Yunyang County, Chongqing

Yunyang County Yunyang County is located in the northeast of Chongqing City, 310 kilometers away from the nine districts of the main city of Chongqing. It is an important hub of the economic corridor along the Yangtze River of the Ecological Economic Zone in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, connecting the East with the West and diverting water from the South to the north.

Yunyang County is connected with Fengjie County in the East, Wanzhou District in the west, Lichuan City of Enshi Prefecture in Hubei Province in the south, Kaizhou district and Wuxi County in the north, covering an area of 3649 square kilometers. By December 28, 2015, Yunyang county had jurisdiction over 4 streets, 31 towns, 7 townships (1 ethnic townships), 898 thousand and 700 permanent residents and 1 million 359 thousand and 600 registered residence population.

Yunyang County has 145 ancient buildings, ancient sites, ancient tombs, stone carvings and other cultural relics listed in the national cultural relics distribution map, including 1 national cultural relics protection unit, 3 provincial cultural relics protection units and 16 county-level cultural relics protection units, ranking first among all counties in the Three Gorges Reservoir area.

On August 17, 2018, Yunyang County achieved poverty alleviation. Top 100 counties and cities in Western China in 2019.

Historical evolution

Yunyang County, the first year of Nanwang in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (314 BC), Qin destroyed Ba state and established Ba County. Ququ county was built in Yunyang area, which was the beginning of the county construction.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Xian belonged to Yongning County in 195, Badong County in 201 and Guling County in 216.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the first year of Zhangwu (221) of Shuhan belonged to Badong County.

In the period of Jin Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Qi Dynasty, Liang Dynasty and Western Wei Dynasty, the name and subordination of Qu county remained unchanged; in 568, it was renamed "yun'an".

Sui Dynasty, kaihuang three years (583 years) Li Xinzhou; Daye three years (607 years) Li Badong County.

In the Tang Dynasty, the first year of Wude (618) was restored to Xinzhou; the second year of Wude (619) was changed to Kuizhou (now Fengjie); in the first year of Tianbao (742), Kuizhou was abolished to set up Yunan County, and then Yunan County was abolished to restore Kuizhou; in the first year of Zhenyuan (785), Yunan salt field was set up as a Yunan safety supervisor.

In the Song Dynasty, in the sixth year of Kaibao (973), Yun'an county was promoted to yun'an army and led Yun'an county and yun'an prison; in the fourth year of Xining (1071), yun'an prison was removed and Anyi county was established; in the eighth year of Xining (1075), Yun'an county was removed and merged into yun'an County; later, yun'an army and Yun'an county were abolished.

In the Yuan Dynasty, in 1278, the yun'an army was restored; in 1283, the province and county joined the army, and the army was changed into a state, named "Yunyang state", belonging to Kuizhou road.

In the Ming Dynasty, in 1371, the prefecture belonged to Kui Prefecture; in December of 1376, the Prefecture was reduced to a county, and then it became "Yunyang County" (with two mountains and two rivers, cloudy in four seasons, and the city was the sun of mountains and rivers, so it was named Yunyang), belonging to Kui Prefecture; in 1376, the prefecture belonged to Chongqing Prefecture; in 1381, the prefecture belonged to Kui Prefecture.

In the Qing Dynasty, the Ming system was followed.

During the period of the Republic of China, from 1917 on, it was first the 20th army of the National Revolutionary Army and then the 21st army of the national revolutionary army.

In October 1918, Xiong Kewu, commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Yasukuni army and governor of Sichuan Province, was appointed as commander of the seventh division of the Yasukuni army and stationed in Daxian county. At that time, it had jurisdiction over Daxian, Xuanhan, Kaijiang, Wanyuan, Chengkou, Kaixian, Yunyang, Fengjie, Wuxi, Quxian, Yingshan, Yilong, Peng'an, Tongjiang, Nanjiang, Bazhong, Langzhong, Cangxi, Nanbu, Yanting, Zhaohua, Guangyuan, Jiange and Zitong counties.

In 1935, the new county system was implemented, and it was subordinate to Wanxian County Office (Wanxian District), the ninth administrative supervision district of Sichuan Province.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the people's Government of Yunyang County was established on December 16, 1949, which was subordinate to the office of Wanxian District Commissioner; in January 1955, it was renamed "Yunyang County People's Committee"; in May 1955, it was subordinate to the office of Wanxian Commissioner; in October 1969, it was even called "Yunyang County Revolutionary Committee", which was subordinate to Wanxian District Revolutionary Committee; in April 1981, the title of "Yunyang County People's government" was restored Wanxian district administrative office; in December 1992, it was transferred to Wanxian city; on June 18, 1997, the people's Government of Chongqing municipality directly under the central government was listed, and Yunyang was transferred to Wanzhou immigration Development Zone; on July 14, 2000, it was directly under the jurisdiction of Chongqing municipality directly under the central government.

On August 5, 2020, the Joint Conference on the establishment of Wanda Kaichuan Chongqing integrated development demonstration zone was held in Dazhou. The statistical bureaus of Dazhou City, Wanzhou District, Kaizhou district and Yunyang County of Chongqing had in-depth exchanges on the coordinated development of statistical work, negotiated the establishment of cross administrative regional statistical cooperation mechanism, and signed the statistical strategic cooperation agreement on the establishment of "Wanda Kaichuan Chongqing integrated development demonstration zone" It's a good idea.

On November 29, 2020, China will join the Dabashan Grand Three Gorges Cultural Tourism Development Alliance.

administrative division

Division evolution

On December 16, 1949, the people's Government of Yunyang County was established, which is subordinate to the Wanxian District Office of the East Sichuan people's administrative office. The county people's government is located in Chengguan Town (now Yunyang town).

