Yidu City, Yichang City, Hubei Province

Yidu, a county-level city directly under the central government of Hubei Province and under the administration of Yichang City, is located on the South Bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in Southwest Hubei Province. It is located in the transition zone from Jianghan plain to mountainous areas in Southwest Hubei Province. It faces Yichang's Yiting District and Zhijiang City across the Yangtze River in the East, Songzi City in the southeast, Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County and Changyang Tujia Autonomous County in the southwest and due west, and Yichang's Dianjun District in the north, between 110km East It is between ° 05 '- 111 ° 36' and 30 ° 05 '- 30 ° 36' north latitude.

The total area of Yidu's territory is 1357 square kilometers. As of 2016, it has 1 streets, 8 towns and 1 townships, with a total population of 391864 registered residence. In 2016, the city's GDP reached 55.054 billion yuan.

Yidu county system was established in 196 BC, named Yidao. In 210 A.D., Liu Bei set up Yidu County, which means "it is suitable to build a capital". Yidu, known as "the throat of Chu and Shu", "the gate of the Three Gorges" and "the gateway of Western Hubei", is the hometown of Yang Shoujing, a great master of the generation, Wang Yongbin, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, and he Bingyan, the founding general.

Yidu is the only one of the top 100 counties and cities in Hubei Province in 2016. It has successively won the honorary titles of national garden city, national cultural advanced county and city, national advanced county and city in scientific and technological progress, hometown of Chinese folktales, China living environment model award, provincial environmental protection model city, etc. In October 2018, Yidu city was selected as one of the "top 100 counties with comprehensive strength", one of the top 100 counties with national investment potential, one of the top 100 counties with national green development, one of the top 100 counties with national science and technology innovation, and one of the top 100 counties with national new urbanization quality. In October 2018, it won the list of "National Forest City in 2018" and the list of pilot areas for integrated development of rural primary, secondary and tertiary industries in 2018. Top 100 industrial counties (cities) in 2018. In November 2018, it was identified as the first batch of innovative counties (cities) by the Ministry of science and technology, and was selected into the top 100 of China's urban well-off index. In October 2019, it will be selected as one of the top 100 counties and cities in China's comprehensive strength in 2019, top 100 counties and cities in China's green development in 2019, and top 100 counties and cities in China's new urbanization quality in 2019.

Historical evolution

The discovery of honghuataochengbeixi Neolithic site in Yidu confirmed that human beings had been living and reproducing on this land more than 5000 years before the county was established.

During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, the county belonged to Chu.

In Qin Dynasty, the county belonged to Nanjun.

In the 11th year of Gaozu (196 B.C.) of the Western Han Dynasty, Yidu had set up a county system, named Yidao County, which was located in today's Lucheng and subordinate to Nanjun. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, it was renamed Jiangnan county and soon renamed Yidao county.

In 208, the 13th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it belonged to Linjiang county. In the 15th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei changed Linjiang County into Yidu County, which governed the present land city and governed Yidao County, Xiling county and Xishan county. In 219, Wu general Lu Xun occupied Yidu county and acquired Yidao, Zhijiang, Yiling, Zigui and other counties. At that time, the county belonged to Wu.

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Yidu Prefecture belonged to wujingzhou, which governed Zigui, Xiling, Yidao and Xishan counties.

In the Jin Dynasty, Yidu County belonged to Jingzhou, which governed Yidao County, Jishan county and Yiling county. In the Taihe period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Yidao was renamed Xidao County, and later it was still renamed Yidao.

In 420, the first year of Yongchu reign of Emperor Wu of Song Dynasty, Yidao county was established as Yichang County, and then Yidu County governed four counties, namely Yidao County, Xishan County, Yiling county and Yichang county. In the Western Wei Dynasty, Yidu Prefecture belonged to zhezhou, which governed Bashan, Yidao, Guihua and Yiling counties. In the Southern Dynasty of Chen Dynasty, Houliang and Chen divided the county into two counties, Jiangbei Yidao and Jiangnan Yidao. Jiangbei Yidao county belongs to Houliang, Jiangnan Yidao county belongs to Chen. In the first year of Chen Tianjia (560), Yidao County in Jiangnan was changed into Yidu county.

In 587, Yidu county was abolished and changed to Yichang County, which first belonged to Songzhou and then to Nanjun. Jiangbei Yidao is still named Yidao County, belonging to xiazhou. In the third year of Daye (607), xiazhou was changed into Yiling County, and Yidao county was changed into Yiling county.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Yichang and Yidao were still set up in the county. In 619, Yichang county was changed into Yidu County, belonging to Jiangzhou. In 634, Yidao county was merged into Yidu County, belonging to xiazhou County, the capital of Jingzhou.

In the Song Dynasty, Yidu County belonged to Yiling County, xiazhou, Jinghu North Road.

In Yuan Dynasty, Yidu County belonged to xuanweisi mountain, North Jinghu Road, North Nanjiang Road, xiazhou Road, Henan Province.

In the Ming Dynasty, Yidu County belonged to Yiling Prefecture, Jingzhou Prefecture of Huguang Prefecture.

In 1647, Yidu was subordinate to Yiling Prefecture, Jingzhou Prefecture. In 1735, Yidu was changed to Jingzhou Prefecture. Tongzhi four years (1865), the county set up 14 shop, 36 Bao, 99 A, 13 towns.

