Yuanqu County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province

Yuanqu County (Yu á NQ à Xi à n), also known as Shun Township, is the hometown of Emperor Shun. It is located in the south of Shanxi Province, crossing Wangwu in the East and Zhongtiao in the west, bordering the Yellow River in the South and Taihang in the north, and belongs to Yuncheng City of Shanxi Province. Yuanqu County was called genfang in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, Yuanxian in the Western Han Dynasty and Yuanqu in the Song Dynasty.

Yuanqu County is rich in human resources, the discovery of "century dawn ape" fossil overturns the conclusion that "human originated in Africa"; Lishan, the only primeval forest in North China, is known as "North China animal and plant species gene bank". The average annual temperature is 13.5 ℃, the average annual precipitation is 631 mm, and the frost free period is 230 days.

Yuanqu County is a "national green energy demonstration county", "national two base work advanced area" and an old revolutionary base area. By 2013, it has a total land area of 1620 square kilometers, 11 townships, 188 administrative villages and 1277 natural villages, with a total population of 235000.

On January 22, 2020, it was named National Garden County by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development.

Evolution of organizational system

The origin of the name

The county is named because it is surrounded by mountains and the central wall is like a bend. According to Yuanqu County annals, Yuan refers to Wangwu mountain, the shape of mountain is like yuan (according to, Yuan refers to the topography of the Loess Plateau, meaning steep mountain flat), Qu refers to Hequ, and the county is one of the nine bends of the Yellow River, so it is called Yuanqu.

Historical evolution

The Shang and Zhou dynasties were "genfang", belonging to the Marquis state.

In the spring and Autumn period, it belonged to the state of Jin.

The Warring States period belongs to Wei Dynasty, which is called Wangyuan. Zhiyuan County of the Qin Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of Hedong County, and the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms and the Western Jin Dynasty were all under Hedong county.

In 470, it was changed to Baishui County, belonging to Shaoshang county. During the reign of Xiaochang (525-527), Shaoshang county was removed and Shao County was built in Yanghu. Baishui County was divided into Baishui County and Qinglian county.

In 537, Shao County was changed to Shaozhou County, and Baishui County to Bocheng county. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Puyuan county was set up.

At the beginning of the great cause of Sui Dynasty, Shaozhou was abolished, and Bocheng, Qinglian and Puyuan were merged into Yuan County, belonging to Jiang county. In the first year of Yining (617), Shaoyuan county was set up in modern and ancient towns. Yuan county was divided into Yuan County, Qinglian county and Bocheng county.

Tang Wude first year (618), belongs to Shaozhou. Wude five years (622 years), province Bocheng into Yuan county. In the first year of Zhenguan (627), Qinglian was withdrawn to Yuanxian. In the second year of longshuo (662), it was transferred to Luozhou. Qianfeng two years (667), also belongs to Jiangzhou. In the second year of Tianshu (691), it belonged to Luozhou. Chang'an two years (702), also belongs to Jiangzhou. Zhenyuan three years (787), changed to shaanzhou. In the third year of Yuanhe (808), Jiangzhou was restored. Yuan county was named in the Five Dynasties, belonging to Jiangzhou.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was renamed Yuanqu County and still belonged to Jiangzhou. Jinxingding four years (1220), belongs to Yizhou. Yuan Fu belongs to Jiangzhou. In 1266, Yuanqu was removed and incorporated into Jiangxian county. It was restored in 1279.

Pingyang Prefecture in Ming Dynasty.

Qing Yongzheng two years (1724), belongs to Jiezhou.

In 1729, it was changed to Jiangzhou.

In 1914, it belonged to Hedong Road, and the later abandoned road belonged to the province.

In 1937, it was the seventh administrative office of Shanxi Province.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was a special area of Yuncheng in 1950,

In 1954, it belonged to Jinnan special area,

In 1972, it belonged to Yuncheng area.

At the end of 2000, Yuncheng district was set up as a city, and Yuanqu County was a yuncheng county.

administrative division

By 2019, Yuanqu County will have jurisdiction over 6 towns and 5 townships, including Xincheng Town, Maojiawan Town, Wangmao Town, Lishan Town, Gucheng Town, Yingyan Town, Jieyu Town, Huafeng Town, Puzhang Town, Gaoluo town and Changzhi town.

geographical environment

Location context

Yuanqu County is located in the south of Shanxi Province, at the east end of Yuncheng City, adjacent to Yangcheng and Qinshui counties in the northeast, Yicheng and Jiangxian counties in the north, Wenxi County in the west, Xiaxian County in the southwest, Jiyuan City in Henan Province in the East, Mianchi County in Sanmenxia City and Xin'an County in Luoyang City across the river in the south, with a total land area of 1620 square kilometers. It is 350 kilometers away from Taiyuan, 100 kilometers away from Yuncheng, 230 kilometers away from Zhengzhou, 340 kilometers away from Xi'an, and 40 minutes away from Guangong airport. The geographical coordinates are 111 ° 31 ′ - 112 ° 10 ′ E and 35 ° 00 ′ - 35 ° 39 ′ n.

