Gucheng County, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province

Gucheng County, under the jurisdiction of Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, the southeast foot of Wudang Mountains and the southwest Bank of the middle reaches of the Han River, with a total area of 2553 square kilometers. As of June 2020, Gucheng County has nine towns and one township. As of 2019, Gucheng County has a total population of 595800.

Qin, set up Zhuyang county. In November 2010, it was transferred to Xiangyang City. It belongs to the border zone of Qinling Mountains, dabashong extension and Jianghan Plain, and the overall terrain decreases from southwest to northeast. It belongs to the north subtropical monsoon climate zone and is the natural zone of evergreen broad-leaved mixed forest.

Gucheng County is a national model city of double support, a national health county, a sub County for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics, and a food safety demonstration county in Hubei Province. On April 29, 2019, the Hubei provincial government approved Gucheng County to withdraw from the poverty-stricken county sequence.

In 2019, the GDP of Gucheng County will reach 40.843 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2%. The added value of the primary industry was 3.967 billion yuan, an increase of 3.4%. The added value of the secondary industry was 22.241 billion yuan, an increase of 9.3%. The added value of the tertiary industry was 14.635 billion yuan, an increase of 7.7%.

History of construction

Gucheng area belongs to Yuzhou in ancient times.

In the 11th century BC, the surname Ying (named SUI) was granted the name of GuBo in Zhou Dynasty. The capital city was built in Gushan, named GuBo state, also known as guguo.

In the spring and Autumn period, the state of Gu was a vassal of Chu.

In Qin Dynasty, Zhuyang county was established by Zhushui, belonging to Nanyang County.

After Qin Dynasty, Fufeng County, Yicheng County, Fanyang County, Yicheng County and Wannian county were set up successively.

In 598, it was renamed Gucheng County, and its name is still used today.

In Sui, Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Gucheng was subordinate to Nanyang County, Xiangyang County, Jingzhou Dudu Prefecture and Xiangyang Prefecture.

During the period of the Republic of China, Gucheng County was successively subordinate to the recruitment office of Yunjing Road, Anxiang branch of Hubei military government. Xiangyang Road, the fourth appeasement District of Hubei Province, the eighth administrative supervision district and the fifth administrative supervision district of Hubei Province.

On July 3, 1948, it belonged to Hannan Office of Tongbai administrative office.

In September 1949, Gucheng County was subordinate to the office of the Commissioner of Xiangyang administrative region of Hubei Province.

In October 1983, it was subordinate to Xiangfan City.

Since November 2010, it is subordinate to Xiangyang City

administrative division

As of June 2020, Gucheng County has nine towns and one township: Chengguan Town, Shihua Town, Shengkang Town, miaotan Town, Wushan Town, Cihe Town, Nanhe Town, Zijin Town, Lengji Town, Zhaowan Township, and Xieshan forest farm. The county government is located at 52 Xianfu street, Chengguan town.

geographical environment

Location context

Gucheng County is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, at the southeast foot of Wudang Mountains and the southwest Bank of the middle reaches of the Han River, between 111 ° 07 ′ - 111 ° 52 ′ E and 31 ° 53 ′ - 32 ° 29 ′ n. It is bounded by Hanjiang River in the East and faces Laohekou City, and borders Danjiangkou City in the north. It is adjacent to Fangxian County in the West and Nanzhang county and Baokang County in the south. It is 69 kilometers long from east to west and 66 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 2553 square kilometers.

topographic features

Gucheng County is located in the mountainous area of Northwest Hubei Province, which is the border zone between Qinling Mountains, Dabashan Mountain extension and Jianghan Plain. The main mountain line is controlled by geological structure, which is nearly East-West; it is close to high mountains in the South and Han River in the north. The overall terrain decreases from southwest to northeast, showing a "C" shape with an opening in the northeast direction, forming three-step geomorphic features of southwest, central and northeast. The slope is 1:2, which is folded fan-shaped. The highest point is Qinglong mountain in Zhaowan Township in the southwest, with an altitude of 1584 meters. The lowest point is Jiudaowan in Cihe town in the southeast, with an altitude of 71 meters and a relative elevation difference of 1513 meters.

climate

Gucheng is located in the north subtropical monsoon climate zone. It is a natural zone of evergreen broad-leaved mixed forest. It has abundant rainfall, sufficient light, four distinct seasons, the same season of rain and heat, and long frost free period. The average annual precipitation is 800-1200 mm, the average annual temperature is 15.4 ° C, the extreme maximum temperature is 41.4 ° C, the extreme minimum temperature is - 19 ° C, the annual sunshine hours is 1894.2 hours, the sunshine rate is 43%, and the frost free period is 234 days.

hydrology

There are 107 rivers more than 5 km in Gucheng County, which belong to the three river systems of Hanjiang River, Nanhe River and Beihe River, among which 12 rivers have a drainage area of more than 100 square kilometers. Hanjiang River is the boundary river. It flows from Shenwan wangjiakan of Gucheng County to Gucheng County, and from gaojiayazi of Yuci River to Xiangyang. The flow is 85 km, with a drainage area of 606.56 square km. The maximum discharge is 61000 cubic meters, the minimum discharge is 572 cubic meters, and the annual runoff is 56.3 billion cubic meters.

