Luogang Town, Xingning City, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province

Luogang town

Luogang Town, subordinate to Xingning City, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, is located in the north of Xingning City, surrounded by mountains on all sides and 40 kilometers away from Xingning City. It is historically known as the "North six center" of Xingning and is an old revolutionary base area. The center is about 115 ° 38 'e and 24 ° 25' n. It is adjacent to Huangpi town and Huanghuai town in the East, Chiguang town and Xintian town in Longchuan County in the west, Daping town in the South and Luofu town in the north, covering an area of 151.06 square kilometers (2017). There are provincial highway S226 (Luoda highway) and provincial highway x014 (Ganluo highway), and there are highways for every village in the town.

Luogang town was built in the late Ming Dynasty. Xingning was liberated on May 18, 1949, and Luogang district was set up on June 8; Luohuang district was set up in early April 1950; in May 1950, it was changed into Fugang district (the Fifth District); in April 1987, Luogang district was changed into Luogang town.

Luogang town is inhabited by Han people who speak Hakka language. Originally, they moved from both sides of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to the central and southern parts of Fujian and Jiangxi. Later, they moved to Luogang area of Xingning for hundreds of years. The total population of Luogang town was 40507 (2017). In 2017, the total economic income of Luogang town was 653.23 million yuan.

Luogang town has a subtropical marine monsoon climate with long summer and short winter, abundant sunshine, high temperature, uniform rainfall, and is suitable for farming in four seasons. It is known as "the hometown of resources", "the hometown of culture", "the hometown of Commerce" and "the hometown of bamboo forest".

Historical evolution

Luogang town was built in the late Ming Dynasty. At that time, when the Han people moved from central and southern Fujian and Jiangxi to Xingning, there were two surnames, Luo and Jiang, who lived here and got the name "Luojiang" from their surnames. Because the Hakka language "Jiang" and "Gang" have the same pronunciation, and there are many hills here, later generations wrote "Luojiang" as "Luogang", and Luogang got its name from this. On May 18, 1949, Xingning was liberated and Luogang district was established on June 8. In early April 1950, Luohuang district was established. In May 1950, it was rezoned as Fugang district (District 5). from October 1951 to December 1956, it was divided into Luogang District (the Fifth District). In January 1957, Luogang was divided into Luodong Township and Luoxi township. In September 1958, Luogang people's commune was established. In April 1978, Luogang commune was divided into Luogang commune, Guanzhuang commune and xialan commune. In November 1983, the three communes merged into Luogang district. In April 1987, Luogang district was changed into Luogang town.

administrative division

By the end of 2011, Luogang town had 30 administrative villages and 1 residential community, and the town government was stationed in Luogang community.

geographical environment

Location context

Luogang town is located in the north of Xingning City, surrounded by mountains on all sides, 40 kilometers away from Xingning City. The center is about 115 ° 38 'e and 24 ° 25' n. It is adjacent to Huangpi town and Huanghuai town in the East, Chiguang town and Xintian town in Longchuan County in the west, Daping town in the South and Luofu town in the north. It has a long and narrow terrain, 25 km long from north to South and 15 km wide from east to west, covering an area of 151.06 square kilometers (2017).

topographic features

Luogang town has a long and narrow terrain, high in the north and low in the south. In the north, huzizhang, 360 meters above sea level, is the main peak of Dawang mountain, the main vein of Xingning mountain system. Around the town are the peaks of Longmu, Huangmao, lianhuazhai and dongguazhang, which are towering and evergreen all the year round. The geology is mostly yellow soil and black soil formed by limestone weathering, most of which are acidic and mainly distributed in low hilly areas. The altitude of the hill is 300 meters and the slope is about 37 degrees. The soil of the hill is generally yellow soil and sandy loam, and the soil is loose.

climate

Luogang town has a subtropical marine monsoon climate, with long summer and short winter, abundant sunshine, high temperature, uniform rainfall, suitable for cultivation in four seasons, and superior plant growth conditions. The annual average temperature ranges from 19.4 ℃ to 21.4 ℃, the low temperature period in January is 11.4 ℃, the high temperature period in July is 27.3 ℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 38.3 ℃, and the average annual sunshine hours is 1723 hours.

hydrology

Luogang River in Luogang town is formed by the confluence of Ximei River, Jiaokeng River and yuanpan river. It flows into Ningjiang river through Lianxing, Luodong, Luozhong, Defeng, Fusheng and xialan villages, with a total length of 30 km, a width of 30 m and a rainfall collection area of 100 square km. There are many ponds and reservoirs, including pingtian reservoir, hot water reservoir, yuanpan reservoir, Shixia reservoir, niulanpeng reservoir, Longtang reservoir, Tiekeng reservoir, heshupai reservoir, xiukeng reservoir, Baishizhang reservoir and longlikeng reservoir.

natural resources

land resource

Luogang town has more mountains and less land. By the end of 2014, there were 191456 mu of mountainous area and 25309 mu of cultivated land in the town, including 17930 mu of paddy field and 7379 mu of dry land.

