Tongling Town, Dongshan County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province

Tongling town

Tongling Town, subordinate to Dongshan County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, is located at the northeast end of Dongshan Island and the northeast corner of Dongshan Island, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province. It is adjacent to the sea in the East, South and North, but adjacent to Kangmei town in the West. It is a cultural ancient city with a history of more than 600 years. It is known as "Zou Lu by the sea". It is the economic and cultural center of Dongshan County. The area is 6.37 square kilometers. In 2017, there were 52657 permanent residents in Tongling town. By 2019, Tongling town has 12 communities and 1 administrative village.

In 2017, there were 471 enterprises in Tongling Town, with 9836 employees, including 140 industrial enterprises and 19 large-scale enterprises.

Historical evolution

In the 20th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, it was renamed Tongshan, belonging to six capitals and five maps of Zhangpu County.

In 1735, it was under the jurisdiction of Zhao'an county.

In 1910, the second year of Xuantong in Qing Dynasty, it belonged to the upper District of Tongshan autonomous region in Zhao'an county. When the county was established, it was under the jurisdiction of the first district of the county and was the resident of the county magistrate's office.

In 1940, there were two towns named just and just.

In May 1950, after liberation, it belonged to the first district and was the residence of the district office and the county people's Government (called Chengguan).

In 1958, it became Chengguan people's commune.

In 1975, Chengguan town and Tongshan people's commune were established.

In April 1980, Tongshan commune was incorporated into Chengguan town.

In 1985, with the approval of the provincial people's government, it was renamed Tongling town.

administrative division

In 1994, it had jurisdiction over 10 streets and 1 administrative village.

By 2019, Tongling town has 12 communities and 1 administrative village.

geographical environment

Tongling Town, located in the northeast of Dongshan Island, is located in the northeast corner of Dongshan Island, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province. It is close to the sea in the East, South and North, but adjacent to Kangmei town in the west, covering an area of 6.37 square kilometers.

population

In 1994, there were 13182 households and 51911 people in Tongling town (an increase of 636 people over the previous year), including 44885 non-agricultural people (an increase of 285 people over the previous year) and 7369 agricultural laborers (an increase of 107 people over the previous year).

In 2017, there were 52657 permanent residents in Tongling town.

Economics

In 1988, the total industrial and agricultural output value of Tongling town was 58.007 million yuan.

In 1994, the total industrial and agricultural output value of Tongling town was 589.05 million yuan (constant price in 1990), an increase of 62.1%, of which the industrial output value was 49.62 million yuan, an increase of 64.6%, and the agricultural output value was 92.83 million yuan, an increase of 49.6%.

In 2017, there were 471 enterprises in Tongling Town, with 9836 employees, including 140 industrial enterprises and 19 large-scale enterprises.

social undertakings

education

As of 1994, Tongling town has provincial key middle school Dongshan No.2 Middle School, provincial key primary school dongshan experimental primary school, 2 middle schools (including 1 vocational middle school), 4 primary schools and 1 central kindergarten.

Cultural undertakings

As of 1994, Tongling town has County Museum, county library, county huangdaozhou memorial hall, county hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, county cinema and town cultural station, radio station, TV turntable, hospital, cinema and other units.

traffic

There is provincial highway 503 in Tongling town.

famous scenery

In Tongling Town, there are national cultural relics protection units, such as the Guandi temple in Tongshan and the tombs of officers and soldiers guarding Taiwan. Provincial cultural relics protection units include shuizhaidashan and Dongshan Anti Japanese War martyrs' cemetery. Tourism Landscapes include national 4A scenic spots, such as the wind moving stone on Lantau Island, the ancient city of Tongshan, Zhengchenggong shuiaotai, the former residence of huangdaozhou, hukongdiyu, etc.

Honorary title

Tongling town has successively won the honors of "national ecological township", "national key township", "Green Township in Fujian Province", "top 100 Township in Fujian Province", "municipal civilized township", "overall protection key area in overall planning of Minnan cultural and ecological protection zone" and "comprehensive reform pilot town of small towns in Zhangzhou city".

In July 2020, the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee reconfirmed Tongling as a national health township.

In November 2020, it was rated as the sixth national civilized village.

Chinese PinYin : Fu Jian Sheng Zhang Zhou Shi Dong Shan Xian Tong Ling Zhen