Longsheng County, Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Longsheng Autonomous County Longsheng autonomous county belongs to Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the people's Republic of China. It is located in the northeast of the autonomous region and on the border of Hunan and Guangxi at the southwest foot of Yuechengling mountains. The straight-line distance between Longsheng Town and Nanning, the capital of the autonomous region, is 371km, and the highway mileage is 531km. It is 63 km from Guilin and 87 km from Guilin. The 321 national road from Guangzhou to Chengdu passes through Longsheng. It is the throat and material distribution center for Southwest Hunan, Southeast Guizhou and Sichuan to enter Guangxi.

Longsheng is rich in tourism resources. It has "one of the best in the world" national first-class scenic spots, such as Longji terrace landscape, hot spring in National Forest Park and provincial tourist resort, and Huaping primeval forest reserve, which is nearest to the tourist center city and listed as National Nature Reserve.

On April 24, 2019, the people's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region approved Longsheng County to get rid of poverty. On October 9, 2020, it was named as the fourth batch of practice and innovation bases of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" by the Ministry of ecological environment.

Evolution of organizational system

Longsheng was called SangJiang in ancient times. In the 33rd year of Yingzheng reign of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Guilin county.

Longsheng Autonomous County was located in Tan Cheng County, Wuling County of Jingzhou during the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period;

From Jin Dynasty to Sui Dynasty, it belongs to Shi'an Prefecture;

Lingchuan County was set up in the second year of longshuo (662) of Tang Dynasty, and Longsheng County belonged to Lingchuan County; after five dynasties, Yining County was set up in the eighth year of Tianfu (943) of Jin Dynasty, and Longsheng County belonged to Yining County; in song, yuan and Ming Dynasties, Longsheng County still belonged to Yining County. In the Ming Dynasty, the inspection department (sangjiangkou) was set up in Siping, 30 Li northwest of Yining County, to govern the commoner affairs in the northwest of Yining County (today's longshengjing). In the late Ming Dynasty, the inspection department of sangjiangkou was eliminated.

At the end of the reign of emperor Shunzhi (1657-1661), the SangJiang division was restored and still under the jurisdiction of Yining County. In 1741, the northwest of Yining County, which was under the jurisdiction of sangjiangsi, was set up as "Longsheng LiMiao branch office" (also known as Longsheng Hall), which was directly under the jurisdiction of Guilin government. It was set up as "LiMiao tongduan" (county magistrate) to govern the general affairs of the whole government. The government is located in the "SangJiang moderate place of Longsheng" (quoted from "Longsheng hall annals"). And will. Sangjiangsi was transferred to Longsheng and renamed as Longsheng. Miao Tongtan, yiningxie, zuoyingdusi and Longsheng patrol were sent to Longsheng. In addition, the "guangnansi" was added, and the Youying garrison was stationed in Guangnan (now Guangnan City, Pingping township), while the guangnansi patrol was stationed in Piaoli (now Piaoli street, PiaoLi township). The name of "Longsheng" began to go down in history. In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), "Longsheng hall" was changed to "Longsheng County", belonging to Guilin Prefecture.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it is still called "Longsheng County", which belongs to Guilin special area. On August 19, 1951, Longsheng implemented regional ethnic autonomy, which was renamed "Longsheng all ethnic United autonomous region (county level)", in September 1955 it was renamed "Longsheng all ethnic United Autonomous County", and in December 1956 it was renamed "Longsheng all ethnic autonomous county", which was the first ethnic autonomous county established in central and southern China.

In 1996, Longsheng Autonomous County covered an area of 2538 square kilometers and had a population of 166000. It has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 7 townships: Longsheng Town, PiaoLi Town, Sanmen Town, Pingping Town, MATI Town, Weijiang Town, Sishui Town, Lejiang Town, Heping Town and Jiangdi town. The county government is located in Longsheng Town.

According to the fifth census in 2000, the total population of Longsheng Autonomous County is 160796. Among them, there are 32598 in Longsheng Town, 14559 in PiaoLi Town, 15531 in Sanmen Town, 15244 in Heping Township, 12583 in Sishui Township, 8597 in Jiangdi Township, 10686 in MATI Township, 8852 in Weijiang Township, 24970 in egalitarian Township and 17176 in Lejiang township.

Administrative divisions of Longsheng Autonomous County in 2003

Longsheng Town has four neighborhood committees, namely Chengnan street, Chengbei street, Guilong street and Chengxi street, and 14 village committees, namely Chengguan, Shuanghe, lehuang, duping, pingye, Chonglou, Lingtian, shangmeng, Jinche, guaijiang, Shuangdong, Rixin, Shandong and Nanmen.

101 Piaoli town governs the neighborhood committee of Piaoli street community and 10 village committees of Dayun, Shangtang, Piaoli, Jiaozhou, liuman, Jiequan, Silong, Meidong, Pingling and Menghua.

Sanmen town has jurisdiction over Sanmen street community neighborhood committee, and 13 village committees including Jiaoqi, datan, hongzhai, Ankang, Shuanglang, Shuangjiang, Jizhao, Guping, tonglie, Tandi, Huaqiao, Dadi and Huaping.

Heping township has 15 village committees including Heping, Daliu, Baishui, YUEWU, bailing, Baishi, Jinjiang, Longji, Pingan, Huangjiang, Mahai, Zhonglu, Dazhai, Xiaozhai and Jiangliu.

