Dengtang Town, Chao'an District, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province

Dengtang town

Dengtang town is located in the west of Chaozhou City, at the junction of Chaoan District, Fengshun County and Jiedong district. It is a mountainous town formed by the merger of yuantiandong town and Dengtang town after the adjustment of town level administrative divisions by the provincial Party committee and the provincial government in 2002. It is also one of the old revolutionary towns in Chaozhou City. It is one of the top ten poverty-stricken towns in China, and is a mountainous town. It is located at the junction of Chaozhou, Jiezhou and Meizhou, connecting Guxiang Town in the southeast, Guihu town in the northeast, Fengshun County in Meizhou City in the northwest and Jiedong County in Jieyang City in the southwest. It covers an area of 145 square kilometers, 112 square kilometers (168000 mu) of mountainous area and 9.1 square kilometers (13600 mu) of cultivated land. There are 27 village committees, 2 neighborhood committees and 46 natural villages. There are more than 30 surnames, mainly Ke, Zhao, Hua, Zhang, Yang, Chen, Deng, Wang, Lin, Wu, Yang and Bi.

In 2018, the total population of the town was 36192, including 19012 males, 17180 females and 148 floating population. There are 35000 overseas Chinese. In 2005, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the town was 14.64 million yuan, the industrial and commercial tax revenue was 470800 yuan, the national tax revenue was 320800 yuan, and the local tax revenue was 1.03 million yuan. The average net income of rural people is 1896 yuan.

Historical evolution

Dengtang town in the late Qing Dynasty belonged to Guiren capital of Haiyang county. It was called Dengtang Township in 1938, the first district in 1940 and Guiren Township in 1946. Tiandong Township belonged to guirendu of Haiyang County before 1914, Renhe District of Chao'an county in 1914, and the Second District of Chao'an county in 1950. In May 1953, there were three townships in the area: Xikeng, Huangtan and Wuquan. In February 1956, Xikeng Township, Huangtan Township and Wuquan Township were merged into Tiandong Township, which has jurisdiction over 14 natural villages including Xikeng, Hengyang, Dongkeng, Tiandong, Huangtan, Shitian, Dahu, xiaohulu, Shanxia, Shanqiao, chiliu, Wuquan, huangzhujing and Qifeng. Dengtang township was merged into Dengtang Township in December 1956. In September 1958, Dengtang township was merged with Guxiang and Tiandong, which was called red commune. Dengtang commune was established independently in 1960, merged with Tiandong in 1962, dismantled Tiandong in 1974, and established Dengtang commune and Tiandong commune respectively. Dengtang district was renamed in July 1983. Dengtang Town People's government was established in March 1987. Dengtang town and Tiandong town were merged in September 2002 The people's Government of Dengtang town was established. Dengtang town government is located in the original Dengtang Town, Dengtang village, next to the Feng Road, covering an area of 8000 square meters (12 mu).

dialect

The dialect of Dengtang town is mainly Chaoshan dialect, and there are a few Hakka villages such as xinxikeng.

Economic overview

Industry: the private economy developed in the middle and late 1980s. At first, it was mainly individual farmers, generally small-scale processing plants, small workshops, etc., scattered. The proportion of industrial output value in the total output value of industry and agriculture was relatively small, and the level of industrialization was relatively low. In 2012, seize the opportunity of Chaozhou City's westward and eastward expansion, actively undertake the industrial radiation and transfer of Fengxi District, Guxiang and Fengtang town and other areas where private enterprises are more developed, and promote the development of private enterprises. Mainly in sanitary ceramics enterprises, ceramic raw material processing, other saw wood, construction, packaging, quarries and so on. The technology category mainly includes bead embroidery, weaving bamboo, weaving awn flower broom and stone processing. By 2018, the industrial output value of the whole town will be 8.26 million yuan, 59 times higher than that of 1985. Agriculture: Dengtang town is located in the semi mountainous area with fertile soil and moderate climate, which is suitable for the growth of crops. The main food crops are rice, sweet potato, wheat, peanut and sugarcane; the main cash crops are Chaozhou orange, olive, tea, waxberry, green plum, carambola, guava, pineapple, longan and litchi. Farmers have always been in the habit of raising livestock. Three birds breeding is the traditional breeding industry in Dengtang, among which goose breeding is the most prominent. The three birds wholesale market in Dengtang town attracts traders from Shantou, Chenghai, Fengshun, Jieyang and other places every year, and the three birds trading market is relatively prosperous. Eel and four major fish are the main aquatic products. In 2015, three birds raised more than 3000 large households and 500 households, and the annual output of three birds in the town was 20000, 29 households raised more than 100 pigs, and the annual output of live pigs in the town was 29000. The aquaculture area is 3.3 square kilometers (5000 mu), with an annual output of 7000 tons of freshwater fish. in 2015, the grain planting area was 14.7 square kilometers (22000 mu), and the total annual grain output was 8000 tons. There were 12 households with fruit planting (excluding citrus) of 13000 square meters to 33000 square meters (20 mu to 50 mu), 2 households with citrus planting of 33000 square meters (50 mu), 2 households with vegetables planting of 2000 square meters to 3000 square meters (3 mu to 5 mu), and 2 households with flowers planting of 6667 square meters (10 mu) There are 2 households. The agricultural output value in 2003, 2004 and 2005 were 4.85 million yuan, 7.61 million yuan and 8.5764 million yuan respectively. In 1995, "ten thousand mu litchi base" was listed in the "one Township, one product" project of Guangdong Province. In 2005, the planting area of litchi base has reached 7.4 square kilometers (11070 mu). From 1998 to 2001, large growers were mobilized to plant olives in the mountainous slopes along the Wuquan Hengyang section of Fengzhou highway, covering an area of 6.7 square kilometers (10000 mu). The "10000 mu olive base" was included in the support project of Chaozhou City.

