Zhongxiang City, Jingmen City, Hubei Province

Zhongxiang City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, is managed by Jingmen City. It is located in the middle reaches of Hanjiang River in the middle of Hubei Province. It is adjacent to Yicheng and Suizhou in the north, Tianmen and Shayang in the south, Jingshan in the East, Dongbao District and Duodao District in the West. It is between 30 ° 42 '- 31 ° 36' n and 112 ° 07 '- 113 ° 00' E. there are 207 National Highway, Jiaozhi railway, Changjing railway, Xiangjing Expressway and Wuzhou railway Jing Expressway passes through the border.

Zhongxiang City has a total area of 4488 square kilometers. By the end of 2018, it has jurisdiction over one street, 15 towns, one Township, and two provincial-level economic and technological development zones. In 2018, the GDP of Zhongxiang City was 50.5 billion yuan, an increase of 8% over 2017. Zhongxiang is located in the middle and low mountainous area of Hubei Province, with high terrain in the northeast and low terrain in the southwest. It belongs to the north subtropical monsoon climate zone, with four distinct seasons, simultaneous rain and heat, abundant rainfall and mild climate.

Zhongxiang is a famous historical and cultural city in China. It is one of the important birthplaces of Chu culture. It has a written history of more than 2700 years. Zhongxiang also created a number of historical celebrities, such as Zhu hougui, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, Song Yu, a scholar of Chu Ci, Mo Chou Nu, an artist of Chu song and dance, and so on. In the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, it was called Jiaoying. It was the capital of the state of Chu. In 1531 ad, Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty was born and made his fortune here. He took the meaning of "Fengshui Baodi, auspicious place" and gave the county the name of "Zhongxiang". He promoted Anlu prefecture to Chengtian Prefecture, which was one of the three prefectures directly under the central government of the Ming Dynasty. After the founding of new China, the name of the county was still Zhongxiang. In May 1992, the State Council approved the withdrawal of Zhongxiang from county to city.

Zhongxiang has a large number of long-lived people. It is the "hometown of longevity in the world" certified by the United Nations Institute for the aged. It is also an excellent tourism city in China, a national sustainable development experimental area, a national ecological demonstration area, a national advanced county and city in science and technology progress, and a national advanced cultural county and city. In 2019, it will be listed as a demonstration county (District) of national intellectual property project. The second batch of national agricultural product quality and safety counties.

Historical evolution

During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, today Zhongxiang is a suburb of Chu.

In Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Nanjun.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Ying county was set up along the Qin system, and Zhongxiang county was set up. Since then, it still belonged to Nanjun. In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, Ying county was abolished.

In the Three Kingdoms, Wu set up a garrison in the suburb of Ying, and built a city based on mountains and stones, which was named Shicheng.

In the ninth year of Yuankang (299), Huidi of the Western Jin Dynasty set up jingling county and ruled Shicheng (now Zhongxiang).

In 470, Changshou county was established as jingling county. In 551, Changshou county was changed into Changshou County, and Yingzhou was set up in the same year to govern Changshou.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Yingzhou was changed to Anlu prefecture to govern longevity.

In 1376, Anlu Prefecture was changed into Anlu Prefecture, and Changshou county was incorporated into the prefecture; in 1531, Anlu Prefecture was promoted to Chengtian Prefecture; in the same year, the county was established again, named Zhongxiang after "auspicious bell gathering", and Chengtian Prefecture governed Zhongxiang.

In the third year of Shunzhi (1646) of Qing Dynasty, Tianfu was changed into Anlu Fu, and Zhongxiang was still under the rule.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Anlu Prefecture was abolished, and Zhongxiang County belonged to the fourth administrative supervision district of Hubei Province; in the 21st year (1932), it belonged to the sixth administrative supervision district; in the 25th year (1936), it belonged to the third administrative supervision District; in the 37th year (1948), it belonged to the fourth administrative supervision district.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the name of the county was still Zhongxiang, belonging to Jingzhou District Administrative Office of Hubei Province.

In May 1992, with the approval of the State Council, Zhongxiang county was abolished and Zhongxiang City (county level) was established, which still belongs to Jingzhou administrative office.

In December 1996, it was transferred to Jingmen City, Hubei Province.

administrative division

By the end of 2015, Zhongxiang City had one street, 15 towns and one Township under its jurisdiction, and the municipal government was stationed at No. 12, Shicheng Avenue Middle Road, Yingzhong street.

geographical environment

Location context

Zhongxiang City is located in the middle of Hubei Province and the middle reaches of Hanjiang River, with Yicheng and Suizhou in the north, Shayang County of Tianmen and Jingmen in the south, Jingshan city in the East, Dongbao District and Duodao District in the West. The maximum vertical distance from north to south is 100.6 km, and the maximum horizontal distance from east to west is 83.5 km. The total area of Zhongxiang City is 4488 square kilometers, between 30 ° 42 '- 31 ° 36' n and 112 ° 07 '- 113 ° 00' E.