201 Sishui Township governs 9 village committees: Zhoujia, Ximen, sanshe, Batan, Sishui, pannei, Malou, Licha and Licai.

Jiangdi township has 8 village committees, Jiangdi, nitang, Jianxin, Lijiang, chengling, Longtang, DILIN and Weizi.

MATI township has eight village committees, namely, MATI, Niutou, Baiwan, Zhangjia, Longjia, Furong, Lishi and Dongsheng.

Weijiang township has eight village committees, namely Ganjia, Yangwan, BuNong, Zhongdong, Limu, Xinzhai, Dawan and Chonglin.

205 egalitarian township has 21 village committees: Paotian, Guangnan, egalitarian, Longping, banhe, Xinyuan, Gudong, Mengdong, Zhaizhen, Pingding, Qianzhou, Luohan, Xiaojiang, Chengtian, Taiping, Pingao, Jiahe, Liuli, Dongshe, Changbei and Longjiang.

Lejiang township has 13 village committees: Jinping, Lejiang, Jiangkou, Liangping, Shijing, Shijia, Guangming, Dujing, Diling, Daxiong, Baozi, Tongle and Xiyao.

administrative division

Since December 26, 1953, "Guanya" has been renamed "Heping" and "Zhengwei" has been renamed "Piaoli".

From June 7, 1959, the five brigades of Zhonglu, Daxin, Xiaozhai, yanmantian and Jiangliu in Xing'an County were assigned to Longsheng County.

From June 20, 1959, the ailing brigade of Liangjin commune in Xing'an County was assigned to Longsheng County.

From May 30, 1961, the four brigades of Jiangkou, yinkuang, Zhubo and Pimao of Liangjin commune in Xing'an County were assigned to Longsheng County.

From May 4, 1962, the comb brigade of Sanmen commune was assigned to Sanjiang County.

From July 1951, miaoping Township in Lingui county was assigned to Longsheng County. After August 1962, miaoping commune was assigned back to Lingui county.

On September 15, 1987, eight villages including Ganjia, Yangwan, BuNong, Zhongdong, Xinzhai, Limu, Conglin and Dawan were set up from the 16 villages in Madi township. On September 17, 13 villages including Jinping, Lejiang, Jiangkou, Shijing, Shijia, Liangping, Guangming, Dujing, Diling, Daxiong, Baozi, Tongle and Xiyao were set up from 23 villages in PiaoLi township. There are 10 townships and 1 town in the county.

In January 2014, Heping township was renamed Longji Town, and egalitarian township was renamed egalitarian town.

Longsheng Autonomous County has five towns and five townships: Longsheng Town, PiaoLi Town, Sanmen Town, Longji Town, Sishui Town, Jiangdi Town, Madi Town, Weijiang Town, Pingping town and Lejiang town. The county people's government is located in Longsheng Town.

geographical environment

Location context

Longsheng Autonomous County is located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the northwest of Guilin City, and the border of Hunan and Guangxi at the southwest foot of Yuechengling mountains. It is between 109 ° 43 ′ 28 ″ - 110 ° 21 ′ 14 ″ E and 25 ° 29 ′ - 26 ° 12 ′ n, bordering Xing'an and Ziyuan counties in the East, Lingchuan and Lingui districts in the south, Rong'an and Sanjiang counties in the southwest, Chengbu County in Hunan Province in the north and Tongdao County in Hunan Province in the northwest. The county has a maximum vertical distance of 78 kilometers from north to South and a maximum horizontal distance of 60 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of 2538 square kilometers. The straight-line distance between Longsheng Town and Nanning, the capital of the autonomous region, is 371km, and the highway mileage is 531km. It is 63 km from Guilin and 87 km from Guilin.

landforms

Longsheng is "surrounded by mountains and separated by five rivers", which is high in the East, South and North and low in the West. Yuechengling meanders from northeast to southwest, with mountains, cliffs, deep valleys, fast water flow, majestic scenery. There are 21 peaks with an altitude of more than 1500 meters in the county, and the mountains with an average altitude of more than 700-800 meters account for 47.26% of the land area of the county. The highest point of the county is Danan mountain at an altitude of 1940 meters, and the lowest point is shimentang at the exit of SangJiang river at an altitude of 163 meters. The vertical height difference from the lowest altitude to the highest altitude is 1777 meters. The steep slopes above 16 degrees to 46 degrees account for 87.2% of the total land area of the county, and the gentle slopes below 15 degrees only account for 12.8%. Mountain vegetation development, wide forest coverage, and now there are two remaining virgin forests Huaping and xijiangping.

The average altitude of Longsheng County is 700 meters, and the highest peak, fupingbao, is 1916 meters. The lowest point is shimentang, 163 meters above sea level. The whole county is a high mountain area with great height difference, continuous peaks and deep valleys. There are 21 peaks above 1500 meters above sea level.

hydrology

The county has developed water system, rivers and streams all over the country. There are more than 480 streams, with a total length of 1535km, an annual runoff of 26.261 billion cubic meters and a rainfall collection area of 3867.65 square kilometers. From east to west, the main stream of SangJiang river is divided into South Stream System and North stream system. There are many river beaches and large drop. The theoretical reserves of water power are 488300 kilowatts, 210200 kilowatts can be developed, 7837 kilowatts have been developed, and 16.22 million kilowatts were generated in 1987.

climate

Longsheng is located in subtropical zone with monsoon climate and abundant rainfall

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