Nanhe river originates at the southeast foot of Shennongjia and is a major tributary of the southwest Bank of the middle reaches of Hanjiang River. The total length of the main stream is 303 km, with a drainage area of 6490 km2. The average annual rainfall in the basin is 1031.7 mm, and the total annual runoff is 2.47 billion cubic meters. From manaoguan village of Zijin town to geleizui village of Chengguan Town, the river flows 74 km, with a drainage area of 1051.3 square kilometers. Beihe river originates from nanjingou, Fangxian County, at the south foot of Wudang Mountain. The main stream is 103 km long, with a drainage area of 1212 square kilometers. The average annual precipitation in the basin is 997.5 mm, and the annual runoff is 460 million cubic meters. From yanjiazhou village of Zijin town to Hanjiang River at Angang village of Chengguan Town, the flow is 59.6km long and the drainage area is 894.71km2.

natural resources

land resource

Gucheng County has a total land area of 254097.32 hectares, including 228851.34 hectares of agricultural land, accounting for 90.06% of the total area. The construction land area is 15088.3 hectares, accounting for 5.94% of the total area. The unused land area is 10157.68 hectares, accounting for 4% of the total area.

The ratio of hill, water surface and farmland in Gucheng County is 8:0.5:1.5, the per capita cultivated land is 0.99 mu, and the average agricultural population occupies 1.85 mu. The soil is developed from 7 kinds of parent rocks, mainly including modern river alluvium, Quaternary loess, metamorphic rock, red sandstone, limestone, shale and basic rock. There are 5 soil types, 10 subclasses, 29 soil genera and 118 soil species. Paddy soil accounted for 11.8%, yellow brown soil 59.8%, lime soil 23.5%, purple soil and fluvo aquic soil 4.9%.

mineral resources

Gucheng County has 37 kinds of minerals, including iron, titanium, gold, copper, molybdenum, silica, dolomite, limestone, facing stone, barite, etc., 1 kind of energy mineral (coal), 14 kinds of metal mineral and 22 kinds of non-metal mineral. Among them, there are rich silica resources, with reserves of 49.98 million tons and prospective reserves of 200 million tons.

In Gucheng County, there are 89 deposits of various types, of which 7 have been identified, including 1 large deposit (ilmenite associated deposit), 2 medium deposit and 4 small deposit. There are 1 large deposit and 3 medium deposit in the mining area. It may become one large deposit and three medium deposit. There are 44 mining areas developed and utilized, including 1 large mining area and 43 small mining areas.

water resource

By 2019, there are 87 reservoirs in Gucheng County, including 1 large reservoir, 7 medium reservoirs and 79 small reservoirs. There are 8575 weirs and ponds and 99 pumping stations for irrigation above 30 kW. The total installed capacity is 7191 kW. The annual water lifting capacity is 30 million cubic meters, 651 electromechanical wells, 651 total installed units, and the annual water intake is 5.11 million cubic meters.

Biological resources

There are 1574 species of wild plants belonging to 735 genera and 183 families in Gucheng County, and 27 species are rare and endangered in China. Among them, there are 15 species of national key protected wild plants (4 species at the first level and 13 species at the second level). There are 8 species of national precious tree species (2 species of first grade and 6 species of second grade). There are 15 species of rare and endangered plants in China (4 species in grade 2 and 11 species in grade 3).

There are 296 species of wild vertebrates in Gucheng County, which belong to 30 orders, 89 families, 218 genera, including 38 species of fish, 21 species of amphibians, 31 species of reptiles, 13 orders, 40 families, 93 genera, 133 species of birds and 73 species of mammals. Among the wild animals, there are 54 species of national key protected animals (5 species at the first level and 49 species at the second level).

population

In 2019, there will be 214100 households and 595800 population in Gucheng County. Among them, there were 306700 males and 289100 females. The rural population is 305700, and the urban population is 290100. The birth rate was 9.79%, the fertility rate was 97.41%, and the sex ratio was 107.42%.

The ethnic group consists of 21 ethnic groups, including Han, Hui, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uygur, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Buyi, Korean, Manchu, Dong, Yao, Bai, Tujia, Kazak, Dai, Li, WA, Tu and nu. Among them, the Han nationality accounts for 99.80% of the total population, and other ethnic minorities account for 1.20% of the total population.

Economics

overview

In 2019, the GDP of Gucheng County will reach 40.843 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2%. The added value of the primary industry was 3.967 billion yuan, an increase of 3.4%. The added value of the secondary industry was 22.241 billion yuan, an increase of 9.3%. The added value of the tertiary industry was 14.635 billion yuan, an increase of 7.7%.

In 2019, the fixed assets of Gucheng County will increase by 12.5%. Among them, 871 million yuan was invested in the primary industry, an increase of 453.1%. The investment in the secondary industry was 19.217 billion yuan, an increase of 4.5%. The investment in the tertiary industry was 7.720 billion yuan, an increase of 25.3%. The project investment of more than 50 million yuan was 25.802 billion yuan, an increase of 14.3%. Projects under 50 million yuan

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