Gekeng Town, Dehua County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province

Gekeng town

Gekeng town is located in the north of Dehua County, bordering Yangmei Township in the East, Tangtou Township in the west, Shangyong Township and Guiyang Township in the south, Banmian Township in Youxi County in the north. The people's Government of Gekeng town is located in Gekeng village.

On June 29, 2020, it will be included in the list of provincial rural governance demonstration towns.

General situation of villages and towns

Gekeng town is located in the north of Dehua County, 40 kilometers away from the county. Population 5365 (2017). It governs 12 administrative villages. Chishui Gekeng highway passes through. Gekeng forest farm of the county and Qiwu forest farm of the town are in the territory, which is one of the main forest areas of the county.

The total land area of the town is 127.34 square kilometers, including 9589 mu of cultivated land, 190000 mu of mountainous land and 1407.04 million mu of forestry land. There are 50 natural villages, 12 villager committees and 90 villager groups.

administrative division

350526109: ~ 201 Gekeng village ~ 202 Xialing village ~ 203 Hutou village ~ 204 luotou village ~ 205 Qiucun village ~ 206 shuimen village ~ 207 Daling village ~ 208 Lantian village ~ 209 Fudi village ~ 210 Dazheng village ~ 211 longfu village ~ 212 longta village

Historical evolution

Regionalization before the founding of the people's Republic of China

Gekeng town has many peaks and valleys. In the past, it was rich in sweet potato, so it was called "Gepi", "Geling" and "Gekeng". According to historical records, Gekeng was put under the jurisdiction of Dehua County by Youxi County in the second year of Qianyou of the Han Dynasty. In the song and Ming Dynasties, it belonged to the yangmeizhongtuan of Changping Township, and in the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to meizhongli and meishangli respectively. In 1936, it was divided into districts to establish the joint insurance system, which belongs to the fourth district; in 1944, it was abolished and the Township insurance system was established, which belongs to Geling township.

Regionalization after liberation

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was still called Geling Township in 1950, belonging to the fourth district. In January 1951, the Sixth District Office was established here, which governs six townships of liberation, victory, unity, democracy, peace and brightness. In August 1952, the Sixth District governs seven townships, including Gekeng, Fudi, daling, Lingjiao, Baiye, Yunxi and Jishan, and Futou Township belongs to the ninth district. In January 1955, in addition to the above seven townships, five townships, including longta, Tangtou, Xialing, shuimen and Xilong, were added, totaling 12 townships. In 1956, it was incorporated into Shangyong District, Gekeng people's commune was established in 1958, it was incorporated into Shangyong commune in 1959, Gekeng people's commune was restored in 1961, and it was changed into Gekeng Township in 1984. In 1997, it covers an area of 136.2 square kilometers and has a population of 16000. It governs 12 village committees, including Gekeng, daling, Fudi, longta, Dazheng, Lantian, shuimen, Xialing, Hutou, Qiucun and Futou. In 2001, Gekeng township was abolished and Gekeng town was established.

Climate and environment

Gekeng town is high in the middle and low in the surrounding area. There are seven villages above 800 meters above sea level, including Fudi, Lantian, Qiucun, Gekeng, daling, Xialing and Dazheng. The altitude of longta village in the northwest is only about 300 meters. The main peaks are shibazao, xiangongzhai, tienailshan, Bijiashan, etc. The climate in the central part is colder than that in the northwest. The annual average temperature is 18 ℃, the frost free period is 255 days, and the annual rainfall is about 1650 mm.

natural resources

Gekeng town has three natural advantages: forestry, hydropower and mineral resources. The forest coverage rate of the town is 73.8%, the standing stock volume is 690000 cubic meters, the number of Moso bamboo is 2.03 million, the area of Gekeng forest farm is 30000 mu, and the area of sensheng forest farm is 17800 mu. The main streams in the territory are Xiadian stream and Yongxi stream. Xiadian stream originates from Dazheng village and Tangtou Township and joins Youxi at the crater. Yongxi stream originates from Shangyong Township, flows through the south of the territory, joins Geling stream at Litian, and flows eastward through Guiyang Township and Shuikou Town to Dazhang stream in the upper reaches of Minjiang River.