infrastructure

Xishan stream flows from Tiandong Township along the low-lying land to the southeast and passes through the whole town. In the past, the main road was Xixi bank, so the traffic was very inconvenient. In 1954, the Dengtang Chaozhou section of Anfeng highway was repaired and opened to traffic, and then extended to Chaozhou Fengshun Chabei highway. After 1969, normal bus service was set up. Anfeng highway across Dengtang Town, 7 kilometers long. By 1985, except for Pinglin village and Yaotian village, all villages had simple highways, with a total length of 31 km. In 2005, the total length of cement road is about 60 km. There are 13 bridges for trucks. hydropower: Dengtang town is rich in hydraulic resources. The first hydropower station, Shitian hydropower station, was completed and put into operation in August 1972. It was newly built, reconstructed and improved in 1996. In 2005, there were seven small hydropower stations, namely, cascade, Dajing, Tiandong, Baishui, Cunkou, Xixi and Nanshan (Dajing, Baishui and Xixi were built in Dengtang town before the merger; cascade and Tiandong) The total installed capacity of the four power stations is 2885 kW, and the power generation in normal years is about 9 million kwh, which is an important economic pillar of Dengtang town. In 2015, the town's total electricity consumption reached 23.59 million kwh. market town: in 1991, it successively invested nearly 100000 yuan with Chaoan County Bureau of industry and commerce to build Dengtang town market. Dengtang town market is located in the southeast of the town government, close to the provincial road Fengyu highway, with a total construction area of more than 11000 square meters. It is composed of four parts: Denggao Street comprehensive market, Chaoan sanniao wholesale market, supply and marketing cooperative commercial and residential buildings and the planned fruit wholesale market. In 1997, the market turnover was over 300000 yuan. The development of commercial and residential buildings on both sides of Fengyu highway in the town is developing rapidly. In 2015, there are about 7 commercial and residential buildings under unified planning and development, and the pavement on both sides of the highway in the town is about 4 km.

social undertakings

Education: there are 15 kindergartens, 60 kindergarten teachers and 300 children in the town. By the end of 2015, the kindergartens in the town will cover an area of 4000 square meters and the school buildings will cover an area of 3000 square meters. There are 18 primary schools with 108 teachers and 2000 students; junior middle schools include Dengtang middle school and Tiandong middle school with 28 classes, 62 staff and 1080 students. Dengtang middle school is located in ruzhuling of Anfeng highway, formerly known as the eighth middle school of Chaoan County. It was changed into Dengtang Middle School of Chaozhou City in the autumn of 1970 and began to recruit junior high school students in 1979. In 1992, it was renamed Dengtang middle school in Chao'an county. The building area of the school is 5500 square meters, with six main buildings, equipped with chemical laboratory, physics laboratory, multi-function room, computer room and library, as well as 200m circular track, badminton court, basketball court and other facilities. The enrollment rate of primary schools and middle schools in the town reached 99.9% and 99.9% respectively, and nine-year compulsory education was popularized in an all-round way. culture: there are two cultural stations in Dengtang town (one in the former Dengtang town and one in the former Tiandong town before the adjustment of administrative divisions), cinema and town film team. In December 2012, Dengtang radio and television station was transferred to the vertical management of Chaoan County Radio and Television Bureau and renamed Dengtang radio and television network maintenance management station of Chaoan County television station. In 2015, it invested more than 500000 yuan to complete the reconstruction project of Dengtang town cable TV network and municipal optical fiber grid. health: Dengtang health center is located in the center of the town, integrating medical treatment, prevention, health care and family planning. The hospital was built in the 1950s. In 2000, it was rebuilt into a four storey outpatient complex building with outpatient and inpatient departments. The outpatient department is equipped with traditional Chinese medicine room, Western pharmacy, internal medicine of traditional Chinese medicine, orthopedics and traumatology of traditional Chinese medicine, internal medicine of Western medicine, ENT, Obstetrics and Gynecology, surgery, dentistry, hemorrhoids, Radiology, laboratory, B-ultrasound and ECG room. The inpatient part is divided into two areas: centralized hospital delivery and internal medicine ward. The hospital has surgical instruments and a number of conventional medical and testing equipment, which basically meet the needs of the masses for disease prevention and treatment.

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