Sangzhi County, Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province

Sangzhi County, belonging to Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province, is located in the northwest border of Hunan Province. It borders Cili County, Shimen County and Wulingyuan District in the East, Yongding District and Yongshun County in the south, Longshan County in the west, Xuanen county and Hefeng County in Hubei Province in the north. It is between 29 ° 17 ′ - 29 ° 84 ′ N and 109 ° 41 ′ - 110 ° 46 ′ e, 104 km long from east to west and 51 km wide from north to south, with a total area of 3474 square kilometers.

Sangzhi County is the hometown of Marshal Helong and the starting point of the Red Army's Long March. Wulingyuan scenic area, the east boundary of the world natural heritage reserve, is the north gate of Hunan to the northwest of the motherland. Badagongshan primeval forest, the first National Nature Reserve in China and Hunan Province, is included in China's "man and Biosphere Reserve (mAb)" and "one of China's 17 key biodiversity regions of global significance", as well as one of the world's 200 important ecological regions. It also has one fengluanxi National Forest Park, two Jiutiandong Chixi River and loushui provincial scenic spots.

In 2019, Sangzhi County governs 12 towns and 11 townships. In 2018, the permanent resident population of Sangzhi County is 389400, and the GDP is 966649 million yuan, including 114956 million yuan for the primary industry, 167474 million yuan for the secondary industry, and 684219 million yuan for the tertiary industry. The composition of the three industries is 11.9:17.3:70.8, and the per capita GDP is 24818 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

Sangzhi County has a long history. The unearthed cultural relics prove that primitive human activities existed along the coast of louli in the Paleolithic period as early as 30000-100000 years ago, and that clans were formed in the Neolithic period.

Sangzhi is called ancient Southwest Yi land in ancient historical records. Xia and Shang belong to Jingdi, Western Zhou belongs to Chu, spring and autumn belong to Cigu County, Chu Wu County. From Western Han Dynasty to Song Dynasty, Sangzhi successively belongs to Chong county, Tianmen County, linli County, Chongyi County, Cili County, etc.

During the reign of emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, Sangzhi carried out the chieftain system and set up the Xuanfu department. Due to the division of sangzhiping named (now wudaoshui town bamaoxi territory).

The yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties inherited the song system. In 1727, they changed their land to Liu, and in 1729, they set up Anfu county. Thirteen years (1735) renamed Sangzhi County, under the Chen Yuan Yongjing road Yongshun house.

Yongshun Prefecture was abolished in 1914, which belonged to Chenyuan road of Hunan Province. In 1922, Yongshun Prefecture was abolished, which was directly under the central government of Hunan Province.

During the second Civil Revolutionary War (1928-1935), the Communist Party of China established Sangzhi Soviet Area, which belongs to the revolutionary base areas of Western Hunan and Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou. It successively established Sangzhi, Hefeng, Shimen, Cili, Changyang and Wufeng county governments (Sangzhi baizhuping), Sangzhi and Cili County Governments, Sangzhi and Longshan County Governments. In 1935, it was established in Western Hunan In 1938, it was under the jurisdiction of the eighth administrative supervision district of Hunan Province.

On October 16, 1949, the Chinese people's Liberation Army liberated Sangzhi and established the temporary people's Government of Sangzhi County.

On March 29, 1950, the people's Government of Sangzhi County was established under the Yongshun special administration.

In 1952, Yongshun special office was abolished and replaced by Xiangxi Miao Autonomous Region.

In April 1954, the autonomous region became an autonomous prefecture.

In May 1988, Dayong city was established with the approval of the State Council, and Sangzhi County was under the jurisdiction of Dayong city.

In April 1994, Dayong city was renamed Zhangjiajie City, and Sangzhi County was subordinate to it.

On February 29, 2020, the people's Government of Hunan Province agreed to withdraw Sangzhi County from poverty-stricken counties.

administrative division

Division evolution

On October 16, 1949, Sangzhi County was liberated and the temporary people's Government of Sangzhi County was established. On March 29, 1949, the people's Government of Sangzhi County was established. The administrative divisions followed the old system of the Republic of China.

In February 1950, there was one town and ten townships. In April, the township and town were abolished, and the county was divided into four districts. In June, the system of Bao and Jia was abolished, and the villages were divided into groups with natural villages.

In December 1952, there were 117 townships in the county.

In March 1953, there were 143 townships and 1274 villages in the county.

In June 1956, eight rural districts were abolished.

In August 1958, townships and towns were abolished and 17 people's communes were established. In November, the three communes of renchaoxi, Mihu and guandiping in Cili County were assigned to Sangzhi County, with 18 rural people's communes, 197 production teams and 1491 production teams.

In April 1983, according to the regulations of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on the separation of government and society and the establishment of Township People's government, after the pilot project of Nancha commune, the county commune was separated from Junshi commune and the Township People's government was established.

In October 1984, guandiping township government of Liangshuikou township was transformed into a town. In May 1985, jinzang township was newly built. In May 1986, Tianzishan town was established as a tourist scenic spot. In September 1984, seven Bai nationality townships were established, namely liujiaping, Ruitapu, mahekou, furongqiao, hongjiaguan, ZOUMAPING and maidiping.

