Shihua Town, Gucheng County, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province

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Shihua Town, under the Hubei Gucheng. It is located in the mountainous area of Northwest Hubei Province, guarding the traffic arteries of Henan, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Chongqing. North to Shaanxi and Henan, West to Chongqing and Sichuan, east to the rich Jianghan Plain. It is 16 kilometers away from Gucheng County Government. The whole town covers an area of 263.18 square kilometers (2017), with a total population of 111692 (2017), of which the town covers an area of 8 square kilometers and a population of 78000.

Shihua town has successively won the titles of "National Star Town", "national small town construction demonstration town" and "top 100 towns" in Hubei Province in 2012. By the end of 2011, the total industrial and agricultural output value of Shihua town reached 17 billion yuan, of which the total output value of Enterprises above Designated Size reached 14.5 billion yuan, and the investment in fixed assets exceeded 2 billion yuan. In October 2019, it was selected as one of the "Top 1000 towns with comprehensive strength in China in 2019".

History of construction

According to the records of Shihua Town, Shihua town was first formed in the Warring States period 2500 years ago. It was originally called Shihua street. Because it is located at the place where Shixi River flows into Beihe River, it is also called "Shixi". At the beginning of the Republic of China, Shihua was the Fourth District of Gucheng County. Shihua street, together with the four ancient towns (Foshan, Jingde, Hankou and Zhuxian), is known as China's five millennium old towns. After liberation in 1949, Shihua was the Second District of Gucheng County, and established the district jurisdiction of Shihua town. In 1950, it was changed into a town under the jurisdiction of a county. In April 2001, the original dayuqiao town was withdrawn and merged into Shihua town.

administrative division

As of 2011, Shihua town has jurisdiction over 37 administrative villages and 8 communities. Shihua town has 37 villages (tiemiaogou village, hongmamiao village, jiepaiya village, Pingchuan village, Huangying village, Peiqiao village, gongwan village, yangxiwan village, Jiangjunshan village, chenjialou village, cuihuapu village, xiaotanshan village, yangjiahu village, longjiagou village, cangyu village, Tongshan village, Baijiayan village, Yinfan village, Liangshuijing village, pengjialing village, Yanwan village, wujiazhou village, Xiya village, Shihua Village) There are 8 communities (Dongmen community, Xihe community, Shixi community, Cangtai community, houfan community, private community, dayuqiao community and laojuntai community), including pengwan village, pengwan village, shuixingtai village, gaochong village, Baowan village, xiaxindian village, zhouwan village, Caiying village, Dayu village, shaolou village, doupo village, Tuqiao village, Tongbei village and biaomiao village..

geographical environment

position

Shihua town of Gucheng County is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, between the Han River and the foot of Wudang Mountain, between Xiangfan and Shiyan. It is the traffic connection point of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Henan and Chongqing.

climate

Shihua town has a north subtropical monsoon climate, with cold winter and hot summer, abundant light energy, abundant heat, long frost free period, abundant rainfall and hot rain in the same season. Due to the complex geomorphic types, the climate shows regional and vertical differences, but the advance and retreat of the monsoon in each year is different in time and intensity, as well as the interannual variation of precipitation and temperature, which often causes meteorological disasters such as drought, flood, continuous rain, cold damage, hail, gale and so on.

landforms

Shihua town belongs to Wudang Mountain and Jingshan mountain in the south.

hydrology

In Shihua Town, there are two rivers, Beihe River and Xihe River, which meet here.

Population nationality

The total population of Shihua town is 111692 (in 2017).

Economics

overview

By the end of 2011, the total output value of industry and agriculture in Shihua town reached 17 billion yuan, including 14.5 billion yuan for Enterprises above Designated Size, 1.05 billion yuan for investment promotion, 2.3 billion yuan for fixed assets investment, 252 million yuan for industrial and commercial tax, and doubled the net income of farmers and disposable income of urban residents. Camel shares, in particular, was successfully listed on the main board of Shanghai City.

primary industry

In 2011, Shihua town adjusted the scale of seedling flowers, wild prickly ash, large-scale vegetables and livestock and poultry breeding, and developed characteristic agriculture. The agriculture of the whole town has formed five plates: the area of seedlings and flowers mainly along Shihong road reaches 5000 mu; the area of vegetables mainly in suburban communities reaches 20000 mu; the area of green livestock and poultry mainly in Baiguo mountain village reaches 10000 mu, and the annual sales of cattle, sheep, chickens and pigs reach 60 million yuan; the area of aquatic products and fast-growing and high-yield forests mainly along Shiwu road and Hanshi road reaches 50000 mu; the area of green livestock and poultry mainly in Baiguo mountain village reaches 10000 mu, and the annual sales of cattle, sheep, chickens and pigs reach 60 million yuan; The area of wild Zanthoxylum bungeanum mainly in daozuo and Xindian reaches 8000 mu.

