Meitan County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province

Meitan County, belonging to Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, is located in the north of Guizhou Province. The county seat is 58 kilometers away from Zunyi City, with a total area of 1864 square kilometers. It governs 3 streets, 12 towns and 132 villages (communities). The area is narrow and long from north to south, 25.5km wide from east to west, 96.5km long from north to south, with an average altitude of 972.7m, and a forest coverage rate of 60.08%. It has a subtropical monsoon humid climate with an annual average temperature of 14.9 ℃.

Meitan county is "the first county of tea industry in Guizhou", and its tea brands such as "Meitan cuiya", "zunyihong", "Guizhou needle" and "Meijiang cuipian" are well-known in China. With fertile land, beautiful mountains and good ecology, it is known as "a pearl on Guizhou Plateau" and "little Jiangnan in Yunnan and Guizhou". The first batch of national rural community construction demonstration units.

In 2016, Meitan county was listed as the second batch of national new urbanization comprehensive pilot areas.

On September 25, 2018, the people's Government of Guizhou Province issued a circular saying that 14 counties (districts) including Meitan county were approved to withdraw from poverty-stricken counties.

In November 2018, it was identified as the first batch of innovative counties (cities) by the Ministry of science and technology. In March 2019, it was listed as the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization area sub County list. On December 6, 2019, it was selected as the pilot unit of promoting the quality improvement of farmers' cooperatives in the whole county.

Evolution of organizational system

According to the Kangxi Meitan county annals, "in the 28th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1600), Boping built Meitan County, and built Meitan County in four places outside the pass. It was divined in kuzhuba and the city was built." in the East, the river flows to the north of Yuping mountain, the main vein of the county, around the county, and in the west to the south, the water of Meishui bridge flows upside down, converging into an abyss, curved like an eyebrow, so it is called Meitan. "

Sui Daye 11 years (615 years), Zhaowei home Yiquan County, with mountain spring name, Li Mingyang county. Daye 12 years (616) new prison state, state governance in Yiquan County, led two counties.

In the second year of Wude of Tang Dynasty (619), Gaozhou was abolished and Yizhou was set up, and the government was still set up in Yiquan, lingyiquan and other five counties. In 621, Yizhou was renamed Zhizhou. In the fifth year of Zhenguan (631), Zhizhou was under the jurisdiction of nine counties including Yiquan. In the eleventh year of Zhenguan (637), Zhizhou was again called Laozhou. In the 17th year of Zhenguan (643), Laozhou was abolished and Yiquan was transferred to Yizhou. In the first year of Tianbao (742), Yizhou was renamed Yiquan county and transferred to Yiquan county. In the first year of Qianyuan Dynasty (758), the county was renamed Yizhou, and the prefecture government moved to Suiyang (now Fenggang Suiyang farm). Since then, Yiquan county was no longer a prefecture, and Yiquan county was subordinate to Yizhou.

During the period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the five counties led by the governor of Qianzhou were contested by Chu and Shu. Yizhou and its five counties, such as Yiquan, practiced the autonomy of local officials.

In the third year of the Taiping rejuvenation of the state in the Northern Song Dynasty (978), Yizhou was attached to the imperial court because of the local official's appointment of Lang Zheng. The imperial court ordered it to be "Jimi Yizhou". In the second year of Daguan (1108), Yizhou was abolished. The next year, Chengzhou was set up by land, and Yiquan and other five counties were under the command.

In the Yuan Dynasty, there was a lawsuit against xileping, Rongshan and other barbarians, belonging to the military and civilian appeasement Department of Bozhou.

In the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Rongshan was set up to file a lawsuit, belonging to the Xuanwei division of Bozhou. In the 29th year of Wanli (1601) of the Ming Dynasty, the chaos in Bozhou was calmed down, and the land was returned to Liuzhou. Bozhou was divided into two parts, with chashanguan, dushangguan, dabanjiaoguan, kuzhuguan and qinglongguan as the boundary. Outside the boundary, it belonged to Guizhou, and Pingyue military and civilian government was set up, leading Huangping and Yuqing, Weng'an, Meitan and Anhua counties. Meitan county was officially established and Huang Jiagui was the first magistrate.

In 1659, Meitan County belonged to the Qing government and was still under the jurisdiction of Pingyue military and civilian government. In 1681, Meitan was subordinate to the Pingyue military and civilian government of Guizhou Province. The next year, the road was abandoned. In 1687, it was renamed Pingyue mansion. In the third year of Jiaqing (1798), it was changed to Pingyue Zhili Prefecture. Until the end of Qing Dynasty, Meitan county was one of its counties. However, from the first year to the seventh year of tongzhi (1862-1868), Meitan was temporarily attached to Zunyi Prefecture for the sake of suppressing the Hao army.

In the second year of the Republic of China (1913), after the establishment of the abandoned Prefecture, Meitan County belonged to Qianzhong road of Guizhou Province. Nine years (1920), after the abolition of road directly belongs to the province. In 1935, it was the sixth administrative supervision district of Guizhou Province, and the next year it was changed to the fifth administrative supervision district.

In 1949, it belonged to Zunyi district. In December 1958, Fenggang county and Yuqing county were merged. In August 1961, Fenggang county and Yuqing county were separated and belonged to Zunyi City.

administrative division

In 2000, Meitan county had jurisdiction over 9 towns and 6 townships. In 2003, Meitan county had jurisdiction over 9 towns, 6 townships, 120 village committees and 18 neighborhood committees. The nine towns are Meijiang Town, Yongxing Town, Fuxing Town, Mashan Town, Yuquan Town, huangjiaba Town, Gaotai Town, Maoping town and Xinglong town. The six townships are Xihe Township, Xima Township, Xinnan Township, Shilian Township, chaole Township and Tiancheng township.