The river course is crooked and the drop is large. The exploitable water resources of the whole town are more than 9600 kilowatts. Eight hydropower stations have been built with an installed capacity of 6985 kilowatts, all of which are integrated into the county power grid. Gekeng is one of the important mining areas in Dehua, which is rich in mineral resources. The main mineral resources are coal, limestone, kaolin, gold, pyrophyllite, lead, zinc, copper and silver, etc. now, coal, limestone, kaolin, gold and pyrophyllite are mined in large quantities. Hutou village is Dehua's coal base and cement raw material base, while shuimen, Qiucun and JuTou are Dehua's gold production bases. In Gekeng Town, there are two ancient temples, Xianting and Xianglin temple, which are well-known and have a long history.

Population data

At the end of 2006, the population of the town was 16300, mainly Han nationality. There were 413 she people in longta village, accounting for 37.2% of the total population.

In 2017, the total population was 5365.

economic development

The economy of Gekeng town is dominated by agriculture, forestry, town and village enterprises and mineral exploitation, which has great development potential. In 2006, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the town was 351 million yuan, the output value of township enterprises was 279 million yuan, the financial revenue was 10.41 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 5320 yuan. In 2006, the town's total grain output was 5430 tons and fruit output was 3955 tons. Longzhen and longta are the two major fruit production bases of the town, with a per capita fruit planting area of 2 mu. Animal husbandry, edible fungi, tea and other agricultural comprehensive development has also been rapid development, the emergence of a large number of species, breeding households. Forest by-products include wood, bamboo, mushroom, red mushroom, dried bamboo shoots, pine resin, tea oil, etc. Enterprises in the town mainly include Dehua Hengchang mineral Co., Ltd., Dehua HENGFA hydropower station, Dehua Xiaxi hydropower station, Qiucun concentrator, Shuangqishan concentrator, smelter, etc.

infrastructure

Gekeng is the main traffic road from Dehua to Youxi. After the county road 354 and Provincial Road 206 are opened, they will run through the whole town. By the end of 2006, all 12 administrative villages in the town have achieved road surface hardening. Remarkable achievements have been made in the reconstruction of old villages and the construction of new villages. The scale of market town construction is expanding day by day. Since 1996, the new commercial housing area in market towns has reached 83000 square meters, and the production and living environment of the masses has been significantly improved. Posts and telecommunications have developed rapidly. In 1997, village to village communication was realized. Now 1080 program-controlled telephones are installed in the town, with an average of one telephone for every four households. Gekeng post and telecommunications digital module office was put into use in 1998. With the comprehensive implementation of the strategy of "revitalizing the town through science and education", education has been continuously developed and facilities have been continuously improved. It has 1 middle school and 13 primary schools, and has fully implemented nine-year compulsory education. In 1997, the "two bases" of education passed the acceptance, and in early 2007, the "double high and universal education" of education passed the provincial and municipal acceptance. Now science education is moving forward to a higher level. There are more and more cultural facilities. Every village has cable TV. There are radio and television stations, cultural stations and cinemas in the town. There are 1 central health center in the town and health centers in every village, among which 4 village health centers in Daling, Fudi, Xialing and Longzhen reach the standard of grade a health center.

Development goals

guiding ideology

In the future development, we should adhere to the guidance of the important thought of "Three Represents", thoroughly implement the scientific outlook on development, base ourselves on the local conditions, adjust measures to local conditions, and adhere to the idea of "mining as the leading factor, driving the development of agriculture, forestry, enterprises and the tertiary industry"

Development measures

Give full play to the three advantages of "forest, water and mining", adhere to the principle of "sound and rapid development", build the largest gold production base in Southeast Fujian, consolidate and expand the two pillar industries of mining and forestry, cultivate and develop key industries such as electric power, fruit and animal husbandry, establish township enterprises, cultivate and develop the tertiary industry, vigorously develop rural economy, and accelerate the development of affluent well-off society To build Gekeng into an economically prosperous and politically stable city, we should do a good job in planning, speed up the transformation of old villages and the construction of new countryside, adhere to the strategy of "moderately advanced" and continue to speed up the construction of infrastructure, adhere to the principle of "two hands, two hands hard", strengthen the construction of socialist spiritual civilization, promote the all-round development of science and technology, education, culture, health, environmental protection and other social undertakings It is a new type of town with civilized rural style and clean appearance.

Honor record

On June 29, 2020, it will be included in the list of provincial rural governance demonstration towns.

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