In December 1988, there were 47 townships in 7 districts (including 7 Bai townships, Liyuan and Tianzishan directly under the central government), 2 forest farms, 1 agricultural reclamation farm and 1 agricultural seed farm. Under the jurisdiction of 561 villages (neighborhood committees), 3988 Village (neighborhood) groups.

Dayong city was established in 1988, and Tianzishan town was assigned to Wulingyuan District.

In September 1992, Wuliqiao township was abolished and incorporated into Liyuan Town. The town people's government was stationed in shangjiaping. Tangfang village is newly established in xincunping township.

In 1993, the five neighborhood committees of Liyuan Town were adjusted and four new ones were set up.

In 1995, Sangzhi County withdrew its districts and built towns into townships. Seven district offices, namely Chengjiao, Ruitapu, guandiping, Liangshuikou, Chenjiahe, wudaoshui and liaojiacun, were abolished, and 45 townships were merged into 8 townships and 8 towns.

In October 1998, 16 townships were divided into 38 townships.

Tianxingshan forest farm was set up in 2002.

By the end of 2003, the county had jurisdiction over 9 towns, 29 townships (including 7 Bai townships), 1 Forest Farm directly under the county, 558 Village (neighborhood) committees, and 4006 villager groups.

In November 2015, the Department of civil affairs of Hunan Province approved the adjustment plan of township division in Sangzhi County. ZOUMAPING Bai nationality township and Mihu Township were merged to establish ZOUMAPING Bai nationality township; hongjiaguan Bai nationality township and daguquan Township were merged to establish hongjiaguan Bai nationality township; longtanping Town, sifangxi Township and Kuzhuping Township were merged to establish longtanping town; furongqiao Bai nationality township and Linxihe Bai nationality township were merged to establish furongqiao Bai nationality township, and tianxingshan forest farm was divided into administrative regions It is under the jurisdiction of the newly established Bai nationality township of furongqiao; wudaoshui town and bamaoxi town are merged to establish wudaoshui Town, and the administrative areas of simenyan forest farm and tianpingshan management station of Badagongshan National Nature Reserve are put under the jurisdiction of the newly established wudaoshui town; renchaoxi town and Xilian town are merged to establish renchaoxi town; guandiping town and Changtanping town are merged to establish wudaoshui town And the establishment of guandiping town; the abolition of Baishi Township, maidiping Bai township; Chenjiahe Town, Lianghekou Township, yanwukou Township formed a system to merge the establishment of Chenjiahe town; Badagongshan Township, xishaping Township formed a system to merge the establishment of Badagongshan town; the abolition of jianjiapo township; qiaoziwan township to withdraw the township to establish a town, the abolition of guluoshan township. After the adjustment, Sangzhi County has 12 towns including Ruitapu, Liyuan, lifuta, liaojiacun, longtanping, wudaoshui, renchaoxi, guandiping, Chenjiahe, Badagongshan, Liangshuikou and qiaozigou, 6 townships including zhuyeping, kongshu, Shangdongjie, Hekou, shanghexi and shataping, and 5 Bai townships including ZOUMAPING, liujiaping, hongjiaguan, furongqiao and mahekou.

Current situation of regionalization

In 2019, Sangzhi County governs 12 towns and 11 townships. Sangzhi County People's government is located in Liyuan Town.

geographical environment

Location context

Sangzhi County is located in the northwest border of Hunan Province, bordering Shimen County and Cili County in the East, Yongding District and Yongshun County in the south, Longshan County in the west, Xuanen and Hefeng County in Hubei Province in the north. It is between 29 ° 17 ′ - 29 ° 84 ′ N and 109 ° 41 ′ - 110 ° 46 ′ e, 104 km long from east to west and 51 km wide from north to south, with a total area of 3474 square kilometers.

topographic features

The geotectonic unit of Sangzhi County belongs to the new Cathaysian structural system, which is a part of Yangyu quasi geosyncretism. Restricted by Bamianshan fold, the terrain inclines from northwest to Southeast, and is widely distributed in middle and low mountains. The strata in the county are mainly middle Triassic, lower Cambrian and lower Sinian, mainly Triassic and Silurian. Wuling mountain range is divided into three branches from Yunwu Mountain in Guizhou. Its north and middle branches extend to the whole Sangzhi area, forming 40 main mountains. Most of them are northeast southwest trending, with 10426 mountain tops. The highest point is Badagong mountain, the main peak is Cape mountain with an altitude of 1898.4 meters, and the lowest point is liuyangxi River Valley in zhuyeping Township with an altitude of 154 meters.

Climatic characteristics

Sangzhi County belongs to the Central Asian inland monsoon climate, warm in winter and cool in summer, with four distinct seasons. Due to the great differences in landforms, climate change is vertical, and there are often four seasons in a mountain and different days in ten miles, forming intermittent local hot thunderstorms and rainstorms. It is one of the three rainstorm centers in Hunan Province.

Water system hydrology

There are more than 410 rivers in Sangzhi County, mainly including Lishui River, loushui River and two tributaries.

natural resources

water resource

Sangzhi County is one of the five large and small hydropower development bases in the province, and has a great potential for hydropower development. Second, it is rich in mineral resources.

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