Wantan Town, Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, Yichang City, Hubei Province

Wantan town

Wantan Town, Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, is located in the hinterland of Southwest Hubei Province, with 325 provincial road crossing the border of Hunan and Hubei provinces, adjacent to Hefeng and Shimen counties. It is the "southwest gate" of Yichang City, the border trade town of Hubei Province, and the forestry economic demonstration town of Hubei Province. It spans 110 ° 17 ′ e to 110 ° 23 ′ E and 28 ° 56 ′ n to 30 ° 09 ′ n. The terrain is high in the East and low in the west, high in the north and low in the south. The highest altitude is 2250 meters, the lowest altitude is 450 meters, and the average altitude is 1200 meters. Wantan town has a mild climate and abundant rainfall, with an average annual rainfall of 1400mm, an average temperature of 13.5 ℃ and a frost free period of 247 days. It has jurisdiction over 10 administrative villages, 1 neighborhood committee, 3 farms, 48 villager groups and 16696 people (in 2017) (Tujia population accounts for more than 98%, belonging to Tujia inhabited area).

brief introduction

Wantan town has a land area of 326.04 square kilometers (in 2017), including 43443 mu of cultivated land (contract area of 22000 mu), with the characteristics of "nine mountains, half water, half farmland".

natural resources

Forestry resources. Wantan town has 432900 mu of forest land, over 500000 cubic meters of standing trees, 83% of forest coverage, 10000 mu of Pinus tabulaeformis base and 10000 mu of grassland; more than 10000 mu of Indocalamus leaf area, with an annual output of nearly 1000 tons; more than 10000 mu of woody medicinal materials such as Magnolia officinalis, Eucommia ulmoides and Galla chinensis, thousands of mu of herbal medicinal materials such as Gastrodia elata, Fritillaria and Dipsacus asperata; and rich in Dried Kiwi fruit, chestnut and walnut The area of fresh fruit and tea reached 3000 mu. water energy resources. There are more than ten rivers in the territory, and the theoretical reserve of Wantan river is 75000 kW, which can be developed by 59000 kW. The overall planning of the basin is "four reservoirs and nine stations", with a capacity of 50 million cubic meters and a total installed capacity of 57000 kilowatts. At present, 45.64 million kilowatts have been developed, and there are still 13.36 million kilowatts to be developed. mineral resources. Rich in coal, iron, copper, calcite, barite, marble and other minerals, industrial development prospects. The proven coal reserves are 6 million tons, with an average calorific value of 6800 kcal. Yichang is known as the "white coal city". The proven reserves of calcite are 2 million tons, which urgently needs industrial development.

folk culture

There are many local folk cultures with Tujia characteristics, such as dihuagu, yinhuagu, Weigu, bandenglong, liuzixi, mantangyin, Nuo opera, etc.

tourist resources

The Buddha light in duling shows a "mirage". Ten thousand mu of grassland is flat, the canyon landform is strange, and the plateau reservoir is full of fun. It is suitable for the development of modern tourism such as summer vacation, leisure, health preservation, hunting, farming and so on.

economic development

In recent years, the Party committee and government of Wantan town adhere to the idea of developing advantageous resources, cultivating and strengthening pillar industries, and speeding up the pace of economic development, comprehensively implement the scientific outlook on development, implement the strategic instigation of green development, energy driven, private breakthrough, and overall promotion, highlight the three major work priorities of farmers' income increase, financial growth, and the construction of a new socialist countryside, and grasp the farmers' economy and energy We should actively cultivate five regional advantageous industries of tobacco, vegetables, pigs, forest and tea, and strive to build an ecological and environmental protection Town, Tujia style town, energy economy town, border trade town and a window for opening up in the Hunan Hubei border region. The pace of economic and social development in Wantan town has been continuously strengthened. By 2006, the average net income of rural residents in the town will be 1858 yuan, the local fiscal revenue will be 3.26 million yuan, and the savings deposits of urban and rural residents will be 35 million yuan. According to incomplete statistics, about 40% of the farmers in the town own motor vehicles, more than 75% of the farmers have mobile, Unicom, village to village, program-controlled telephone and other communication tools, more than 90% of the farmers have color TV sets and "home theater", more than 30% of the farmers live in "small foreign buildings", more than 55% of the farmers have a variety of high-end furniture, and the production and life of urban and rural residents have stepped into the modern development track Avenue.

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