geology

Yuanqu County is located in the south of North China plate, the south end of the contact zone between Ordos block and Hehuai block, and the east side of the northeast end of Zhongtiao fault arch. The southeast is monoclinic structure, the main structural strike is ne, inclining to the southwest, the older igneous rocks are exposed in the northwest, and the sedimentary rocks of new strata are exposed in the southeast, so the geological structure changes are complex. There are ancient Sinian, Cambrian and Ordovician strata in Paleozoic, Permian and Triassic coal measures strata in Mesozoic, and tertiary and Quaternary loess strata in Cenozoic. The mountainous area is 1170.80 square kilometers, accounting for 72.24% of the total area; the original loess plateau area and hilly area are 404.7 square kilometers, accounting for 25% of the total area; the alluvial plain area is 39 square kilometers, accounting for 2.4% of the total area.

terrain

The terrain of Yuanqu County is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It is high in the north and low in the south. It is surrounded by mountains in the west, North and East, adjacent to the Yellow River in the south, and Yuanqu Intermountain basin in the middle. It is a gourd shaped distribution of wide in the north and narrow in the south. The highest altitude is 2358m (shunwangping), the highest in southern Shanxi, and the lowest is 176.7m (matiwo), the lowest in Shanxi. The main peaks are shunwangping, sawtooth mountain, Liuliu mountain and huangguman in the northeast, with an altitude of more than 1500 meters, among which shunwangping is the highest peak in Yuanqu County, with an altitude of 2321 meters; yuangulu mountain, Tianpan mountain and jiaojiancao mountain in the north, with an altitude of about 1650 meters; Yujia mountain, waitou mountain, dawao mountain and Yishan mountain in the west, with an altitude of about 1300 meters.

hydrology

The larger rivers in the territory are Boqing River, Yunxi River, banjian River, Xiyang River and wufujian River, all flowing into the Yellow River from north to south. The narrow valley plain on both sides of the river is the main farming area with convenient irrigation and dense population.

natural resources

Biological resources

There are 782 species of plants belonging to 451 genera and 122 families in Yuanqu County, of which 485 species are medicinal plants, ranking the first in quantity and quality in Yuncheng area. The second level national protection plants are Lianxiang tree and taishanbai tree, and the third level national protection plants are Dalbergia tatarinowii. There are 256 species of wild vertebrates belonging to 74 families. The first level national protection animals are tigers, sika deer, black stork, leopard, Golden Eagle, etc. the second level national protection animals are macaque and swan In addition, it can be used as a reference for other species.

mineral resources

Yuanqu County is rich in mineral resources, 46 kinds of mineral resources have been proved. Metallic minerals include copper, iron, gold, etc.; non-metallic minerals include coal, quartzite, barite, phosphorus, bauxite, slate, talc, granite, garnet, malachite, Maifan stone, crystal, agate, Hanbai jade, etc.

population

By the end of 2019, there are 241613 permanent residents in Yuanqu County, 465 more than at the end of last year. Among them, the urban population is 130157, and the rural population is 111456. In the whole year, 2229 people were born, with a birth rate of 9.22 ‰; 964 people died, with a mortality rate of 3.99 ‰; and the natural growth rate was 5.23 ‰. The sex ratio was 102.52%. The urbanization rate was 53.87%.

Transportation

Yuanqu County has convenient transportation. By 2014, the South Tongpu railway is 78 km long; Wenyuan expressway runs through the whole county, connecting Beijing Kunming Expressway and Dayun Expressway in the north, and Nantong Jinji Expressway and lianque Expressway in the South; yuanmian Expressway and Jinyun expressway are in the early stage of preparation; the total mileage of the county highway is more than 1000 km, and the "three vertical and three horizontal" circular road system has been built. The provincial highway WangHeng line passes through the county, and there is another Houma expressway Jiaozuo highway trunk line, Wenyuan Road, county to Yangcheng Branch Road and simple highway.

By the end of 2019, Yuanqu County's highway mileage is 1007.29 km, including 177.815 km of national highway, 248.531 km of County Road, 377.838 km of Township Road and 203.106 km of village road. The highway density of the county is 62 km / 100 square kilometers.

Economic overview

In 2019, Yuanqu County's GDP will reach 6496.18 million yuan, an increase of 7.3% over the previous year at comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 672.36 million yuan, an increase of 3.1%; the added value of the secondary industry was 2549.92 million yuan, an increase of 6.6%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 3273.89 million yuan, an increase of 8.4%. The composition of the three industries was adjusted from 10.0:39.4:50.6 to 10.3:39.3:50.4. The contribution rates of the three industries to economic growth are 3.4%, 36.3% and 60.4% respectively. The per capita GDP was 26913 yuan, an increase of 7% over the previous year.

In 2019, the total financial revenue of Yuanqu County was 738.48 million yuan, an increase of 12.71% over the previous year, and the general public budget revenue was 321.04 million yuan, an increase of 16.36% over the previous year, including value-added tax of 142.78 million yuan, an increase of 24.16% over the previous year, enterprise income tax of 8.09 million yuan, an increase of 5.06% over the previous year, personal income tax of 2.28 million yuan, a decrease of 30.91% over the previous year, resource tax of 37.2 million yuan, a decrease of 13.63% over the previous year, and urban maintenance tax The construction tax was 29.35 million yuan, an increase of 31.32% over the previous year; the special income was 31.85 million yuan, an increase of 58.69% over the previous year; the administrative fee income was 18.59 million yuan, an increase of 19.49% over the previous year

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