Mengcheng County, Bozhou City, Anhui Province

Mengcheng County, belonging to Bozhou City, Anhui Province, is located in the middle of Huaibei plain. It is located in the northwest of Anhui Province, east of Bozhou City, Huaiyuan County of Bengbu City in the East, Lixin County and Woyang County of Bozhou City in the west, Fengtai County of Huainan City in the South and Suixi County of Huaibei City in the north. It is between 32 ° 55 ′ 29 ″ - 33 ° 29 ′ 64 ″ N and 116 ° 15 ′ 43 ″ - 116 ° 49 ′ 25 ″ E. Mengcheng county has a total area of 2091 square kilometers, and its registered residence has a total population of 1 million 394 thousand and 994. By 2019, it has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 12 towns and 2 townships.

The terrain of Mengcheng County inclines slowly from northwest to Southeast, with the ground elevation between 21-29.5 meters. The area along Wohe river is yellow flood alluvial plain. Beifeihe River and Qianhe River Basin belong to inter river erosion plain. It belongs to warm temperate semi humid monsoon climate zone, with obvious monsoon and four distinct seasons. The climate is warm and the rain is hot at the same time. Mengcheng County was known as shansang, Qiyuan, Woyang and Feishui in ancient times. There are ten thousand pagodas, Mengcheng Confucian temple, Zhuangzi temple, Jiuding Lingshan temple and other places of interest. Weichi Temple Neolithic cultural site is known as "the first primitive village in China", and is listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit together with the Wanfo pagoda of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Mengcheng County is a famous historical and cultural city in Anhui Province, the hometown of Zhuangzi, the hometown of Chinese couplets, and the hometown of Anhui hard pen calligraphy. It is also an advanced county in grain production, a model county in cultural work, and a national science popularization demonstration county. In August 2018, the Anhui provincial government approved Mengcheng County to withdraw from poverty-stricken counties. In May 2020, it will be listed in the demonstration list of new urbanization construction in the county. In June 2020, the Central Committee for the rule of law was selected as the first batch of national government construction demonstration areas and projects.

In 2019, the GDP of Mengcheng County is 38.36 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 9.2% in terms of comparable prices.

The origin of history

Mengcheng County has a long history and is a famous historical and cultural city in Anhui Province. According to the cultural relics excavated from the site of weichi temple, more than 4500 years ago, ancient human beings lived and multiplied on this land. Since the Shang Dynasty, the name of the county has changed. The first year of Tianbao in Tang Dynasty (742) was officially named Mengcheng County, which is still in use today. Since then, although the subordinate and administrative divisions have changed repeatedly, the jurisdiction has not changed greatly.

Evolution of organizational system

Xia was Yu's tribute to Yuzhou.

Shang, the capital of Tang, is called Beihe.

The Western Zhou Dynasty was called Qiyi. In 595 BC, he returned to Chu, known as the lacquer garden in the north of Chu.

Qin, dangjun.

In the early Han Dynasty, it was divided into liangguomeng County in the northwest and shansang County in Peijun County in the southeast. During the Three Kingdoms period, it belonged to shansang County of Weiqiao county. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the overseas Chinese set up Meng County, still belonging to Qiao County.

In the northern and Southern Dynasties, it belonged to songshansang county. The Southern Qi Dynasty was still shansang county.

In the first year of Huangxing (467) of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Wuzhou was established in shansang county. Guoyang County was built in the old town of lacquer garden.

In the second year of Liang Datong's reign (528), Liang set up Wuzhou as West Xuzhou and Beixin'an County after it, both of which were prefectural and county offices.

In the eighth year of Wuding in the Eastern Wei Dynasty (550), nanqiaozhou was set up, and Guoyang was still the governing place, and shansang and Mengxian were the Mengjun counties. The Northern Qi Dynasty was called Meng county.

Sui kaihuang 16 years (595), known as Feishui County; Daye 7 years (611), changed Feishui county to shansang county.

Tang Tianbao first year (742), officially named Mengcheng County. Since then, although the ownership of the county has been changed, the name of the county has remained unchanged.

