Xiaochang County, Xiaogan City, Hubei Province

Xiaochang County, a county under the jurisdiction of Xiaogan City, Hubei Province, is an important part of Wuhan city circle. The county is located in the northeast of Hubei Province, at the south foot of Dabie Mountain and the north of Jianghan Plain. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south. The eroded low mountains and cutting hills intersect each other. The landform is mainly hilly and mountainous, with four distinct seasons, abundant heat, abundant rainfall and long frost free period. The total land area is 1217 square meters Kilometers.

Xiaochang has a long history. It was built in Liu Song period of Southern Dynasty and has a history of more than 1550 years. Liu Jun, the third son of Liu Yilong, the Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty, won the throne by attacking Liu Shao, the elder brother who killed his father and usurped the throne last year. After Liu Jun ascended the throne, his name was changed to "Xiaojian". In order to win the trust of the people and consolidate the throne, he vigorously advocated filial piety and rewarded the people with filial piety. In the first year of Xiaojian (454), he set up a new County named "Xiaochang" in the east of Anlu county and the south of jinkan county (now Luoshan County, Henan Province), in order to praise the simplicity of the local people and the prosperity of filial piety.

In 2019, Xiaochang County will achieve GDP of 13.906 billion yuan, industrial added value of 1.29 billion yuan, total retail sales of social consumer goods of 8.914 billion yuan, and fiscal revenue of 1.701 billion yuan. On September 25, 2018, it won the honorary title of "2018 e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration county" of the Ministry of Commerce. In December 2018, Xiaochang County was rated as the happiest County in China. In April 2020, the people's Government of Hubei Province approved Xiaochang County to withdraw from poverty-stricken counties.

Historical evolution

At the beginning of Xiaochang County, it was under the jurisdiction of Jiangxia County in Yingzhou. In the Southern Dynasty, Qi was in Yiyang County of zhensi Prefecture. In the Southern Dynasties, Liang was attached to Anlu County of Nansi Prefecture. In the 16th year of Datong in the Western Wei Dynasty (550), Xiaochang was transformed into Yueshan county and Yuezhou was established. In the first year of Wucheng in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (559), Yuezhou and Yueshan county were established as Huanyue County, which was subordinate to the general manager of Anzhou.

At the beginning of Sui Dynasty, the prefectures were abolished and the prefectures were unified into counties, which were under the jurisdiction of the general manager's office of Anzhou. In 583, Xiaochang County was restored to Jingzhou. Yang Di, the successor, changed the state to a county. In the first year of Daye (605), he was subordinate to Anlu county.

In the early Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Anlu County, the central governor of Anzhou, Huainan road. In the fourth to eighth year of Wude (621-625), the county was once located in Anzhou and Huanyang county. Kaiyuan twenty-one years (733 years), change Lishan South East Road. BAOYING was changed to Mianyang in the second year (763). In 808, Xiaochang County entered Yunmeng County. Xiantong years (860-873), the restoration of Xiaochang County, under the Huainan road Anlu county.

In the late Liang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, he was attached to Xuanwei army. In the second year of Tongguang (924), Xiaochang County was changed into Xiaogan County, which belonged to Anyuan army and belonged to Anzhou. In the later Tang Dynasty, Xiaogan County belonged to Anzhou and belonged to Anyuan army. Later Jin Dynasty abandoned the army. Later Han Dynasty restored Anyuan army. In the Later Zhou Dynasty, the army was abolished.

Jianlong first year of the Northern Song Dynasty (960), Li Anzhou Festival. Chunhua four years (993), Li Huainan road an army (also known as Anyuan Army). Tiansheng first year (1023) Li Jing West Road Anlu county. In the first year of Xuanhe (1119), Anlu county was promoted to De'an Prefecture, which was subordinate to De'an Prefecture.

In the fourth year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1130), he was attached to the governor of Anzhou. Shaoxing three years (1133) Li Jing Hubei Road De'an house.

From the Yuan Dynasty to the 13th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1276), it was attached to the De'an mansion of xuanweisi, North Jinghu road. In the 18th year of Zhiyuan (1281), it was under the jurisdiction of De'an Prefecture. In the 29th year of the Zhiyuan Dynasty (1292), it was transferred to the prefecture of De'an in Henan Province. In the thirtieth year of the Zhiyuan Dynasty (1293), it was again attached to the De'an Prefecture in Huangzhou.

Ming Hongwu first year (1368), Li Hu Guang Xing province De'an house. Hongwu nine years, Li Huguang minister Huangzhou office. Hongwu ten years (1377), Xiaogan County, Hunan Province, is a Huguang minister Huangzhou Prefecture de'anzhou. Hongwu 13 years (1380), the restoration of Xiaogan County, Li Huguang minister De'an house. In 1565, Lihu Guangcheng announced that Jingxi daode'an government was the Minister of government.

In 1729, it was attached to Hanyang Prefecture of Hubei Province until the revolution of 1911.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), the government was abolished and the county was under the jurisdiction of Jianghan Road, Hubei Province. In 1913, it belonged to Edong. In 1927, Daoli was abolished in the fifth administrative region of Hubei Province. In 1936, it was transferred to the third administrative supervision district. In 1939, it was transferred to Edong administrative office.

