, 35 townships and 9 townships in the county It has 282 administrative villages and 5 residential communities.

In 1986, the county had 7 districts, 1 district level town, 35 townships, 9 township level towns, and 283 villages.

In 1992, the original seven districts were abolished and Chengguan Town, a district level town, was merged with its neighboring towns to become a township level town. Together with the original 44 towns, Chengguan town was merged into 24 towns, 273 villages and 14 streets.

In 1999, danjiamiao Township and Heishidu Township were changed into established towns.

In 2000, shangtushi Township and dashageng Township were successively changed into established towns, and sanbanqiao township was renamed Dongcheng Town.

In 2001, shuishuihe village, songjiahe village and wangshentemple village of Mozitan town were merged into songjiahe village, and jinjiachong village and Mozitan village were merged into Mozitan village.

In 2002, Dagushan and hantou villages in Dongcheng Town were merged into Dagushan village, and changlinggang and hongshizui villages were merged into hongshizui village. In the same year, Chengguan Town abolished the establishment of East Street, middle street and West Street, and established nine communities.

In 2003, the township division of Huoshan County was greatly adjusted (some villages were also adjusted accordingly). The original 24 townships were merged into 16 townships, and Chengguan town was renamed Hengshan Town.

In 2004, the county's village level zoning was comprehensively adjusted, and the original 273 villages and 20 communities were merged into 130 villages and 14 communities (of which, except for the withdrawn communities, 3 new communities were added).

In 2005, Anhui provincial government designated the former Huoshan eco industrial park as Anhui Huoshan Economic Development Zone, and the Chengdong community, which originally belonged to Hengshan Town, was under the jurisdiction of the development zone. There are 16 townships, 130 villages and 14 communities.

Current situation of regionalization

By 2018, Huoshan County has 13 towns, 3 townships and 2 functional areas. The people's Government of Huoshan County is located in Hengshan Town.

geographical environment

Location context

Huoshan County is located in the south of the west of Anhui Province and the north foot of Dabie Mountain. It is adjacent to Shucheng County in the East, Yuexi County in the south, Jinzhai County and Yingshan County in Hubei Province in the west, and Lu'an City in the north. It is between 31 ° 03 ′ - 31 ° 33 ′ N and 115 ° 52 ′ - 116 ° 32 ′ e with a total area of 2043 square kilometers. It is 45 kilometers away from Lu'an City and 120 kilometers away from Hefei city.

topographic features

Huoshan County is generally mountainous landform, the terrain inclines from southeast to northwest. It can be divided into middle mountain, low mountain and hilly area in turn, and there are some small valley basins between them. Zhongshan District is located in the southwest of the county, covering an area of 896 square kilometers, accounting for 44% of the total area of the county. The mountains are majestic, the valley is deep and the slope is steep. The altitude is mostly above 800 meters, with an average of about 1000 meters. The highest point is more than 1700 meters, and there are dozens of peaks above 1000 meters. Baimajian, the main peak of the Dabie Mountains, and duoyunjian, its sister peak, are located here. Climate, vegetation and soil show obvious vertical distribution, which are the main growing areas of timber forest, water conservation forest and medicinal materials. The low mountain area is located in the middle of the county, including zhufo'an, Luoerling, Heishidu, Foziling, Danlong temple and dongxixi, covering an area of 713 square kilometers, accounting for 35% of the total area of the county. The area is 500-800 meters above sea level, with broken mountains, gentle slopes, fertile land and abundant water resources. It is a diversified business area mainly composed of forest, bamboo and grain. Located in the northeast of the county, the hilly area covers four towns, namely Hengshan, xiafuqiao, danjiamiao and huerjie, covering an area of 434 square kilometers, accounting for 21% of the total area of the county. The altitude of this area is below 500 meters, and the lowest is only 50 meters. It is the main grain and oil producing area in Huoshan County with wide river valley, alternate hills and plains, and superior natural conditions such as light, climate, soil and water source. There are small valley basins in middle mountain area, low mountain area and hilly area. Typical ones are Huoshan Chengguan, shangtushi, Taipingfan, Dahuaping, zhufo'an, dongxixi and other township governments.

Climatic characteristics

Huoshan County belongs to the humid monsoon climate zone in the north subtropical zone. The main climate characteristics are: obvious monsoon climate, abundant rainfall, moderate cold and hot; large regional difference and vertical change; rich climate resources such as light, heat and water. The county is located in the North-South climate transition zone, which is greatly affected by the monsoon. In spring, there are mainly east, Southeast and south winds, with more rainfall and mild climate; in summer, there are mainly South and southwest winds, which are higher in the West Pacific subtropical zone

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