Shapotou District, Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Shapotou District Shapotou district is located in the central and western part of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, at the junction of Ningxia, Gansu and Mongolia. It is the youngest municipal district in Ningxia, and also the political, economic and cultural center of Zhongwei city. With a total land area of 6877 square kilometers, the region has jurisdiction over 11 townships, 165 administrative villages and 22 urban communities, with a permanent resident population of 411000. Since the eighteen Party's Congress, under the guidance of Xi Jinping's new socialist ideology with China's characteristics, Shapotou district has conscientiously implemented the new development concept, laid stress on the "three major battles", and vigorously implemented the three strategies of innovation driven, poverty alleviation, and ecological development. In 2019, the GDP will be 19.01 billion yuan, the general public budget revenue will be 270 million yuan, the annual fixed asset investment will increase by 1.8%, the total retail sales of social consumer goods will decrease by 1.9%, the per capita disposable income of urban permanent residents will be 31028 yuan, and the per capita disposable income of rural permanent residents will be 13210 yuan.

Shapotou district has a number of national 5A tourist attractions, such as Shapotou, Sikouzi tourist area, yiwanquan Paleolithic site, ancient rock paintings, Zhongwei Gaomiao, Shuanglongshan grottoes, Haiyuan "global earthquake" site and so on.

In 2018, Shapotou District completed 18.769 billion yuan of GDP, 272 million yuan of general public budget income, 28694 yuan of per capita disposable income of urban permanent residents and 12194 yuan of per capita disposable income of rural permanent residents.

Historical evolution

Shapotou district has a long history. Human beings have been living here for more than 30000 years. It is the frontier fortress of the "Silk Road" because it connects Shaanxi and Shanxi in the East, Gansu and Xinjiang in the west, Inner Mongolia in the north and Sichuan and Yunnan in the south. It has the danger of the Yellow River in the front and Helan in the back, guarding the west gate of Ningxia. It has been an important military town in Northwest China since ancient times. Shapotou district has advocated Confucianism, culture and Taoism since ancient times. There is a site of "microlithic culture" found in the territory, where human beings lived and multiplied 4000 years ago.

In the spring and Autumn period, it was a place where Qiang and Rong people lived together.

After the Qin Dynasty merged the six states, Zhongwei was incorporated into the territory and belonged to Beidi county. Since then, 10 dynasties established counties.

Han Dynasty, belongs to anding County, qujuan county.

During the northern and Southern Dynasties, the town of bogulu in the spiritual state. Sui belongs to Fengan County, Lingwu county.

In Tang Dynasty, it belongs to Mingsha County of Xihui Prefecture.

Song, Liao, Xixia period, belongs to Xixia Yingli county.

Yuan Dynasty belongs to Ningxia Yingli Prefecture.

In the Ming Dynasty, Yingli Prefecture was abolished. In the first year of Jianwen (1399), Ningxia Zhongwei command and envoy department was set up, which belongs to Shaanxi capital command and envoy.

Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng three years (1725) abandoned Wei to Zhongwei County, belongs to Ningxia Prefecture of Gansu Province.

In 1933, Zhongwei county was divided into two parts and Zhongning county was set up in the East.

In 1941, Xiangshan District of Zhongwei county was set up in Ningxia Province.

In 1945, Ningxia set up the administrative Commissioner's supervision area, and Zhongwei was the second one. Soon, the Xiangshan Administrative Bureau was abolished and merged into Zhongwei County, and the special district was also abolished, and Zhongwei county was directly under Ningxia Province.

In 1954, Ningxia Province was merged into Gansu Province. Zhongwei county belongs to Yinchuan District of Gansu Province.

In 1958, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region was established, Yinchuan special region of Gansu Province was abolished, and Zhongwei county was directly under the autonomous region.

In 1972, Yinnan district was established and Zhongwei was under its jurisdiction.

In December 2003, the State Council approved the abolition of Zhongwei county and the establishment of prefecture level Zhongwei City, and the establishment of Shapotou District in Zhongwei city. The former administrative division of Zhongwei county is the administrative division of Shapotou district. The District People's government is located in Gulou West Street.

administrative division

In May 1961, Dongfanghong commune was divided into Chengguan commune and Xiyuan commune; Xiansheng commune was divided into Dongyuan commune, Rouyuan commune and Zhenluo commune; lighthouse commune was divided into Jingzhuang commune, Hongquan commune, Sanyanjing commune and chenjiashui commune. The county is divided into 12 communes.

In May 1964, Xiangshan district was set up to govern the four communes established by the original Xiangshan commune. In October, Chengguan commune was changed into Chengguan town.

In April 1965, Caiqiao, Xindun, HanZha, Guanqiao, Nanyuan and other brigades under the jurisdiction of Chengguan town were separated out and set up as suburban communes and stationed in the old Gulou South Lane.

In October 1968, Xiangshan district was abolished.

In February 1969, the chenjiashui commune was abolished, and the huangquan and Shimen brigades under its jurisdiction were assigned to Jingzhuang commune; the huangtao and xiaojingzi brigades were assigned to Changle commune.

In 1983, all communes were converted into townships.

In 1984, from the west of Jianjian Lake in Xiyuan township to yingpanshui District, Gantang town was set up and stationed in Gantang.

