Luotian County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province

Luotian County Luotian County, a county under the jurisdiction of Huanggang City, Hubei Province, is located in Central China, the northeast of Hubei Province, and the south foot of the Dabie Mountains. It is mountainous, and the terrain inclines from northeast to southwest, belonging to the north subtropical monsoon climate zone. With a total area of 2144 square kilometers, it governs 10 towns and 2 townships, with a permanent resident population of 552700 in 2018.

Luotian County is one of the earliest areas in Eastern Hubei where the Communist Party of China was founded. More than 100000 people joined the army and took part in the war, and 30000 Luotian heroes and heroines gave their precious lives for the founding of new China. During the great revolution, it was the birthplace of the 28th Red Army and 32nd red division led by the Communists Xiao Fang and Li Tiyun to fight in Hubei, Henan and Anhui; during the war of liberation, it was the main battlefield for Liu Deng's army to leap into the Dabie Mountains; Luotian County is the core scenic spot of the Dabie Mountains and the location of the Dabie Mountain World Geopark, with 4A scenic spots such as Tiantangzhai and bodaofeng national scenic spots, and 3a scenic spots such as sage hall and yan'ergu national scenic spots In addition, there are SANLIFAN hot spring, Jinshi river rafting and other scenic spots; on December 31, 2019, it was selected as a typical county of rural innovation and entrepreneurship in China.

In 2018, the gross domestic product of Luotian County was 13.823 billion yuan, an increase of 6.4% over the previous year at comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 2.556 billion yuan, an increase of 3.1%; the added value of the secondary industry was 5.036 billion yuan, an increase of 6.5%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 6.231 billion yuan, an increase of 8.0%.

Historical evolution

Luotian was inhabited by human beings in the Neolithic age.

Xia, Shang and Zhou belong to Yangzhou.

The Western Zhou Dynasty belongs to Xianzi state.

During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, it belonged to Chu state, and Jiuzihe town was once set up in Jiuzi county.

In the Western Han Dynasty, it was the Marquis state of Songzi. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was the Marquis state of Qichun, belonging to Jiangxia county.

In the Three Kingdoms period, Wei was subordinate to Anfeng County of Yuzhou, and Wu was subordinate to Qichun County of Yangzhou.

In the Western Jin Dynasty, Gaoling county first belonged to Wuchang County, and then Anfeng County of Yuzhou. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Anfeng county was subordinate to Yiyang County of Yuzhou.

In the northern and Southern Dynasties, Liu Song was subordinate to Yiyang County of Yuzhou in the early years of the Song Dynasty, and later divided into Dong'an, Yi'an, Zhishui and other Manxian counties, which belonged to Xiyang County of Yingzhou. Later, it was changed to Yi'an County, which was subordinate to Qi'an County of Yingzhou. In June of the fourth year of emperor Liang Wu's reign (523), Luotian County was established and attached to Yicheng County. The county was governed by Kuishan near Shiqiaopu. According to Wang Baoxin, a local chronicler, the name of "Luotian" came from the placement of the Tian family, a giant bashui man family, in Luozhou (Luotian belonged to Luozhou at that time).

In the Sui Dynasty, Luotian was changed to Qichun county.

In the Tang Dynasty, Luotian County was merged into Lanxi County, belonging to Qichun County in Huainan.

In the Five Dynasties, it was located in Qishui county. At first, it belonged to Yang Wu, then to the Southern Tang Dynasty, and then to the Later Zhou Dynasty.

In Song Dynasty, it belongs to Qichun county. Shiqiao Town of Qishui county was designated in 1093, and Luotian County was established. The county government was still in Kuishan. In 1265, Zhihe Township in the east of the county was designated as Yingshan County. Luotian County is still Qichun County in Huainan West Road.

At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Luotian County was abolished and Yingshan County was taken over. It was restored in 1275, belonging to Qizhou Road, Jiangbei Province, Henan Province. In 1304, the magistrate Zhou Guang moved the county government from Kuishan to guanduhe.

In the Ming Dynasty, Luotian belonged to Qizhou Prefecture of Huguang minister at the beginning, and later to Huangzhou Prefecture.

In the early Qing Dynasty, according to the Ming system, it was later renamed Huangzhou Prefecture of Hubei Province.

During the period of the Republic of China, it successively belonged to Jianghan Road, the third administrative supervision district and the second administrative supervision district of Hubei Province. During the Anti Japanese War, it was once an administrative office in Eastern Hubei.

On March 27, 1949, Luotian County was liberated. After the establishment of the people's government, it was under the jurisdiction of Huanggang prefecture (special) of Hubei Province. In 1952, the Hubei provincial government set aside Shengli town and other 13 townships, and some townships set up Shengli county. In 1955, Shengli county was abolished, and the original area was returned to Luotian. In December 1995, Huanggang district administrative office was abolished and Huanggang City was established. Luotian was subordinate to Huanggang City.

administrative division

By 2019, Luotian County has jurisdiction over 10 towns and 2 townships, including SANLIFAN Town, Shengli Town, Jiuzihe Town, baimiaohe Town, daheban Town, Daqi Town, Hepu Town, kuanghe Town, luotuoao Town, Fengshan Town, Pinghu Town, Bailianhe Town, and Fengshan Town where the government is located.

geographical environment

Location context

Luotian County is located in the northeast of Hubei Province and the south foot of Dabie Mountain. It covers an area of 2144 square kilometers. It is located between 115 ° 06 ′ - 115 ° 46 ′ E and 30 ° 35 ′ - 31 ° 16 ′ n, bordering Yingshan in the East, Xishui in the south, Tuanfeng and Macheng in the West and Jinzhai County in Anhui Province in the north.

