Wugang City, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province

Wugang City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province and managed by Shaoyang City, is located in the southwest of Hunan Province, the eastern foot of Xuefeng, the northern edge of Nanling and the upper reaches of Zishui. The terrain is surrounded by mountains in the East, West and south, and the middle part is low and flat, inclined from south to north. It belongs to the humid climate of mid subtropical monsoon with mild climate. The total area of the city is 1549 square kilometers.

In 2018, Wugang City governs 4 streets, 11 towns and 3 townships, with a permanent resident population of 780500; the Gross Regional Product (GDP) is 14.984 billion yuan, the added value of primary, secondary and tertiary industries is 4.215 billion yuan, 2.978 billion yuan and 7.791 billion yuan respectively, the tertiary industrial structure is 28.1:19.9:52.0, and the per capita GDP is 19250 yuan; the annual per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents is 2.2 billion yuan respectively 6454 yuan, 12130 yuan.

On January 29, 2021, it was selected into the list of areas with remarkable achievements in real work in 2020 announced by Hunan Provincial People's government.

Historical evolution

According to the records of Hunan Province in 1981, "a stone seal of Wugang Changyin of the Western Han Dynasty was unearthed in the suburbs of Changsha. Han county is called "Ling" and small county is called "Chang." This proves that Wugang county has a history of more than 2000 years since it was established in the Western Han Dynasty.

Wugang was once known as the capital of Liang. "Yuanhe county annals" said: "Wugang West 20 miles have all Liangshan, North five miles have tongbaoshan, namely Wugang mountain." Li Daoyuan's annotation to the water classic says: "there is a confrontation between the two posts on the left and right sides of the county Later Han Dynasty attacked Wuxi man (also known as Wuling man). "Man" is the despicable name given by the rulers to the local people (editor's note). Man protects this post, so it's called Wugang, and the county is called Yan. " Then he said, "there are hills in the west of the county, and there is water on the hills All of them grow orchids As the saying goes, "Lan is the capital of Liang, and the mountain is named after the county." This is the origin of the name of Wugang (Duliang).

During the reign of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty (179-141 BC), Wugang county was established and subordinate to Changsha County.

In the fifth year of Yuanshuo (124 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty granted Liu Sui, the son of King Ding of Changsha, the Marquis of the capital Liang. The Marquis's site is now Qiliqiao in the suburb of the city, which lasted 131 years.

In the sixth year of Yuanding (111 BC) of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, Wugang county was changed into Duliang County, belonging to Lingling county.

In the first year of Wu Baoding in the Three Kingdoms (266), it was renamed Wugang county and subordinate to Zhaoling county.

In the first year of Taikang (280), Wugang county was divided into three counties, namely Wugang County, Duliang county and Jianxing county.

In the first year of Jianwu (317), emperor yuan of Jin granted Wangdao the title of Marquis of Wugang.

From the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the end of the Sui Dynasty, Wugang county was renamed Wugang County, Wuqiang county and Wuyou County successively; in the fourth year of Wude, Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty, Wugang county was renamed again, and its governing place was now Chengbu County, which was subordinate to Shaozhou; in the early Song Dynasty, the governing place of Wugang county was moved to Wugang City.

In 1106, Wugang county was promoted to Wugang army, leading Wugang County, Suining County and Lingang county.

In 1276, the emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty set up an Fusi in Wugang. The next year, it was changed into the general manager's office of Wugang Road, which led Wugang, Suining and Xinning counties and was subordinate to Hunan Road.

In the first year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1368), Wugang road was changed to Wugang mansion, and its ownership remained unchanged.

Hongwu nine years (1376), change Wugang Prefecture for Wugang Prefecture, jurisdiction Xinning County, belongs to Baoqing Prefecture.

In October 1423, the 18th son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of min, was renamed the city of Wugang from Yunnan Province and built the king's residence, which lasted 232 years.

In April of the fourth year of Shunzhi (1671), Zhu Youlang, the king of Guangxi in the Southern Ming Dynasty, established the Yongli Dynasty and moved to Wugang. He took minwang mansion as his palace and changed Wugang Prefecture into Fengtian Prefecture. In August, Yongli emperor defeated Guizhou and Yunnan, and Wugang was restored to Wugang Prefecture.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Wugang Prefecture magistrate's office was changed into Wugang Prefecture Administrative Department; in September of the second year of the Republic of China (1913), Wugang Prefecture was changed into Wugang County, which was subordinate to Xiangjiang Road, and later abandoned road was directly subordinate to Hunan Province.

When the people's Republic of China was founded, Wugang county was subordinate to Shaoyang Commissioner's office.

In April 1994, with the approval of the State Council, Wugang county was abolished and Wugang City was established.

administrative division

As of 2017, Wugang City has 4 streets: yuanmenkou street, Yingchunting street, Shuiximen street and faxianyan street; 11 towns: Dengyuantai Town, Wantouqiao Town, Wenping Town, jingzhupu Town, houshutang Town, Dengjiapu Town, Longxi Town, simachong Town, qinqiao Town, Dadian town and Shuangpai town; 3 townships: Maping Township, Yantian Township and Shuijinping township. Wugang Municipal People's government is located in Yingchunting street.

geographical environment

Location context

Wugang is located in the upper reaches of Zishui River and the foot of Xuefeng mountain. It is the central region between the five counties in the southwest of Shaoyang City. It is known as the important place of Guizhou and the important town in the southwest of Hunan. Wugang City borders Shaoyang County, Xinning County, Chengbu County, Suining County, Dongkou county and longhui County in turn. The geographical coordinates are 110 ° 25 ′ 35 ″ - 111 ° 01 ′ 58 ″ E and 26 ° 32 ′ 42 ″ - 27 ° 02 ′ 09 ″ n. The total area of the city is 1549 square kilometers, with an east-west width of 60.8 kilometers and a north-south length of 54.43 kilometers.

