Jingtai County, Baiyin City, Gansu Province

Jingtai County, belonging to Baiyin City, Gansu Province, is located in the middle of Gansu Province, at the east end of Hexi Corridor, at the junction of Gansu, Ningxia and Mongolia provinces (districts), between 36 ° 43 ′ n to 37 ° 38 ′ E and 103 ° 33 ′ e to 104 ° 43 ′ e, with a total area of 5483 square kilometers. Jingtai County has a temperate arid continental climate. The name of the county means "prosperity, peace and security of the country". As of 2018, Jingtai County has 8 towns and 3 townships, and the county government is stationed in a mountain town, with a total population of 240000.

In the Western Han Dynasty, kuiyin county and gawei County belong to Wuwei County. The Qing Dynasty belongs to Gaolan and Jingyuan counties of Lanzhou Prefecture. In 1757, Hongshui county was established in Hongshui Township, which belongs to Gaolan county. In 1913, it was changed to Hongshui county. In 1933, after entering Hongshui county from the west of the Yellow River in Jingyuan County, it was renamed Jingtai County, and now Luyang town was ruled. In May 1978, Luyang, the administrative office of Jingtai County, moved to yitiaoshan (now yitiaoshan town). In the territory, Baotou Lanzhou railway runs through the whole territory, while Gan Tangwu railway runs through the northern part of the county.

In 2018, Jingtai county achieved a GDP of 5.497 billion yuan, an increase of 7.4% over the previous year at comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 1.311 billion yuan, up 6.1% year on year; the added value of the secondary industry was 1.207 billion yuan, up 19.1% year on year; the added value of the tertiary industry was 2.979 billion yuan, up 2.3% year on year. On April 28, 2019, the Gansu Provincial Government approved Jingtai county to withdraw from poverty-stricken counties. On December 31, 2019, it will be selected as a typical county of rural innovation and entrepreneurship in China.

Historical evolution

The pottery, pottery pieces, stone tools, bone beads, microliths and decorations unearthed from the ancient sites of zhangjiatai, yingpantai, Xitan and xijishui in Jingtai County belong to the cultural relics of the new stone age. It can be seen that as early as 4500 years ago, the ancestors of Jingtai worked hard and lived in this land.

Before the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties (771 BC), Jingtai County was the residence of Xirong. From the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period to the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to the Yue family. At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu broke the Yue family and belonged to the Xiongnu XiuTu king.

In the Western Han Dynasty, in the second year of Yuanshou, Emperor Wu (121 BC), the Han Dynasty broke down the right area of Xiongnu, and Jingtai County belonged to the territory of the Han Dynasty. In the sixth year of Yuanding (111 BC), Jiawei county was set up in the territory, belonging to Wuwei County. The county is located in Diao Gou ancient city, 35 Li East of today's county (a mountain town). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms (Wei) period, Jiawei county still belonged to Wuwei County.

From the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316) to the Eastern Jin Dynasty (Qianliang) (317-376), Jingtai County belonged to Wuwei County; from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (Western Qin Dynasty) (385-431), it belonged to Jincheng county (Lanzhou); during the northern and Southern Dynasties, it belonged to Gaoping town (Guyuan, Ningxia) in the Northern Wei Dynasty (431-518); later, because Gaoping town changed its name to Yuanzhou, it belonged to Yuanzhou (Guyuan, Ningxia); from the Western Wei Dynasty (535-556) to the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581) Jingtai county belongs to Huizhou (Jingyuan).

In Sui Dynasty, Jingtai county belongs to Wuwei County.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Jingtai County belonged to Huizhou. Tang Zong Guangde two years (764), belong to Tubo. In the third year of Emperor Xuanzong's reign (849), it was returned to the Tang Dynasty and still belonged to Huizhou (Jingyuan). During this period, it belonged to Tubo in the 86th year.

From the Five Dynasties to the early Northern Song Dynasty, Jingtai County failed to form a clear political jurisdiction due to the coexistence of Tibetan adherents and Han people.

In the first year of song Yuanbao and the first year of yanzuo (1038), Jingtai County was occupied by Xixia. In the second year of song Baoqing, the third year of Jin Zhengda, the first year of Baoyi in Xixia, and the 21st year of Genghis Khan (1266), the leader of Mongolian nationality Genghis Khan led a large army to invade Xixia from the North Road, and Jingtai County was under the jurisdiction of Mongolian nationality.

After the Yuan Dynasty unified the whole country, Jingtai County belonged to Yongchang Road, Gansu Province.

In the early Ming Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Lanzhou, Lintao Prefecture. After the reign of Jingtai, it has been a bunny pasture of Songshan tribe in Tatar for more than 100 years. In the 26th year of Wanli (1598), Tian lekefu, a Fu minister, was located in Geda, xiaolutang, Wufosi, suohanbao, yitiaoshan, etc. and jingluwei, Hongshui, Yongtai, Sanyanjing, Kuangou, Zhenlu (Zhenglu) and other places in Guyuan prefecture were located in Lintao Lanzhou. From March to June in the spring of the 27th year of Wanli (1599), the Great Wall was built under the garrison of Lanzhou garrison. The reason for Ming Dynasty's painstaking management of Jingtai lies in "the place where Jingtai is located is between Rong and Xia". In order to seize the throat, it has a strategic position of "one of the most powerful towns in Longyou", with Lujing in the East, zhuangliang in the west, Gaolan in the South and Shaqi in the north.