the secondary industry

By the end of 2011, there were 32 industrial enterprises in Shihua Town, with a total fixed assets of 530 million yuan, forming an industrial system mainly composed of textile, machinery, chemical industry, metallurgy, electronics, building materials, color printing and decoration, food processing, etc., including camel lead-acid battery, Jinyang alloy lead, Shifang high-grade tapestry, Hengli container casting, Qianwang solid wood furniture Shihua Daqu liquor and other 28 products won the provincial and ministerial titles. One enterprise with an output value of more than 500 million yuan, three enterprises with an output value of more than 200 million yuan, five enterprises with an output value of more than 10 million yuan, and five enterprises with an output value of more than 5 million yuan. Among them, seven enterprises have their own export rights. It has basically formed the largest pollution-free lead recycling production base in China, the largest precision casting base in central and southern China, the largest battery production base in Hubei Province and the production base of high-grade clothing fabrics. By 2011, five parks have been built in Shihua Town, including luoxu Industrial Park, Shifang Industrial Park, Yangxi new industrial park, dayuqiao agricultural and sideline products processing park and Pingchuan Industrial Park, forming four major industrial systems, including automobile, textile, decoration and building materials, with an annual industrial output value of 1.8 billion yuan. In 2010, there were nearly 6000 large and small enterprises in Shihua Town, including 5 enterprises with an output value of over 100 million yuan and 37 enterprises with an output value of over 10 million yuan. 11 enterprises passed the ISO9000 series demonstration, and 7 enterprises had the right of self export. Camel battery company is the only listed enterprise in the town and even the county. In only five years, its sales reached 3.647 billion yuan, becoming the "giant" of China's battery industry. Shihua battery market covers China and exports to eight countries and regions, including Britain, the United States and France. Jinyang company ranks among China's largest pollution-free lead smelting base, with annual sales revenue exceeding 600 million yuan, Using recyclable waste batteries to refine gold and silver has created an industrial chain of circular economy and become the largest smelting base of recycled lead in Asia; Hengli company has grown into a large-scale production enterprise of container fastening device in China; Shifang company has entered the "top 10 high-grade fabrics in China". Private enterprises in Shihua town have set up 28 R & D institutions and developed 106 new products with intellectual property rights, including 3 national key new products and 4 provincial key new products.

the service sector; the tertiary industry

In 2011, the annual trade volume in the town exceeded 320 million yuan. Dongmen clothing street attracted more than 400 merchants to operate here. Xinjian second street furniture market gathered popular furniture in coastal areas, as well as Hanshi road building materials and auto parts market. Catering industry and accommodation service industry are complete.

Livestock and poultry trading center

Shihua town livestock and poultry trading center is located at the intersection of Shihua town Erqiao and Shihua Yangxi new industrial park, covering an area of 5000 square meters. Founded in the 1980s, it mainly uses farmers to provide cattle trading, and has developed into cattle, sheep, meat, chicken, duck and other livestock trading, quarantine, management and transportation.

Central market

Shihua town central market is located in Shixi community of Shihua Town, covering an area of 20000 square meters. It is the distribution center and sales center of vegetables, small commodities, daily necessities and other commodities in Shihua town and northwest Hubei. It was founded in 1984. At that time, the market only covered an area of more than 2000 square meters, and the material exchange was only in the town. With the improvement of market and the development of economy, dayuqiao market and Xihe market are set up on the basis of retaining the original central market, which turns the original mixed market into a large market with comprehensive and professional functions and distinct regions.

Second street furniture market

Xinjian 2nd Street furniture market in Shihua town is located in Dongmen community of Shihua Town, with a total length of 400 meters. As of 2011, there were 61 furniture stores specializing in the production, processing, decoration, sales and after-sales of furniture. Furniture production has a variety of high, medium, low-grade styles, a variety of prices, has become a Northwest Hubei Mountain Furniture Trading street, with an annual turnover of nearly 100 million yuan.

Clothing wholesale market

located in the Dongmen community of Shihua Town, the clothing wholesale trade of Shihua town is 400 meters long, which is one of the oldest trading markets in Shihua town. On the basis of retaining the original style of Dongmen street, the market invested 80 million yuan to rebuild the Ming and Qing Dynasty Antique Street in 1999. There are more than 350 stores with nearly 1000 employees, mainly engaged in the trading and wholesale of clothing, shoes and hats, daily cosmetics, etc. the market covers five towns near Shihua and Fangxian, Baokang and other counties.

social undertakings

traffic

Shihua town has a medium-sized passenger station that can accommodate more than 5000 people; it has opened a 5-minute bus with the county seat; it has built two third class and first-class health centers; five junior middle schools; one senior middle school; six primary schools; and one waterworks with daily water supply of 20000 tons and 15000 tons. The town's cultural, educational, health and other infrastructure is complete, program-controlled telephone, mobile phone, fax all over the urban and rural areas.

Municipal Administration

by 2012, Shihua town has invested nearly 300 million yuan in the reconstruction and construction of urban infrastructure, residents' cultural and leisure places, water and electricity, built central square and street green space, improved municipal public facilities, opened 100000 program-controlled telephones, reconstructed 350000 kV high-voltage lines, and optimized annual water supply of 10000 tons

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