Zaoyang City, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province

Zaoyang, a county-level city, is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, east of the confluence of Tangbai River and Han River. It borders Suizhou in the East, Xiangzhou District in the west, Yicheng in the south, Tanghe County in Henan Province in the north, Tongbai County in Henan Province in the northeast and Xinye County in Henan Province in the northwest.

Zaoyang City has a total area of 3277 square kilometers. As of the end of 2016, it has jurisdiction over 3 streets and 12 towns, with a total population of 1.1406 million. In 2017, Zaoyang achieved a GDP of 61.75 billion yuan, an increase of 8.3% year on year. According to the resident population, the per capita GDP was 61629 yuan, up 9.3% year on year.

The terrain of Zaoyang City is mainly hilly land. The northeast and south parts of Zaoyang City belong to Tongbai mountain and Dahong mountain with rolling hills and the terrain inclines from northeast to southwest. It belongs to subtropical continental monsoon climate with cold winter and hot summer, mild spring and autumn, four distinct seasons and moderate rainfall.

Zaoyang is the hometown of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty. It is also the "hometown of peach in China" and "one of the top ten advanced counties (cities) in grain production in China". There are cultural relics in Zaoyang, such as the Neolithic carved dragon stele ancient human site, jiuliandun warring States Chu tomb, Baishui temple and so on. In October 2018, it was selected into the top 100 counties and cities with investment potential, top 100 counties and cities with scientific and technological innovation, and top 100 counties and cities with new urbanization quality in 2018. In December 2018, it was selected as one of the top 100 comprehensive competitiveness of county economy in China. It was selected as one of the top 100 counties and cities of new urbanization quality in China in 2019 and one of the top 100 counties of business environment in China in 2019. The quality of National Farmers' cooperatives was improved, and the pilot units were promoted throughout the county. On December 31, 2019, it will be selected as a typical county of rural innovation and entrepreneurship in China.

Historical evolution

In the Zhou Dynasty, Zaoyang was the state of Tang, a small state of Chu; in the spring and Autumn period, in 505 BC, the state of Tang was destroyed by Chu.

In 221 BC, the Qin Dynasty unified China, abolished the enfeoffment system and implemented the county system. CaiYang county was established in Zaoyang area, which was under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County.

In the fourth year of the early Yuan Dynasty (45 BC), with the approval of emperor yuan of the Western Han Dynasty, Baishui (now wudian town) and Tangxian (now Tangxian Town, Zengdu District, Suizhou City) in CaiYang county were divided into two townships. Chunling Marquis state (the ancient city in the North of today's wudian town) was set up and Liu Ren (after emperor Jingdi of the Han Dynasty) was transferred as Chongling marquis.

In the fifth year of Jianwu (AD 29), Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty issued an edict to improve the system of Chongling Township and change it into Zhangling county. Later, Xiangxiang county was set up in the northeast of Xiangyang County. Today, Zaoyang area is divided into three counties, namely Caiyang County, Zhangling County and Xiangxiang County, all under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County.

During the reign of emperor Daowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-396 A.D.), the county of abandoned Xiang was Guangchang county, which was under the jurisdiction of Guangchang county.

In the first year of Sui Huishou (A.D. 601), Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty changed Guangchang county to Zaoyang County in order to avoid the crown prince Yang Guangbo.

In the third year of Wude (627 AD), CaiYang county was merged into Zaoyang County, which was under the jurisdiction of Changzhou. In the same year, Chongling county was merged into Zaoyang County in the first year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan reign, and the territory of Zaoyang was basically shaped. In 636 ad, Zaoyang was under the jurisdiction of Suizhou, which was the East Road of Shannan.

In the 12th year of Shaoxing (1142 AD), Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty promoted Zaoyang county to Zaoyang army in order to fight against Jinbing; in the 3rd year of shaoding (1230 AD), Zaoyang was under the jurisdiction of Ma Qian, the army of West Beijing.

In 1283 A.D., Zaoyang was under the jurisdiction of Xiangyang Road, Zhongshu Province, Jiangbei, Henan Province.

In the ninth year of Hongwu (1376 A.D.) of the Ming Dynasty, Zaoyang belonged to Xiangyang Prefecture, the Political Department of Huguang.

In 1644 A.D., Zaoyang was under the jurisdiction of Xiangyang Prefecture, Hubei Province.

In 1913, the government system was abolished and Zaoyang was directly under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province. In May 1914, the provincial government set up a road. Zaoyang belonged to the North Hubei Road at the beginning, and then changed to Xiangyang Road (Xiangyang). In 1927, the road was abandoned, which was directly under Hubei Province. In 1932, Zaoyang was under the jurisdiction of the eighth district administrative inspector general's office; in 1937, the eighth district was renamed the Fifth District, and Zaoyang was under the jurisdiction of the Fifth District.

On August 6, 1949, the counties in Zaoyang formed Zaoyang county.

In September 1955, Hongshan county was abolished, and its Pinglin (including Qingtan) returned to Zaoyang. At this time, the territory of Zaoyang was finalized and was under the jurisdiction of Xiangyang Prefecture.

In October 1983, the system of city governing county was implemented, and Zaoyang was under the jurisdiction of Xiangfan City.