Geology and geomorphology

Zhongxiang is located in the middle of the Yangtze paraplatform, belonging to the Neocathaysian and huaiyangshan structural belt. It is located in the western edge of the third step of China's terrain, and is in the middle of the Hanjiang plain. The terrain of the whole area is mountainous in the East and West, high on both sides, flat in the middle, and gently declining from north to south. The highest altitude in the territory is 1051 meters (hakodal zhaigongyan), the lowest is 32 meters (shujiatai), and the maximum height difference is 1019 meters. The mountainous area is 917 square kilometers, accounting for 20.4% of the city's total land area, the hilly area is 2234 square kilometers, accounting for 49.8% of the city's total land area, and the plain area is 1337 square kilometers, accounting for 29.8% of the city's total land area.

climate

Zhongxiang belongs to the north subtropical monsoon humid climate zone, with four distinct seasons, abundant heat, suitable light, abundant rain, the same season of rain and heat, and long frost free period. The annual total radiation is 112.1 kcal / cm2, the annual sunshine hours are 1823-1978 hours, the sunshine rate is 41% - 44%, the annual average temperature is 16.2 ℃, the frost free period is 250-267 days, and the annual precipitation is about 1100-1300 mm.

hydrology

Zhongxiang has a vast water area, many reservoirs, weirs, rivers and lakes, and a dense water network. There are 23 well-known rivers in Zhongxiang, mainly including the main stream of Hanjiang River and its tributaries man river, Li River, Zhupi River, fengle River, Zhi river, Ao River, Changshou River, Changtan River, etc.; there are 35 lakes, most of which are distributed in the plain area on both sides of Hanjiang River.

natural resources

land resource

As of 2016, the total land area of Zhongxiang City is 431938.88 hectares, including 187987.45 hectares of cultivated land, 3324.31 hectares of garden land, 116957.29 hectares of forest land, 14082.81 hectares of grassland, 34408.41 hectares of urban, rural and industrial land, 6861.67 hectares of transportation land, 59892.87 hectares of water area and facilities land, 8424.07 hectares of farmland and other unused land.

plant resources

As of 2016, there are 2326 species of vascular plants in 930 genera of 186 families in Zhongxiang City. Among them, there are 84 species of Pteridophytes in 45 genera of 28 families, 72 species of gymnosperms in 25 genera of 9 families, and 2170 species of angiosperms in 860 genera of 149 families. Among angiosperms, there are 1809 species of dicotyledons belonging to 672 genera of 125 families and 361 species of monocotyledons belonging to 188 genera of 24 families. Among the vascular plants, 453 species belong to 142 genera of 54 families; 479 species belong to 184 genera of 65 families; 147 species belong to 63 genera of 23 families; 1247 species belong to 608 genera of 123 families.

Animal resources

As of 2016, there are 143 species of wild animals in Zhongxiang City, 25 orders and 50 families in four classes, including 21 species in 11 families of 6 orders of mammals, 99 species in 31 families of 15 orders of ornitha, 13 species in 5 families of 3 orders of Reptilia, and 10 species in 3 families of 1 order of amphibia. There are 29 kinds of rare and endangered wild animals, including 2 at national level, 27 at national level and 78 at provincial level. The national first-class protected animals mainly include: Chinese merganser and white crane; the national second-class wild protected animals mainly include pangolin, yellow throat mink, otter, big civet, little civet, tiger frog, crested eagle, kite, Liyuan, goshawk, red bellied eagle, sparrow hawk, sparrow hawk, common buzzard, eagle eagle, vulture, white tailed Harrier, swallow falcon, peregrine falcon, white fronted goose, Little Swan, red bellied Caragana Grey crane, eagle owl, long eared owl, short eared owl, etc.

mineral resources

As of 2016, Zhongxiang City has discovered 37 kinds of mineral resources in 8 categories, accounting for 26.39% of the total number of minerals discovered in Hubei Province. There are 90 proven minerals in 22 categories, including 929 million tons of phosphate rock and 7.445 million tons of Rectorite.

Population nationality

population

At the end of 2015, the total registered residence of Zhongxiang was 1 million 59 thousand, with a permanent population of 1 million 15 thousand and 500 and 341 thousand and 500 registered residence households. In 2015, the birth population was 10648, and the sex ratio of birth population was 100:102.36.

nation

As of 2011, there are 18 ethnic minorities in Zhongxiang City, except the Han nationality, namely: Hui, Tujia, Miao, Manchu, Mongolian, Zhuang, Tu, Dong, Yi, Yao, Uygur, Buyi, Korean, Bai, Li, Tibetan, Dai and Qiang.

Current leader

Secretary of the municipal Party committee: He Ping

Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party committee and mayor: Guo Zhiquan

Economic overview

overview

In 2015, Zhongxiang achieved a GDP of 38.278 billion yuan, an increase of 9.4% over 2014 (the same below). Among them, the primary, secondary and tertiary industries increased by 5%, 10.9% and 8.9% respectively. The total local revenue reached 2.235 billion yuan, an increase of 14.3%. The per capita disposable income of urban permanent residents was 25821 yuan, an increase of 9%; the per capita disposable income of rural permanent residents was 15106 yuan, an increase of 9.2%.

In 2016, the city's GDP reached 41.864 billion yuan, an increase of 8.5%. Among them, the primary, secondary and tertiary industries increased by 4.1%, 8.5% and 10.8% respectively. The structure of the three industries was adjusted from 15.6:56.2:28.2 of the previous year to 1

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