Animal resources

Luogang town is located in the mountainous area, the main animals include animals, birds, reptiles, molluscs, fish, insects, etc.

plant resources

Luogang town is rich in wood, bamboo and Camellia oleifera. In 1998, Xilian ten thousand mu bamboo base was developed. In 2008, more than 4000 mu of fast-growing and high-yield forest was introduced, 5000 mu of low-yield forest land was transformed, and 1000 mu of barren hills were planted. In 2009, more than 13200 mu of all kinds of trees were developed and more than 3500 mu of Camellia oleifera was planted. At the end of 2011, the forest coverage rate reached 68.9%, and the volume of standing trees was 2885.32 million cubic meters.

mineral resources

Luogang town has 17.1 million tons of coal reserves, hundreds of millions of tons of limestone, iron, manganese, tungsten, aluminum, lead, zinc, fluorite, mica, crystal, potassium feldspar, rare earth, cobalt sand and other mineral resources. Located in xialan village, Xingning xialan vanadium titanium magnetite has proven reserves of about 23.6 million tons, which is a key development project in Meizhou city.

Population nationality

In 2016, the total population of Luogang town was 758. The population structure is: agricultural population 70955, accounting for 94% of the total population; non-agricultural population 4803, accounting for 6% of the total population. 40 507 (2017). The residents of Luogang town are all Han people, Hakkas. They were originally Han people who moved from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to the central and southern parts of Fujian and Jiangxi, and later moved to Luogang area in Xingning.

Politics

The above list is the leading group elected in 2016 and is quoted from the information disclosure catalogue system of Xingning municipal government.

Economics

survey

In 1979, the total economic income of the three communes in Luogang town was only a few million yuan. For example, xialan commune was only 960000 yuan and Guanzhuang commune was 1447000 yuan. In 1984, the total industrial and agricultural income of the whole region reached 12.46 million yuan. By 2000, the total economic income of the town was 287 million yuan, the total output value of industry and agriculture was 109 million yuan, and the budget revenue of the town was 1061500 yuan. The proportion of primary, secondary and tertiary industries is 50:40:10. due to historical and geographical reasons, the economic foundation of Luogang town is weak. There are only power plants, construction companies and coal mines in the town, and there are few private enterprises. Finance is difficult, and the main tax source is small and scattered. In 2002, the town's total social output value was 154 million yuan, the rural per capita income was 3115 yuan, and the town level fiscal revenue was more than 2.1 million yuan (including more than 900000 yuan raised by the town itself). In 2016, the total economic income of Luogang town was 616 million yuan, an increase of 8.79% over 2015, including 277.13 million yuan of agricultural output value and 92.93 million yuan of industrial output value. The rural per capita net income was 8405 yuan, an increase of 8.33% over 2015. The total revenue of the township level was 24.8218 million yuan, of which 18.7118 million yuan was allocated by the higher authorities. in 2017, the production value of Luogang town was 653.23 million yuan, an increase of 6.1%, including 29.126 million yuan of agricultural output value and 98.41 million yuan of industrial output value. The rural per capita net income was 9136 yuan, an increase of 8.7%. The total revenue of the town was 26.83 million yuan, an increase of 9.4 percentage points compared with 2016; the general budget revenue was 819200 yuan, a decrease of 474600 yuan compared with 2016.

primary industry

In 2011, Luogang town has cultivated and developed yuanpan and Pandong oil tea bases, Wufu and Xilian bamboo bases, xialan forest and fruit base, Shiziping vegetable and fruit base and other agricultural planting bases. In 2011, the total grain planting area was 45000 mu, the total output was 17900 tons, and the total agricultural output value was 195 million yuan. In 1985, Luogang town successively set up quarries, including Ximei Gukeng, pengbanqiao, Baishui, xialan, Hongqi and other forest farms. In 1998, Xilian ten thousand mu bamboo base was developed. In 2008, more than 4000 mu of fast-growing and high-yield forest was introduced, 5000 mu of low-yield forest land was transformed, and 1000 mu of barren hills were planted. In 2009, more than 13200 mu of all kinds of trees were developed and more than 3500 mu of Camellia oleifera was planted. At the end of 2011, the forest coverage rate reached 68.9%, and the volume of standing trees was 2885.32 million cubic meters. In 2016, the agricultural output value of Luogang town was 277.13 million yuan. In 2017, the agricultural output value of Luogang town was 291.26 million yuan.

the secondary industry

People in Luogang town always have the professional traditions of opening small coal mines, burning lime, making paper, weaving bamboo and wood utensils, weaving straw mats and firing bricks and tiles. Small coal mines in Fusheng, xialan and XuXi villages, lime kilns in xialan, Hongqi and Defeng villages, bamboo and wood utensils processing in yuanpan, alpine tea oil in Pandong, straw mat weaving in gancun, straw paper made in zhuyaliao, bricks and tiles made in Lianxing and Baishui are all very popular . After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Luogang's industry and handicraft industry gradually developed

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