In the Five Dynasties, it was Mengcheng County, Bozhou, Henan Province.

In Song Dynasty, it belonged to anfengjun, Bozhou and Shouzhou successively.

In the Yuan Dynasty, it belonged to Anfeng road of the general manager's office.

In the Ming Dynasty, it belonged to Fengyang Prefecture of nanzhili.

In Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Bozhou and Yingzhou successively.

The first year of the Republic of China (1912), belongs to Shouzhou, Anhui Province.

In June of the third year of the Republic of China, it belonged to huaisidao (Daoyin Zhusi county), Anhui Province.

In March of the Republic of China, it was directly under Anhui Province.

In October of the 21st year of the Republic of China, it belongs to the sixth (Sixian) administrative supervision district of Anhui Province.

In June of the 27th year of the Republic of China, it belongs to the third (Fuyang) administrative supervision district of Anhui Province. This month, the Communist Party of China established the Banqiao District Anti Japanese democratic government.

In December of the 33rd year of the Republic of China, the northern boundary of Mengcheng County belonged to Sumeng County, belonging to the second line of Huaibei Road West.

In December of the 34th year of the Republic of China, Sumeng County belonged to the eighth administrative office of central China.

In June of the 36th year of the Republic of China, Sumeng County belonged to the third administrative office of Henan Anhui Soviet area. In November, the southern part of the county belonged to Mengcheng County, the sixth administrative office of Henan Anhui Soviet area.

In March of the 38th year of the Republic of China, the four border districts and counties of Su Meng, Su Huai, Meng Cheng (Wo He'nan) and Wo Yang were abolished, and Mengcheng County was established. The original Mengcheng district was restored, belonging to the sixth administrative office of Henan Anhui Soviet area. On April 12, it belongs to Fuyang special area of Northern Anhui administrative office.

On April 12, 1952, it belonged to Fuyang special district of Anhui Province.

March 29, 1971, belongs to Fuyang area, Anhui Province.

In 1996, Fuyang Prefecture and county level Fuyang City were abolished and prefecture level Fuyang City was established, which belongs to Fuyang City of Anhui Province.

In June 2000, county-level Bozhou City was abolished and prefecture level Bozhou City was established. Mengcheng County is under the jurisdiction of Bozhou City.

administrative division

By 2019, Mengcheng County has 3 streets, 12 towns and 2 townships: Chengguan Street, Qiyuan street, Zhuangzhou street, Shuangjian Town, Xiaojian Town, Tancheng Town, Xutuan Town, banqiaoji Town, Maji Town, Yuefang Town, Licang Town, chucun Town, Letu Town, Sanyi Town, Lili Town, Wangji town and xiaoxinji town. The county government is stationed at 168 West Zhouyuan road.

geographical environment

Location context

Mengcheng County is located in the northwest of Anhui Province, in the east of Bozhou City, adjacent to Huaiyuan County of Bengbu City in the East, Lixin County and Woyang County in the west, Fengtai County of Huainan City in the South and Suixi County of Huaibei City in the north. The total area of the county is 2091 square kilometers, accounting for about 1.52% of the total area of Anhui Province. It is between 32 ° 55 ′ - 33 ° 29 ′ N and 116 ° 15 ′ - 116 ° 49 ′ E.

topographic features

Mengcheng County is located in the southern edge of North China Plain. The terrain is slowly inclined from northwest to Southeast. The ground elevation is reduced from 29.5 meters to 21 meters, the end difference is 8.5 meters, and the slope is 1 / 8500. The area along the vortex river is yellow flood alluvial plain, and the beifei River and Qianhe river basins are inter river erosion plain. There are 42 saucer shaped closed lake depressions, 12 Island hills, more than 1000 Zhuanghu highlands (ancient villages and town sites), and two water dividing zones between Wofei and Woqian.