In April 1949, the people's Government of Xiaogan county was established with the approval of the third administrative office of Hubei Henan district. In May of the same year, Hubei provincial Party committee and provincial people's government were established in Huayuan town of Xiaochang County, and Xiaogan county was immediately subordinate to Hubei Province. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Xiaogan county was subordinate to the office of the Commissioner of Xiaogan administrative region of Hubei Province.

In January 1960, it was incorporated into Wuhan with Xiaogan special office;

In April 1961, it was separated from Wuhan with the Xiaogan special office.

In September 1966, it was once renamed Dongfeng County;

In February 1969, it was also called Xiaogan county.

In September 1983, with the approval of the State Council, Xiaogan county was abolished and Xiaogan City at the county level was established, still under the Xiaogan administrative office.

In April 1993, with the approval of the State Council, Xiaogan district was abolished and prefecture level Xiaogan City was established. Xiaonan District was set up in the south of the former county-level Xiaogan City, Xiaochang County was set up in the north, and the county people's government was stationed in Huayuan town.

administrative division

By 2018, Xiaochang County has 8 towns and 4 townships: Huayuan Town, Fengshan Town, Zhouxiang Town, Xiaohe Town, Wangdian Town, Weidian Town, Baisha Town, zougang Town, Xiaowu Town, Jidian Town, Huaxi town and Doushan town. In addition, there is a provincial economic development zone and two tourist resorts: Guanyin Lake Ecological and cultural tourist resort and Shuangfeng Mountain tourist resort. There are 416 villagers' committees, 3520 villagers' groups and 28 residents' committees. County People's government resident Garden Town East Honghua Avenue 1.

geographical environment

Location context

Xiaochang County is located in the northeast of Hubei Province, at the southern foot of Dabie Mountain and the north of Jianghan Plain. It borders on Huangpi District of Wuhan City in the East, Yunmeng County and Anlu City in the west, Xiaonan District of Xiaogan City in the south, Dawu county and Guangshui city of Suizhou City in the north. It spans 113 ° 45 ′ - 114 ° 15 ′ E and 31 ° 2 ′ - 31 ° 46 ′ n. It is 37 km wide from east to west and 45 km long from north to south, with a total land area of 1217 square kilometers, accounting for 13.4% of the total land area of the whole city, 0.644% of the total land area of Hubei Province and 0.124 ‰ of the total land area of the whole country.

topographic features

The topography of Xiaochang County is high in the north and low in the south, and the eroded hills and cutting hills intersect each other. The landform is dominated by hills and mountains, with water flowing through the north and South in the middle. The northeast is a low mountainous area with an altitude of 500-1000 meters and a relative height of 100-300 meters, covering 394 square kilometers, accounting for 33% of the total land area; the southwest is a low hilly area with an altitude of 100-500 meters and a relative height of less than 100 meters, covering 748 square kilometers, accounting for 62.7% of the total land area; the two banks of Shu River are alluvial plains with an area of 51.3 square kilometers, accounting for 4.3% of the total land area.

climate

Xiaochang has a subtropical monsoon humid climate. It has four distinct seasons, abundant heat, abundant rainfall and long frost free period, which is characterized by light, heat and water in the same season. The annual sunshine hours are 4427.2 hours, with an average of 10.1-14.1 hours per day. Due to the cover of clouds, the annual sunshine hours are about 2150 hours. The highest sunshine percentage was 66.7% in August, and the lowest was 35.9% in March. The annual average is 48.5%. The annual average temperature of Xiaochang is 16.1 ℃, and the annual variation forms a single peak type, that is, in a year, January is the coldest, the monthly average temperature is 3.2 ℃, the extreme minimum temperature is - 14.9 ℃ (December 28, 1991); July is the hottest, the average temperature is 28.5 ℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 38.5 ℃ (August 9, 1967). The annual range of average temperature is 25.3 ℃, and the annual range of extreme temperature is 53.4 ℃. The average annual precipitation in Xiaochang is about 1130 mm.

natural resources

water resource

The water system of Xiaochang County is composed of surface water, groundwater and passenger water. The surface water is mainly stored in rivers, ports, reservoirs, ponds and ditches in the territory; the groundwater is mainly distributed in the bath area and soaking area, 11.5-31.5 meters underground; the transit passenger water is mainly produced by the rivers such as Fuhe River, Fuhe River and Jiehe river. The average annual total amount of water resources in the county is 1.207 billion cubic meters. Among them, the runoff of surface water is 421 million cubic meters, the groundwater is 16.8 million cubic meters, and the runoff of inbound passenger water is 769 million cubic meters. The available water volume is 356.2 million cubic meters. Among them, 208.3 million cubic meters of domestic surface water, 131.1 million cubic meters of overseas surface water and 16.8 million cubic meters of underground water.

mineral resources

Xiaochang County has less mineral resources. 21 kinds of mineral resources have been found, including iron, manganese, gold, silver, copper, lead, heavy rare earth, phosphorus, barite, dolomite, limestone, marble, granite, kaolin, clay, basalt, building sand, clay for brick and tile and mineral water. Among them, 7 kinds of metal minerals (including 1 kind of heavy rare earth), 13 kinds of non-metal minerals and 1 kind of water and gas minerals (mineral water). A total of 88 mineral fields with proven (including predicted) resource reserves were found in the county. Among the non-metallic minerals, sericite, dolomite, decorative stone and building stone have great potential and broad prospects; gold, copper, lead, phosphorus and other minerals have certain potential; mineral water is rich.

Animal resources

There are more than 300 species of terrestrial vertebrates in Xiaochang County, including amphibians

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