Banjiang Town, Dongyuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province

Banjiang town

Banjiang town is located in the upstream of Xinfengjiang Reservoir in the northwest of Dongyuan County, Heyuan City, adjacent to Jiantou and Shuangjiang in the East, Zhixi and Hedong villages in Xichang town in the south, Shijiao and Matou towns in Xinfeng County in the West

brief introduction

In the north, it borders Daxi town of Xinfeng County and Tianyuan Town of Lianping county. The total area of the district is 243.34 square kilometers (2017), including 4442.6 mu of cultivated land and 358500 mu of mountainous area. The town government is located in hengche village, 80 km away from the urban area. The town has 9 villages with a population of 3026 (2017). The terrain in the town is high in the northeast and low in the southwest, surrounded by high mountains in the East and northwest, with undulating peaks, crisscross streams and dense forests. It is known as the "first oasis" on the Tropic of cancer. It is rich in forest resources, precious and excellent tree species, as well as a large number of water resources, mineral resources and land resources. There are tiemaoshan iron tin mine, Dazhongshan iron tin mine and Maoling decontamination stone in the town. The iron tin mine has large reserves and high grade, which has been mined. There are abundant water resources with development and utilization value, with an installed capacity of more than 10000 kilowatts, and more than 8000 kilowatts have been developed and being developed and utilized. There are a large amount of hillside land with development and utilization value, suitable for fruit and forest, and slope below 20 degrees, with a total area of more than 10 Ten thousand mu. the town is dominated by forest, agriculture and forestry, and economic crops such as mixed fruit, green bamboo, tea, etc. The town has 390000 mu of forest area, covering 68.3%, 612000 cubic meters of wood storage, ranking first in the county; 5230 mu of mixed fruit, annual output of more than 7500 tons, 12000 mu of bamboo, annual output of 17500 tons; 202 mu of tea, annual output of more than 20000 Jin. The establishment of wood and bamboo processing plants is rich in raw materials. Local products are mushrooms, fungus, bee sugar and so on. The town run enterprises include Maoling I, II and III power stations, with an installed capacity of 2800 kW. There are passenger ships and cars in Dazhongshan concentrator, which lead to all parts of the town. Program controlled telephones and closed-circuit cable TV have been installed in all villages of the town.

Historical sources

According to the annals of Changning County compiled in the 19th year of Daoguang, Banjiang was under the jurisdiction of Nanxi, Changning, and Linxi Township, Xinfeng County during the period of the Republic of China. In the past, the land transportation in Xinfeng County was extremely inconvenient, so it was necessary to go to Heyuan and Lianping by water. From Xinfeng County to Heyuan City or Lianping, it was necessary to go through Banjiang, and it was just half of the water, so it was named "Banjiang". After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Banjiang was under the jurisdiction of the Fourth District of Xinfeng County. In 1957, Xichang district (including Banjiang) was under the jurisdiction of Heyuan county. In 1959, it was under the jurisdiction of reservoir commune. In March 1987, it was built in the suburb of Heyuan City. Banjiang was a township in the suburb of Heyuan City. In March 1993, after Dongyuan County was built, Banjiang Town People's government was established with the approval of the provincial government in January 1994.

geographical environment

Banjiang town is located in the northwest of Dongyuan County, upstream of Wanlv lake, middle reaches of Xinfeng River, adjacent to Jiantou Town, Shuangjiang town and Youxi town of Lianping County in the East, Xi Town in the south, Shijiao town and Matou town of Xinfeng County in the west, Daxi town of Xinfeng County and Tianyuan town of Lianping County in the north. The total area is 243.34 square kilometers (2017), including 250 square kilometers of land area and 25 square kilometers of water area. Town People's Government in hengche village, 85 km away from Dongyuan County. There are many mountains and few cultivated land in the town (the cultivated land area is only 7559 mu). The terrain is high in the northeast and low in the southwest. It is surrounded by high mountains in the north and West. There are undulating mountains, crisscross streams and dense forests in the town. Five years ago, it was planned as an ecological protection area with 280000 mu of ecological forest. It is known as the "first oasis" on the Tropic of cancer. There are abundant forest resources, water resources, mineral resources, and a large number of fertile hillsides with slopes below 20 degrees.

administrative division

Banjiang town now has nine administrative villages: Banjiang village, Zhukeng village, HengXie village, Xixi village, Zhangxi village, Jidong village, Yutan village, Zuoba village and Zhuyuan village.

Characteristic industry

Cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum

Since 2001, the people of Banjiang town have spontaneously introduced the experience of Ganoderma lucidum planting from other places, made full use of the local forest resources, and vigorously developed the Ganoderma lucidum planting industry. In 2004, nearly 100 mu of Ganoderma lucidum was planted in the town, with an annual output value of more than 5 million yuan.

Keeping bees

Banjiang town is rich in forest resources, which provides a good natural resource condition for the development of beekeeping. In 1998, the town raised 2768 cases of bees, with an annual output of 1.84 million yuan. In recent years, beekeeping industry has been greatly developed. In 2011, the whole town raised 3460 cases of bees, with an annual output value of 4.3 million yuan.

Cattle industry

There are many hillsides and rich forage in the town. People in Xixi, Zhuyuan and other villages make use of this natural condition to vigorously develop cattle industry. In 2011, people in the town raised more than 600 beef cattle, with a value of more than 1 million yuan.

Cage culture and fishing

In 2001, our town began to develop cage fish culture. In 2011, the cage culture area of the whole town reached 3800 mu, with an annual output value of 3800 million yuan. Fishing is an important source of economic income for the people in Banjiang river. The total fishing output in 2011 was 31. With an output value of 620000 yuan, the commercial fish in Banjiang town has become a brand commodity.

Science, education, culture and health

Banjiang town has made great progress in science, education, culture and health. In 2011, there were 5 primary schools, 1 nine-year school, 1 cultural station, 1 health center and 6 health stations in the town. In 2011, the enrollment rate of school-age children reached 100%, the enrollment rate of junior high school reached 98%, and the new rural cooperative medical insurance rate was 100%. In recent years, the basic measures of culture and health have been continuously improved. Two comprehensive buildings covering an area of more than 1000 square meters have sprung up in the town health center. Three teaching buildings have been built in the nine-year school, which has completely changed the appearance of the school.

Town and village construction

People's life

In 2011, the annual per capita net income of farmers was 5705 yuan. 90% of the farmers in the town have installed telephones and TV sets. 90% of the farmers live in red brick reinforced concrete structure houses, with a per capita housing area of 40 square meters. Through years of efforts, the appearance of banjiangxu town has changed a lot. In recent years, all streets and village roads in the market town have been hard bottomed; tap water projects, cultural squares, garbage pools, garbage dumps and public toilets have been built in the market town, and street lamps have been installed in the main streets.

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