Topography

Wugang is located in the southern foot of Xuefeng mountain and the northern edge of Nanling Mountain, which is a transitional zone from the hilly area of southern Hunan to the uplift of Yunnan Guizhou Plateau. The terrain is surrounded by mountains on three sides, low and flat in the middle and open to the north, generally with high South and low north slope. There are various landforms, hills and plains with unique microclimate.

The landform of Wugang is mainly mountainous and hilly, with complete range of mountains, hills, hills, plains and waters. Geomorphology is divided into structure, erosion (dissolution) and accumulation geomorphology.

In Wugang, the mountains are rolling and rivers crisscross. Within the territory, there are five mountains with an altitude of more than 1000 meters, including 56 Zhongshan mountains, covering an area of 131.16 square kilometers, and 81 middle and low mountains, covering an area of 323.17 square kilometers. There are 428 peaks above 500 meters above sea level.

hydrology

There are Zishui river system and Fuyi river system in Wugang. There are 150 rivers and rivers with a total runoff of 2.472 billion cubic meters, of which the flow of Zishui main stream is 2.346 billion cubic meters.

climatic conditions

Wugang is located in the middle subtropical monsoon humid climate zone, which belongs to the middle subtropical mountain climate. It has four distinct seasons, abundant rainfall, less cold in winter, no heat in summer, and obvious mountain inversion effect. The annual sunshine hours are about 1134.6-1601.5 hours, the annual average temperature is 16.8 ℃, the annual average precipitation is 1218.5 mm, the annual average snowfall days is 9.8 days, the annual average relative humidity is 75-83%, the annual average frost days is 17.1 days, and the annual average freezing days is 8.7 days. In addition to Midsummer and early autumn, the prevailing southerly wind is mainly northerly, and the annual average wind speed is 2.3 m / s The maximum wind force can reach eight to nine.

natural resources

land resource

Wugang has a total area of 1549 square kilometers (154896 hectares). Among them, cultivated land is 36822 hectares, accounting for 23.77% of the total area; forest land is 49333 hectares, accounting for 31%; water area is 11133 hectares, accounting for 7.19%; pasture land is 21133 hectares, accounting for 13.64%; roads are 8760 hectares, accounting for 5.66%; homestead is 12006 hectares, accounting for 7.7%; other land is 15709 hectares, accounting for 10%. The soil forming parent materials are various, including limestone, sandstone, shale, purple sand shale, granite, etc. According to the determination, the soil in the city is divided into 7 soil types, 14 subclasses, 39 soil genera and 100 soil species.

water resource

There are 150 rivers in Wugang, with a total flow of 2.472 billion cubic meters and a drainage area of 1543.07 square kilometers, accounting for more than 90% of the city's total area. Limestone is widely distributed in the city, and groundwater is rich. According to the composition of water bearing rock, there are two types: pore water of loose accumulation layer, which is mainly distributed in Zishui River Basin, with an area of 172.85 square kilometers and water inflow of 2.7726 million liters / day. This kind of water is shallow buried and easy to develop. Clastic rock, metamorphic rock fissure water and carbonate karst water are mainly distributed in the middle and low mountains and hilly areas, with a total content of 400 million cubic meters, accounting for 90% of the total groundwater reserves in the city, and the development value is high.

mineral resources

The mineral resources in Wugang are mainly coal, with certain reserves of iron, manganese, lead, zinc, placer gold, phosphorus, antimony, sulfur, iron, scheelite, talc, gypsum, marble, limestone, dolomite, quartz and clay. Among them, the coal bearing area is 400 square kilometers, and the reserves are 63.24 million tons, mainly distributed in Wenping Town, qinqiao Township, Dengjiapu town and houshutang town; the total reserves of iron ore are more than 32 million tons, distributed in Anle Township, Dengjiapu town and Shuangpai township.

plant resources

There are 218 families, 485 genera and 1168 species of terrestrial plants in Wugang area, including 92 families and 508 species of trees; aquatic plants mainly include grass and horned algae such as floating leaves, root vegetables and Potamogeton crispus. According to the use, useful timber forest plants, oil and fruit plants, medicinal plants, feed and green manure plants, ornamental plants, etc. Forest distribution: Cunninghamia lanceolata forest is concentrated in Tianzun mountain, Yunshan mountain, zhaomianshan mountain, liujialing mountain, Liushan mountain, huangjinzhai mountain, zhuxizhai mountain, mabeiling mountain, Fufeng mountain and other middle and low mountain areas; Pinus massoniana forest is distributed in all parts of the city, with more low mountains and hills; evergreen broad-leaved forest is distributed in the valley of middle mountain with an altitude of 800-1000m. The forest area accounts for 79% of the forestry land area of the whole city. Among them, public welfare forest accounted for 39%, and commercial forest accounted for 53%.

Animal resources

There are many kinds of animals in Wugang, including hedgehog, pangolin, rabbit, porcupine, raccoon dog, wolf, weasel, civet, wild boar and so on

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