In Qing Dynasty, Lutang and other places belonged to jingluwei of Lanzhou Prefecture, and Hongshui and other places belonged to Gaolan County of Lanzhou Prefecture. In the fourth year of Qianlong (1739), a county magistrate was set up in Kuangou, Gaolan County, to manage local affairs. He took charge of Kuangou and led Kuangou, Yongtai, Hongshui and Zhenglu. In 1758, Wu Dashan, governor of Gansu Province, requested approval to move Kuangou county to Hongshui County, which is known as Hongshui County in history. Since the first year of Daoguang (1821), it has been stationed in Kuangou. Jingtai is under the jurisdiction of Gaolan County, Hongshui county and Jingyuan County, belonging to Lanzhou Prefecture of Gansu Province. In the third year of Xianfeng (1853), Maohe, the county magistrate, built Kuangou city.

In the second year of the Republic of China (1913), Hongshui county was upgraded to Hongshui county. Jingtai was under the jurisdiction of Hongshui county and Jingyuan County. In the 22nd year of the Republic of China (1933), Jingtai County was established by merging the big and small Lutang, Wufosi, yitiaoshan, suohanbao, Laolongwan, and HUSHUI in the North District of Jingyuan County (West of the Yellow River) with the original Hongshui County, where it is now located in Luyang town.

On September 12, 1949, the Chinese people's Liberation Army entered Jingtai and declared its liberation. On September 14, the provisional people's Government of Jingtai County was established. On September 21, the people's Government of Jingtai County was formally established. Luyang is a special district of Wuwei.

On October 10, 1955, the State Council approved the incorporation of Wuwei District into Zhangye district and Jingtai County into Zhangye district.

In January 1956, the State Council approved to put Jingtai County under the jurisdiction of Dingxi District.

On April 4, 1958, the State Council decided to abolish Jingtai County and merge it into Gaolan county. On December 20 of the same year, the State Council decided to abolish Gaolan county and put the seven communes under the jurisdiction of Jingtai County under the jurisdiction of Baiyin City, Gansu Province.

On November 15, 1961, the State Council decided to restore the organizational system of Jingtai County, governing Luyang, a county under the jurisdiction of Baiyin City.

In October 1963, Baiyin city was abolished, and Jingtai County was under the jurisdiction of Wuwei district.

In May 1978, Gansu Provincial revolutionary committee moved Luyang, the administrative office of Jingtai County, to yitiaoshan (now yitiaoshan town).

On May 14, 1985, with the approval of the State Council, Baiyin city was restored, and Jingtai County was still under the jurisdiction of Baiyin City.

administrative division

On January 6, 2005, the township administrative division of Jingtai County was adjusted. Da'an township was abolished and merged into Xiquan town; Hongshui township was abolished and merged into four mountain towns, the merged four mountain towns were renamed Hongshui Town, and the town government was located in Tai'an village; badaoquan township was abolished and its four villages, duanjiajing, Wangzhuang, Yushu and Bianwai, were merged into shangshawo town; seven villages, Qingcheng, Qingquan, badaoquan, liehushan, Changfeng, Fengquan and qingshidun, were merged Merged into Caowotan town.

In 2014, the Department of civil affairs of Gansu Province approved to abolish Zhenglu Township and Zhongquan Township and establish Zhenglu town and Zhongquan town.

By 2018, Jingtai County has jurisdiction over 8 towns, 3 townships, 135 administrative villages, 7 communities, and the county government is stationed in a mountain town.

geographical environment

Location context

Jingtai county is located in the northern border of Gansu Province hinterland and the southern edge of Tengger Desert. It is located in the transitional zone between the Loess Plateau and Tengger Desert, and is the eastern gateway of Hexi corridor. It borders Jingyuan County and Pingchuan District on the East, Baiyin District, Gaolan county and Yongdeng County on the south, Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County and Gulang County on the west, Alxa Left Banner of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Zhongwei County of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on the north. It spans 36 ° 43 ′ n to 37 ° 38 ′ N and 103 ° 33 ′ e to 104 ° 43 ′ E. It is about 84 km wide from east to west and 102 km long from north to south, with a total area of more than 5483 square kilometers.

topographic features

Jingtai County has rugged mountains, rolling hills, crisscross rivers and beaches, and crisscross gullies. The terrain is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, with the highest altitude of 3321 meters and the lowest altitude of 1276 meters. Mountains and hills account for about three-quarters of the area of the county. The landform is complex, which can be roughly divided into three parts: mountain area, composed of two mountain systems of tiger and Changling, with high mountains, abrupt peaks and hidden sky; hilly area, connected in Zhenglu Town, Xiquan Town, Da'an Town, Zhongquan town and Dongqing, Hongliu, Cuiliu three gullies, with undulating mountains, crisscross gullies and small vegetation coverage; plain area, including yongtaichuan, Caowotan, manshuitan, bianwaitan, most of the land With flat potential, thick soil layer and fertile soil, it is suitable for large-scale agricultural machinery cultivation; river valley terraces are distributed in Laolongwan and wufutan along the Yellow River, which are open and silted areas with superior light, heat, water and soil conditions; aeolian sand landform is presented in Heizuizi, bingcaotang and dagedang areas in the desert front, which are composed of mobile Shacheng crescent dune chain; basin and baidunzi land Area, mountains, hills surrounding the original, flood injection does not discharge.

climate

Jingtai county is one of the Arid Counties in the middle of Gansu Province. It belongs to temperate arid continental climate. The average temperature is 8.2 ℃ and the frost free period is about 141 days. The average annual precipitation is 185 mm, the average evaporation is 3038 mm, the annual sunshine is about 2726 hours, accounting for 64% of the astronomical sunshine hours at this latitude, and the average annual wind speed is 3.5 m / s. Climate change in Mountainous Areas

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