In the early years of the Republic of China, Yidu County belonged to Jingnan Road, Hubei Province. In 1922, it belonged to jingyidao. In 1930, there were 4 districts and 13 market towns. In 1932, it was the ninth administrative supervision district of Hubei Province, and in 1936, it was the sixth administrative supervision district of Hubei Province. In June 1949, the county was divided into three districts, one supervision district and 17 townships.

In July 1949, Yidu county was liberated and its people's government was established.

In February 1955, with the approval of the State Council, Zhijiang county was abolished and its jurisdiction was put under the jurisdiction of Yidu county.

In December 1962, the system of Zhijiang county was restored, and six districts including Baiyang and Jiangkou Town were under the jurisdiction of Zhijiang county.

On November 30, 1987, the State Council approved the abolition of Yidu county and the establishment of Zhicheng (county level).

In June 1998, Zhicheng City changed its name to Yidu city.

From 1949 to 1957, Yidu county was under the jurisdiction of Yichang district; from 1958 to 1961, it was under the jurisdiction of Yidu industrial zone; from 1962 to 1969, it was under the jurisdiction of Yichang district; from 1970 to 1992, it was under the jurisdiction of Yichang district.

Since 1992, it has been managed by Yichang City, Hubei Province.

administrative division

By the end of 2016, Yidu city had jurisdiction over 1 street of Lucheng street, 8 towns of Honghuatao Town, Gaobazhou Town, Niejiahe Town, Songmuping Town, Zhicheng Town, Yaojiadian Town, Wuyanquan town and Wangjiafan Town, 1 township of Panjiawan Tujia Township and 1 Garden Avenue of Lucheng street.

On March 6, 2019, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of finance, the Ministry of culture and tourism, and the State Administration of cultural relics confirmed the list of the first batch of counties for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics.

geographical environment

Location context

Yidu city is located on the South Bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in Southwest Hubei. It is located in the transition zone from Jianghan plain to Southwest Hubei mountainous area. It faces Yichang city's FeiTing district and Zhijiang City across the Yangtze River in the East, Songzi City in the southeast, Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County and Changyang Tujia Autonomous County in the southwest and due west, and Yichang Point Military Region in the north. The total area of the city is 1357 square kilometers, with the geographical coordinates of 110 ° 05 '- 111 ° 36' e and 30 ° 05 '- 30 ° 36' n.

topographic features

Yidu city is located in the transition zone between the mountainous area of Western Hubei and Jianghan Plain. The terrain is high in the southwest and low in the northeast. It inclines from southwest to northeast. It is a hilly and rolling half mountain area. The highest point is maomaojian bordering Wufeng, with an altitude of 1064.6 meters. The lowest point is Guanzhou of Zhicheng Town, with an altitude of only 38 meters. The southwest is high and mountainous, with an elevation of 250-800 meters, accounting for about 40% of the total area. The eastern hills, with an altitude of 50-250 meters, are flat and fertile along the Yangtze River and the outlet of Qingjiang River. The central hills, gullies and hillocks crisscross, but the slope is gentle, forming flat fan.

climate

The climate of Yidu city is subtropical monsoon climate, cold in winter and hot in summer, with four distinct seasons and hot rain in the same period. The average annual temperature is 16.7 ℃, the average temperature in January is 4.6 ℃, the average temperature in July is 28.1 ℃, the frost free period is 273 days, the average annual rainfall is 1235.4 mm, there are many rainstorms in summer, and the main disastrous weather is heavy rain and strong cold wave.

hydrology

There are more than 50 rivers in Yidu city. The Yangtze River flows from huyatan, Yaoting District, Yichang city to Yangxi from north to south, and then into Zhijiang City. The river section in the city is 45 kilometers long. Qingjiang River flows into the Yangtze River from Changyang in the west to the urban area. The river section within the city is 33 km long. Yuyang River (also known as Hanyang River) enters Wufeng county and flows through Panjiawan, Niejiahe, Wuyanquan and Yaojiadian towns. It flows into Qingjiang River at the junction of Wuyanquan town and Yaojiadian town. It is a tributary of Qingjiang River with a river section of 60 km in the city. In addition, there are 44 major and minor rivers, including Daxi River, Jiudao River, Songmuping Chenjia River, Jianyan River and Gangou river.

natural resources

water resource

In 2014, the total amount of water resources census in Yidu city was 823.5 million cubic meters, including 812.5 million cubic meters of surface water resources, 3110.6 million cubic meters of groundwater resources, and 2116 cubic meters per person of water resources per capita. The city's total water supply is 1840.2 million cubic meters, including 181.83 million cubic meters of surface water and 021.9 million cubic meters of groundwater.

land resource

The distribution pattern of land resources in Yidu city is "seven mountains, one water and two fields". As of 2015, the city's total land area is 135482.83 hectares, including 63228.57 hectares in southwest mountainous area, accounting for 46.67%; 55926.18 hectares in central hilly area, accounting for 41.28%; 16328.08 hectares in plain along the river, accounting for 12.05%. There are 7 soil types, 18 subclasses, 64 soil genera and 183 soil species of red soil, yellow soil, yellow brown soil, limestone soil, purple soil, fluvo aquic soil and paddy soil. The cultivated land area of the city is 22206.99 hectares, accounting for 60% of the cultivated land distribution

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