In 2012, the provincial government (qianfuhan No. 167) approved the cancellation of Meijiang town and the establishment of Meijiang street and Chacheng street; some village groups of Guanyan village, contract village, Baotai village and Minjian village of huangjiaba Town, Jichang village of Meijiang town and Xinshi village of Yuquan town involved in Meitan economic development zone were separated from the original towns and Taohuajiang street was established.

On December 31, 2013, Meitan County including Xinnan (qianfuhan No. 168), Shilian (qianfuhan No. 169), chaole, Tiancheng, Xima, Xihe (qianfuhan No. 245) and six townships were all completed. Nine towns and six townships in Meitan county were changed into three streets and 14 towns. They are Meijiang street, Chacheng street, Taohuajiang street, Yongxing Town, Fuxing Town, Mashan Town, Yuquan Town, huangjiaba Town, Gaotai Town, Maoping Town, Xinglong Town, Xihe Town, Xima Town, Xinnan Town, Shilian Town, chaole town and Tiancheng town.

In December 2015, the people's Government of Guizhou Province (QFH [2015] No. 303) approved to abolish the organizational system of huangjiaba Town, Yuquan Town, Meijiang street, Chacheng street and Taohuajiang street, and set up new huangjiaba street, Yuquan street and Meijiang street. After the adjustment of administrative divisions, Meitan county has jurisdiction over Meijiang street, huangjiaba street, Yuquan street, Yongxing Town, Fuxing Town, Shilian Town, Gaotai Town, Xihe Town, Maoping Town, Xinnan Town, Tiancheng Town, chaole Town, Xinglong Town, Xima town and Mashan Town, with a total of 3 streets and 12 towns.

geographical environment

Location context

Meitan county is located in the north of Guizhou Province, at the south foot of Dalou mountain, on the North Bank of Wujiang River, and southeast of Zunyi. It is adjacent to Fenggang county in the East, Bozhou district and Huichuan District of Zunyi City across the river in the west, Yuqing and Weng'an counties in the south, Zheng'an and Suiyang in the north. It covers an area of 1864 square kilometers, with a maximum distance of 25.5 kilometers from east to west and 96.5 kilometers from north to south. The county is 58 kilometers away from Zunyi City, 35 kilometers away from Zunyi airport and 188 kilometers away from Guiyang, the provincial capital.

Geology and geomorphology

Meitan county is located in the transition zone from Yunnan Guizhou Plateau to Hunan hills. The average altitude of the whole county is 972.7 meters, and the average altitude of the county is 910 meters. The highest altitude is 1562 meters in qusunkan of Xihe Township in the north, and the lowest altitude is 461 meters in the confluence of Lutang River and Wujiang River of Shilian Township in the south. Meitan is located in the intersection zone of Sichuan Guizhou north-south structural belt, NNE structural belt and NE structural belt. The stratigraphic structure of the county spans 5 boundaries and 8 systems, of which Cambrian system is the most widely distributed, accounting for 52% of the total area of the county, followed by Ordovician system. In the territory, the geological faults are crisscross, the folds are fine and dense, the structures are complex, and the landforms are diverse. According to the classification of stratum lithology, karst landform accounts for two thirds. Due to long-term erosion, the landform in the county has evolved into a variety of micro landform forms, which can be described as peak cluster, valley crisscross, dam land and hills inlaid, and the natural landscape is unique.

climate

Meitan county has a subtropical humid monsoon climate, warm and humid in summer, dry and cold in winter. Spring and autumn are the transitional seasons between winter and summer. The annual average temperature is 14.9 degrees Celsius, the average temperature in the coldest month (January) is 3.8 degrees Celsius, and the extreme minimum temperature is 7.8 degrees Celsius. The average temperature in the hottest month (July) is 25.1 degrees Celsius, and the extreme maximum temperature is 37.4 degrees Celsius, The average annual frost free period is 284 days, and the annual sunshine hours are 1163 hours. The annual total radiation is 3488 MJ / m2, which is one of the lowest solar radiation areas in China. The average annual precipitation is 1137mm, and the distribution of precipitation is uneven. The maximum precipitation is 41.2% in summer and the minimum precipitation is 6.1% in winter. Natural disasters mainly include drought, flood, hail and so on.

natural resources

water resource

The rivers in Meitan County belong to the Wujiang River system of the Yangtze River Basin. There are 1 main stream (Wujiang River), 4 primary tributaries, 9 secondary tributaries, 13 tertiary tributaries and 5 tertiary tributaries. The total length of the river is 513.3 km, the total length of the river system including streams is 786 km, and the river network density is 0.28 km per square kilometer. There are 32 rivers with a drainage area of more than 20 square kilometers and 8 major rivers with a drainage area of more than 100 square kilometers.

The river runoff in the territory mainly comes from atmospheric precipitation, and the annual runoff changes greatly, so it can not be navigable. The annual average total amount of surface water resources is 942.1 million cubic meters, and the groundwater reserve is 222.5 million cubic meters. The water per capita is 2600 cubic meters, and the maximum annual runoff is twice that of the youngest. The runoff from May to August accounts for 56.4% of the whole year.

mineral resources

Tan county is poor in mineral resources. There are about 12 kinds of minerals that have been proved, but the reserves are not rich, the grade is low, and the ore spots are scattered. Major mines

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