In January 1988, with the approval of the State Council, Zaoyang county was abolished and Zaoyang City was established, which was managed by Xiangyang City.

administrative division

By the end of 2014, Zaoyang City had 3 streets (Nancheng street, Beicheng street, Huancheng Street) and 12 towns (Lutou Town, Xinshi Town, Taiping Town, Yanglong Town, Qifang Town, Juwan Town, xiongji Town, Wudian Town, Pinglin Town, Wangcheng Town, Xinglong Town, Liusheng town), and the county government was stationed at No.1 Chaoyang Road, Beicheng street.

geographical environment

Location context

Zaoyang City is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, east of the confluence of Tangbai River and Han River, which belongs to Han River Basin. It borders Suizhou in the East, Xiangzhou District in the west, Yicheng in the south, Tanghe County in Henan Province in the north, Tongbai County in Henan Province in the Northeast, and Xinye County in Henan Province in the northwest. It is 53 km wide from east to west, 78 km long from north to south, with a total area of 3277 square kilometers Longitude 112 ° 30 ′ - 113 ° 00 ′, latitude 31 ° 40 ′ - 32 ° 40 ′.

topographic features

The topography of Zaoyang City is mainly hilly land. The northeast and south part belong to Tongbai mountain and Dahong mountain, with rolling hills, and the terrain inclines from northeast to southwest. Yuhuangding in the northeast is the highest point in Hubei Province, with an altitude of 778.5 meters, and most of the rest are about 400 meters. In the middle and northwest are hills and plains. Continuous hills, Xiangbei and Guangbei form the famous "Three North Hills" in Hubei Province. The area of hills accounts for 54.8% of the total area of the city, with an altitude of 100 meters to 200 meters. The lowest point in Hubei Province is wazigang in Caiyang, with an altitude of 70 meters.

climate

Zaoyang City has a subtropical continental monsoon climate with cold winter and hot summer, mild spring and autumn, four distinct seasons and moderate rainfall. The annual average frost free period is 232 days, the annual average precipitation is between 500 and 1000 mm, and the annual average temperature is 15.5 ℃.

hydrology

There are more than 180 big and small rivers in Zaoyang City, which are divided into six water systems: gunhe River, Heiqing River, Xiaohuanghe River, Sanjia River, Yinghe River and Chunhe river. The drainage area is more than 3000 square kilometers, of which gunhe river is the largest river in Zaoyang.

natural resources

water resource

Zaoyang City has a rainfall bearing area of 3514 square kilometers (284 square kilometers of passenger water). According to the average annual rainfall of 857.7mm, the annual total water volume is 3.13 billion cubic meters, and the runoff is 830 million cubic meters. There are two large reservoirs in the territory, including Xionghe reservoir with a total capacity of 245 million cubic meters, Huayanghe reservoir with a total capacity of 123 million cubic meters, and Shahe reservoir with the largest medium-sized reservoir with a total capacity of 72 million cubic meters.

mineral resources

There are more than 30 kinds of mineral resources in Zaoyang, including 11 kinds of metals and 20 kinds of non metals. Rutile is the largest metal resource reserve, which is located in Dafu mountain, Lutou Town, with a rutile content of 5.3553 million tons. Metal resources include copper, gold, platinum, palladium, iron, manganese, lead, vanadium, titanium, magnetite, etc. The non-metallic resources include gabbro diabase, marble, mirabilite, phosphorus, barite, limestone, gypsum, orthoclase, jade, alunite, talc, stalactite, bentonite, salt, asbestos, etc.

Population nationality

population

At the end of 2014, the total population of Zaoyang City was 1.147 million, the birth rate was 12.7 ‰, the mortality rate was 4.7 ‰, and the natural population growth rate was 8 ‰. The sex ratio of male to female was 109.83.

nation

There are 15 ethnic minorities in the territory, and the more populous ethnic minorities are Hui, Tujia, etc.

Economics

overview

In 2019, Zaoyang's GDP will reach 67.491 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9%. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 9.976 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2%; that of the secondary industry was 30.089 billion yuan, an increase of 10.0%; that of the industry was 27.183 billion yuan, an increase of 10.2%; that of the tertiary industry was 27.426 billion yuan, an increase of 7.1%. The tertiary industrial structure was 14.8:44.6:40.6. Compared with the same period last year, the primary industry was flat, the secondary industry decreased by 0.2 percentage points, and the tertiary industry increased by 0.2 percentage points. The structure was further optimized. According to the resident population, the per capita GDP was 67142 yuan, an increase of 7.77%.

In 2019, the total local financial revenue of Zaoyang City is 3.45 billion yuan, an increase of 6.34% year on year. The local general public budget revenue was 2.705 billion yuan, an increase of 2.93% over the same period last year, of which the tax revenue was 2.053 billion yuan. Local general public budget expenditure was 8.373 billion yuan, up 7.7% year on year.

In 2019, the fixed asset investment of Zaoyang City increased by 11.2% year on year. Among them, the project investment of more than 5 million yuan increased by 15.9% year on year. The total number of construction projects throughout the year was 255, a decrease of 41, including 164 new projects.

In 2019, the per capita disposable income of all residents in Zaoyang City will reach 28575 yuan, an increase of 10.06%. Among them, the per capita disposable income of urban permanent residents was 38544 yuan, an increase of 3561 yuan over the previous year

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