Tongfang Town, Changting County, Longyan City, Fujian Province

Tongfang town

Tongfang town is located in the east of Changting County, Longyan City, Fujian Province. It is adjacent to Liancheng County in the East, Nanshan Town in the south, Xinqiao Town in the West and Guanqian town in the north. There are two highways passing through the town. One is tinglian highway (from Changting to Liancheng), which runs through eight administrative villages from east to west, Liancheng National Highway 205 in the East and provincial highway Yangwan line in Xinqiao in the West. The other is Nanguan highway (from Nanshan to Guanqian), which runs through 13 villages from north to south It is one of the five major towns in Changting, with two administrative villages, the south of which is connected with national highway 319 and the north of which is connected with provincial highway Fushan. The two highways cross Tongfang Town, making it a transportation hub.

In 2018, the town has a total of 24 administrative villages, 227 villager groups and a population of 31749.

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Historical evolution

The fourth district was established in 1949, Tongfang District in 1956, Hongxing commune in 1958, Tongfang commune in 1960, township in 1984 and town in 1993.

administrative division

It has jurisdiction over 24 village committees including Tongfang, Huling, Hongxing, Laiwu, Changba, Xinshe, Lintian, Hengkeng, Bali, Julin, Juhe, Shuangqiao, Xiakeng, Xiaoling, Malou, Dapu, Pengfang, Hongming, Longfang, Geping, Changchun, Huangfang, Hesheng and Liukeng.

natural resources

Tongfang has 27278 mu of cultivated land and 310000 mu of mountainous area, including 282000 mu of forest land and 18000 mu of bamboo forest. The forest coverage rate is 79.9%, and the forest stock is 855000 cubic meters, which is one of the key forest areas in the county. The town has 12000 mu of fruit trees, The main products are chestnut, oil Nai, honey peach and red persimmon; the main cash crops are flue-cured tobacco, millet pepper, off-season vegetables, tea, etc.; the main agricultural and sideline products are local paper, mushroom, dried bamboo shoots, pine resin, pine fir, miscellaneous wood, etc.; the mineral resources are phosphate, pyrite, silver zinc ore, diabase, purple sandstone, quartzite, dolomite, limestone, rare earth, etc The main industrial products are cement, electric power, bamboo and wood products, casting parts, lime, superstitious paper, etc. among them, the annual output of Tinglong 425 cement is 200000 tons, and it has a high reputation as an inspection free product certified by the state quality. Among the local products, mushroom and Lentinus edodes are exported indirectly to earn foreign exchange, dry powder and jade powder are well-known, and are sold to large and medium-sized coastal cities.

Climate and environment

Tongfang is a hilly area with subtropical monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is 17.9 ℃, the minimum temperature is - 4.5 ℃, and the maximum temperature is 37.7 ℃. It has abundant rainfall and sufficient water. The annual rainfall is 1737mm. Tongfang river flows into Minjiang River with an average flow of 6m3 per second. Seven small and medium-sized power stations with an installed capacity of 1312kw have been built, and one 35000v substation has been connected with the North Fujian power grid.

Economic overview

The development of Tongfang is promising. There are abundant forest and mineral resources on the mountain, abundant grain and cash crops at the foot of the mountain, the economic structure is becoming more and more reasonable, the township enterprises are thriving, the total economy is expanding rapidly, the cultural and educational undertakings are becoming more and more prosperous, the town construction is taking shape, the infrastructure is becoming more and more perfect, the program-controlled telephone and mobile communication cover the whole town, and the transportation network is extending in all directions You can see the wonders on the pond, the historic sites of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Guangfu courtyard, and the virgin scenery of longchuang village, such as "white fish head", "immortal cave", "Shiyan Lake", "yixiantian", "zhitianzhu", are even more unforgettable. In addition, Tongfang people are simple and hospitable. It is home to ancient Hakka culture. Folk paper-cut art has a long history and has been reported by central and provincial TV stations. The main folk literary and artistic projects include dragon lantern, boat lantern, Taige, Gushi, Gufan, etc. In addition, the beautiful landscape breeds many people with lofty ideals. Tong Xiaopeng, former deputy director of the general office of the CPC Central Committee and vice minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, was born in Tongfang.

Population data

(data from the fifth population census in November 2000)

In 2017, there were 13990 permanent residents.

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