climate

Mengcheng County is a warm temperate semi humid monsoon climate zone. The annual average temperature is 14.8 ℃, the annual average precipitation is 732.63 mm, mainly concentrated in June, July and August; the annual frost free period is 214 days; the annual average sunshine hours is 2410 hours; the annual average relative humidity is 72%. The best time for temperature is March to June and September to November. The general climatic characteristics are: obvious monsoon, four distinct seasons, mild climate, moderate rainfall, changeable spring temperature, crisp autumn, concentrated summer rain, sufficient light, long frost free period, strong solar radiation, and abundant light and heat resources. The disastrous weather is mainly drought, waterlogging, frost, freezing, tornado and hail.

hydrology

There are beifei River, Wohe River, Qianhe River and cihuai River from north to south in Mengcheng County. Beifei River (formerly known as Xiashui, Hongshui and Beishui) originates from Shangqiu City, Henan Province. It flows through Haoxian county and Guoyang in the southeast, enters from the northwest of xiaoshanwangjia in the southeast, flows through ruijinan, Tangji, banqiaojibei and wujinan in the southeast, leaves from wabujibei in the southeast, and then enters Huaihe River through mohekou in Wuhe County in the north of Bengbu. The territory is 34 km long and the drainage area is about 575 km. Guohe River (formerly known as Guoshui) originates from Tongxu County, Henan Province. It flows through Qi County, Taikang county and Luyi County, converges with Huiji River in the north. It enters from Tianqiao through Mizhou city and Guoyang County, Anhui Province. It flows southeast through Xiaojian Town West, Chengguan town north, Quanji West, Shuangjian town north and yicunji south to jiegouji exit and Huaiyuan County North to Huaihe River. It is 52 kilometers long, with a drainage area of 671 square kilometers and a total area of 1 square kilometers The tank flow is 1500 m3 / s. Qianhe River (pushui in the spring and Autumn period, Qushui in the Three Kingdoms period) originated from the south side of the Yellow River in the northwest of Zhengzhou, Henan Province. In the southeast, it flows through Kaifeng, fule, CHENXIAN and Lixin, and enters Shengli gully. In the southeast, it flows through lvwangji, chenqiaoji, shunheji, licangji, and zaomuqiao, and flows into Huaihe River. It is 46 km long with a drainage area of 704 km. Cihuai New River is a man-made river. It broke ground in 1971 and opened to water in 1976. It starts from cihepu in Fuyang in the west, flows through Lixin County and Fengtai County in the southeast, enters from the south of ganghezha, flows through xuejinan and xindaxingjinan, and leaves from the southeast of zoulou (Mengcheng and Fengtai counties are bounded by the river), and enters Huaiyuan County in the southwest of Jingshan mountain. It flows through the county for 35 kilometers, with a drainage area of 142 square kilometers The flood volume is 2000 m3 / s and the flood diversion volume is 3000 m3 / s.

natural resources

water resource

The water resources in Mengcheng County are mainly composed of natural precipitation, transit water and shallow groundwater, all of which are freshwater. The surface water mainly passes through rivers and belongs to Huaihe River system. The main roads are Wohe River, beifeihe River, cihuaixin River and Qianhe river. The average annual resource of surface water is 479 million cubic meters, and the storage capacity of reservoirs, gates and dams is 790 million cubic meters. The underground water is deep fissure pore water, which mainly comes from atmospheric precipitation. The distribution depth is 40-50m, and the annual average available amount is 449 million cubic meters.

plant resources

Woody plants in Mengcheng county mainly include Paulownia, Robinia pseudoacacia, mulberry, padauk, mulberry, Sophora japonica, mulberry, Ulmus, sycamore (farmed), padauk, Metasequoia glaba, pear, catalpa, Pinus, cypress, catalpa, catalpa, Sapium, Wutong, Zhe, Po, silk, apricot, jujube, apricot, peach, plum, pear, apple, pomegranate, persimmon, cherry, walnut, ginkgo, crab, plum, fig, and cloud. Pinus spinosa, Cedrus deodara, Pinus massoniana, Platycladus orientalis, oleander, holly, cinnamon, Ligustrum lucidum, Euonymus japonicus, Magnolia grandiflora, and so on. The main herbaceous plants are red taro, mung bean, pea, plum bean, red bean, broad bean, black bean, sesame, peanut, castor bean and sunflower

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