In 1985, Dongtai and Xitai townships were added to the newly developed nanshantai irrigation area.

In 1988, Xinbei township was added to the irrigation area developed in beiganqu desert.

In August 1992, Xuanhe, Changle and Zhenluo townships were changed into towns; so far, Chengguan, Gantang, Xuanhe, Changle and Zhenluo townships and suburban townships, Dongyuan, Xiyuan, Rouyuan, Yongkang, Dongtai, Xitai, Hongquan, Jingzhuang, Sanyanjing and Xinbei townships are under the jurisdiction of the county.

On February 18, 2008, Xingren town and Haochuan township of Haiyuan county were under the jurisdiction of Shapotou District of Zhongwei city. Jurisdiction Wenchang Town, Binhe Town, Yingshuiqiao Town, Rouyuan Town, Dongyuan Town, Xuanhe Town, Yongkang Town, Changle Town, Xiangshan Town, Haochuan Town, Xingren Town, Zhenluo town.

In December 2015, the government of the autonomous region approved Zhongwei city to abolish the administrative division system of Haochuan Township in Shapotou district and put the administrative area of Haochuan Township under Xingren town.

On August 19, 2016, Shapotou District of Zhongwei city was officially listed, marking the independent operation of the district in the mode of municipal administrative system.

In 2020:

Name of division code for statistics

640502100000 Binhe town

640502101000 Wenchang town

640502102000 Dongyuan town

640502103000 Rouyuan town

640502104000 Zhenluo town

640502105000 Xuanhe town

640502106000 Yongkang town

640502107000 Changle Town

640502108000 Yingshuiqiao town

640502109000 Xingren town

640502200000 Xiangshan Township

640502400000 Zhongwei goat breeding farm

640502401000 Zhongwei Industrial Park

geographical environment

position

Shapotou district (Zhongwei city) is located in the central and western part of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It spans 104 degrees 17 minutes to 106 degrees 10 minutes east longitude and 36 degrees 06 minutes to 37 degrees 50 minutes north latitude. It is adjacent to Zhongning County in the East, Tongxin County, Haiyuan county and Jingyuan County in Gansu Province in the south, Jingtai County in Gansu Province in the west, and Alxa Left Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the north.

topographic features

The topography of Shapotou District inclines from west to East and from south to north. The altitude of the territory is between 1100m and 2955m. The geomorphic types are divided into desert, Yellow River alluvial plain, platform, mountain and basin. Among them, the area of Weining north mountain on the edge of Tengger Desert in the northwest is 120000 hectares, accounting for 8.1% of the total land area of the whole city; the area of Weining Yellow River alluvial plain in the middle is 100000 hectares, accounting for 6.8% of the total land area of the whole city; the area of platform between mountain area and South Bank of Yellow River is 60000 hectares, accounting for 4.1% of the total land area of the whole city; the area of Longzhong mountain and loess hilly area in the south is 1195500 hectares, accounting for 1.955 million hectares of the total land area of Zhongwei city 81% of the total.

hydrology

Shapotou district has three main rivers: the Yellow River and its tributaries Changshui River and Qingshui River. The Yellow River flows from southwest to northeast along the northwest side of the city, with a flow of about 182 km and a distance of about 2 km from the urban area. The annual average flow is 1039.8 m3 / s, and the average transit water is 32.814 billion m3.

climate

Shapotou district is located in the inland, far away from the sea, close to the desert, and belongs to semi-arid climate, which has the characteristics of typical continental monsoon climate and desert climate. Warm spring is late, cool autumn is early, hot summer is short, cold winter is long, windy and sandy, dry and rainless. The annual average temperature is between 7.3 ℃ and 9.5 ℃, the annual frost free period is 159-169 days, the annual precipitation is 179.6-367.4 mm, the annual evaporation is 1829.6-1947.1 mm, and the annual sunshine hours are 2800 hours. The annual average temperature of Shapotou district is 8.8 ℃, the annual precipitation is 179.6 mm, and the annual evaporation is 1829.6 mm, which is 10.2 times of the precipitation. Precipitation is mainly concentrated in June to August, accounting for 60% of the annual precipitation. The annual frost free period is 167 days on average, and the annual sunshine hours are 2870 hours.

natural resources

Shapotou district has many kinds of mineral resources and rich reserves, including more than 30 kinds of coal, gypsum, clay, dolomite, oil, gold, copper, aluminum, zinc, etc. by 2014, the proved gypsum reserves reached 7 billion tons, the most abundant coal resources, with a distribution area of nearly 200 square kilometers and a total reserves of 1.2 billion tons.

The Yellow River flows through the whole city for 182 kilometers, with a hydropower reserve of more than 2 million kilowatts. It is a good area for hydropower generation. After the completion of Shapotou Water Control Project and Daliushu Water Control Project, Shapotou district will become an important hydropower base in Northwest China.

Population nationality

population

According to the statistics in 2011, the population of Hui nationality is 318000, accounting for 31.2% of the total population, and the population of Mongolian, Manchu and other ethnic minorities is 4276, accounting for 0.4% of the total population. Haiyuan county is a minority inhabited area with Hui as the main body, and the Hui population accounts for more than 72% of the total population of the county.

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