topographic features

Luotian County is mountainous and the terrain inclines from northeast to southwest. Tiantangzhai, the main peak of Dabie Mountain in the northeast, is the highest point in the territory at an altitude of 1729 meters. Xinqiao in SANLIFAN town is the lowest point in the territory at an altitude of 46 meters, with a relative elevation difference of 1683 meters between the north and the south. In the north of the county, surrounded by mountains, there are seven high mountains above 1000 meters, and the rest are above 300 meters above sea level; in the middle of the county, the terrain is becoming wider and wider, and the hills are widely distributed, most of which are wavy shallow hills below 200 meters above sea level. Tiantangzhai is the main mountain range in the county, which is divided into four branches and extends to the south by West.

Climate and hydrology

Luotian County has a north subtropical monsoon climate, with dry (cold) winter, wet summer, warm spring and cool autumn. The average annual total sunshine hours is 2047 hours, and the average annual radiation heat is 109.25 kcal / cm2. The annual average temperature of the county is 16.4 ℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 41.6 ℃, the extreme minimum temperature is - 14.6 ℃, and the average frost free period is 240 days. The average annual precipitation of the county is 1330 mm, and the annual rainfall is mainly concentrated in May, June and July, accounting for about 50% of the annual rainfall. There are five major water systems in Luotian County, including 501 rivers, 2186 km in total, of which 97 rivers are more than 5 km, 580 km in total.

natural resources

mineral resources

The proven metal minerals in Luotian County include gold and silver ore, aluminum zinc ore, ferromagnetic iron ore, magnetite, copper ore, iron ore, etc. The average value of iron sand in every cubic meter of river sand in the county is 150 kg. After the examination and approval of the provincial reserve management committee, the total reserves of iron sand reach 15.5 million tons. Non metallic minerals include fluorite, feldspar, serpentine, sillimanite, asbestos, marble, limestone, granite, yellow sand, quartzite, crystal, mica, geothermal water, etc. There are 80 mineral areas available for development in the county, of which the reserves of sillimanite are 290000 tons.

plant resources

Luotian County is known as the "biological gene bank of Eastern Hubei". There are 1043 species of higher plant resources belonging to 616 genera of 167 families, among which 535 species belong to 222 genera of 75 families. Among the woody plants, there are 270 species of trees. According to the wood properties and uses, there are 40 species of hard and unbroken wood; 25 species of economic forest, such as chestnut, mulberry, tung oil tree, Sapium sebiferum, sweet persimmon; 100 species of excellent greening and ornamental trees; 50 species of rare trees. In addition, there are 62 kinds of spice plants, 64 kinds of starch plants, 82 kinds of fiber plants, 39 kinds of tannin extract raw material plants, 632 kinds of medicinal plants and 14 kinds of edible fungi.

Animal resources

The key protected animals in Luotian County include leopard, Cinnamomum camphora, wild sheep, pangolin, Caragana, parrot, swan, white crane, eagle, tiger frog, rhinoceros golden turtle, etc.; the key protected animals in Luotian County are pheasant, wild duck, toad, frog, snake, South China rabbit, hog badger, badger, wolf, weasel, civet, muntjac, egret, Yangji, turtledove, etc Swallow, tit, magpie, thrush, woodpecker, etc.; quail, dragonfly, centipede, butterfly, etc. are generally protected; pig, cattle, sheep, chicken, duck, goose, etc. are domestic animals.

population

As of 2018, the total number of households in Luotian county was 209 thousand and 300, registered residence population was 597 thousand and 600, and the resident population was 552 thousand and 700 (living in the county for more than half a year), among which 243 thousand and 200 were urban and 309 thousand and 500 were rural. The urbanization rate was 44.01%. In the whole year, 6830 people were born, with a birth rate of 11.5 ‰ and 3711 people died, with a mortality rate of 6.2 ‰.

Economics

overview

In 2018, the gross domestic product of Luotian County was 13.823 billion yuan, an increase of 6.4% over the previous year at comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 2.556 billion yuan, an increase of 3.1%; the added value of the secondary industry was 5.036 billion yuan, an increase of 6.5%; in the secondary industry, the added value of the industry was 3.811 billion yuan, an increase of 7.3%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 6.231 billion yuan, an increase of 8.0%. The three industrial structures were adjusted from 19.8:37.8:42.4 in 2017 to 18.5:36.4:45.1. In the tertiary industry, the added value of transportation, storage and post, wholesale and retail, accommodation and catering, finance, real estate, for-profit service and non-profit service increased by 8.4%, 8.7%, 11.2%, 9.3%, 6.6%, 11.1% and 5.7% respectively.

In 2018, the investment in fixed assets of Luotian County was 10.773 billion yuan, an increase of 11% over the previous year, including 9.304 billion yuan for projects over 5 million yuan, an increase of 5.9%, and 1.469 billion yuan for real estate development, an increase of 40.2%. By industry, the investment in the three industries was 847 million yuan, 1.933 billion yuan and 7.993 billion yuan respectively. The primary industry increased by 102.4%, the secondary industry decreased by 1.4%, and the tertiary industry increased by 7.25%.

In 2018, Luotian County achieved a total local fiscal revenue of 3.311 billion yuan, an increase of 61.1% over the previous year, of which the local public fiscal budget revenue was 820 million yuan, an increase of 8.2%

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