On March 29, 1950, Yunyang County was changed from the Commissioner's office of Wanxian District in eastern Sichuan to the administrative inspector's office of Wanxian District in eastern Sichuan.

On September 1, 1952, the administrative office of Eastern Sichuan was abolished and the organizational system of Sichuan Province was restored. Yunyang County belongs to the office of administrative inspector of Wanxian District, Sichuan Province.

Since May 1955, Yunyang County has been attached to Wanxian County Office of Sichuan Province. In September of the same year, the people's Government of Yunyang County was renamed the people's Committee of Yunyang County and subordinate to the office of Wanxian Commissioner of Sichuan Province.

In October 1969, the people's Committee of Yunyang County of Sichuan Province was even called the Revolutionary Committee of Yunyang County of Sichuan Province, which was subordinate to the regional Revolutionary Committee of Wanxian County of Sichuan Province. The county Revolutionary Committee is located in Chengguan Town (now Yunyang town).

In April 1981, the Revolutionary Committee of Yunyang County, Sichuan Province, was abolished and renamed the people's Government of Yunyang County, Sichuan Province, which was subordinate to Wanxian district administrative office of Sichuan Province.

In December 1992, the people's Government of Yunyang County was subordinate to the people's Government of Wanxian city, Sichuan Province.

In May 1998, the people's Government of Yunyang County was entrusted by Wanzhou immigration Development Zone, a municipality directly under the central government of Chongqing.

On September 28, 1999, the county government moved from Yunyang town to Shuangjiang town.

On July 14, 2000, Yunyang County People's government was directly under the jurisdiction of Chongqing Municipal People's government.

In 2002, Yunyang County governed 25 towns, 40 townships, 57 neighborhood committees and 827 village committees. The registered residence population is 1 million 259 thousand and 300, of which 123 thousand and 500 are non agricultural population.

In October 2006, Yunyang County changed from 65 townships to 23 towns and 20 townships.

In January 2009, Maoba Township and Yundong Township were abolished, and the administrative areas of Yunyang town, Yun'an Town, Renhe Town, Ping'an town and Qixia Township were adjusted. In September, Qixia Township was abolished. After the adjustment, Yunyang County has a total of 42 township streets, including 18 townships, 22 towns and 2 streets.

In 2010, Renhe Town and Panlong town were abolished and Renhe street and Panlong street were established. After the adjustment, Yunyang County has jurisdiction over 4 streets, 22 towns and 16 townships (including 1 ethnic township).

In January 2012, Shuikou Township, Xucao Township, Nixi Township and Yanglu Township were abolished, and Shuikou Town, Xucao Town, Nixi town and Yanglu town were established. It has jurisdiction over the administrative areas of shuishuikou Township, Xucao Township, Nixi Township and Yanglu Township, and the town government is stationed in the people's Government of Yuanxiang.

On December 30, 2012, houye Township, Longdong Township and Yanping Township were abolished and houye Town, Longdong town and Yanping town were established respectively. The administrative regions and government residences of houye Town, Longdong town and Yanping town are respectively consistent with those of houye Township, Longdong Township and Yanping township.

On December 28, 2015, Yaoling Township and Dayang Township were abolished and Yaoling town and Dayang town were established.

Current situation of Regional Planning

By 2017, Yunyang County has 31 towns, 7 townships and 4 sub district offices, with a total of 90 neighborhood committees and 388 village committees. The county government is located at 60 Xinghua Road, Shuangjiang street.

geographical environment

Location context

Yunyang County is located on both sides of the Yangtze River in the northeast of Chongqing, in the heart of the Three Gorges Reservoir area, to the east of Fengjie County, to the west of Wanzhou District, to the north of Wuxi County and Kaixian County, and to the south of Lichuan City, Hubei Province. Its geographical coordinates are 108 ° 35 ′ 32 ″ - 109 ° 14 ′ 51 ″ e, 30 ° 35 ′ 6 ″ - 31 ° 26 ′ 30 ″ n. the county is 300 km away from the expressway in the main urban area of Chongqing, and from Wanzhou airport and high-speed railway It is 40 kilometers away from the road and 290 kilometers away from the waterway of Yichang City, Hubei Province. The county is 99.5 kilometers long from north to South and 70.2 kilometers wide from east to west, covering an area of 3649 square kilometers.

geological structure

Yunyang County is located in the transition zone from hills to mountains on the eastern edge of Sichuan Basin. It is controlled by Huayingshan Fangdoushan arc fold system and Dabashan fault fold belt. The geological structure of Yunyang County is mainly fold and the fault scale is very small. The folds are arranged alternately by broad and flat drawer syncline and narrow high anticline, forming a partition type. The main anticlines and synclines from north to South are niujiaodong anticline, Shatuo syncline, machao anticline, qumahe syncline, yun'an Dongcun anticline, Wanxian syncline, huanglianxia anticline, Ganchang syncline and qiyaoshan anticline. The faults are mainly distributed in the axis of the anticline and its two wings. In addition, there are faults in Longjiao, Shuangjiang, Guling and Dongcun. The strata in Yunyang can be divided into: Permian strata, belonging to Paleozoic strata; Triassic strata, belonging to Mesozoic strata; Jurassic strata, belonging to Mesozoic strata; Quaternary strata, belonging to Cenozoic strata.

topographic features

Yunyang County belongs to karst landform, and the Yangtze River is divided into counties from west to East. The terrain is similar to a rhombus with the apex of southeast and northwest. It is high in the South and North and bottom in the middle. It inclines from South and north to the middle. The landform of mountains and valleys is obvious, with mountains as the main part and valleys and hills as well. The mountains are high, deep and steep, and the mountains are towering, showing "one mountain with two ridges and one trough", "one mountain with three ridges and two troughs"

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