Shuiwen Town, Cenxi City, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Shuiwen town

Shuiwen town (Zhuang: suijvwn, yuepin: seoi2man6), belonging to Cenxi City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the people's Republic of China, is located in the southernmost part of Cenxi city and the intersection of the three counties (cities) of Guangdong and Guangxi, which is the South Gate of Cenxi city.

Shuiwen town was changed from people's commune to township in October 1984, and from township to town in August 1989. Now the town government is located in Shuiwen street. Shuiwen town is about 60 kilometers north of Cenxi city. G65 highway, 207 National Highway and nanshai second class highway run through the town.

In October 2016, Shuiwen town was successfully selected and became the third batch of demonstration towns in Guangxi. It is planned to build into a "business tourism ecological livable" town in three years.

Shuiwen town has a total area of 205.1 square kilometers, which is divided into Hedong District and Hexi District. The town area is about 3.8 square kilometers, with more than 50 streets and 41016 permanent residents (2017). Shuiwen Town, with 39000 returned overseas Chinese and their families, is the town with the largest number of Returned Overseas Chinese in Cenxi City, known as "hometown of overseas Chinese".

Geography

geographical position

Shuiwen town is located in the southeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the southernmost tip of Wuzhou City. It is the South Gate of Cenxi City, adjacent to Jiayi Town, Luoding City, Guangdong Province in the East, Zhusha Town, Xinyi City, Guangdong Province in the South (13 km away), Guizi Town, Rong County, Yulin City in the west, Dalong town in the North (9 km away), Jitai community, Nandu town in the Northwest (formerly Jitai community, Cenxi city) Township).

basin

Shuiwen town of Cenxi city is located in Shuiwen basin, which belongs to late Cretaceous inland fault basin. Shuiwen basin is located in the middle of Shuiwen town and the South and east of Dalong Town, with an area of about 43 square kilometers below 250 meters above sea level.

mountains and hills

There are 5 middle and high mountains above 801 meters above sea level in Shuiwen town. Their location, mountain system and altitude are as follows:

Town history

Before liberation

Yongye county (now most of Cenxi city) was set up in Liang County in the Southern Dynasty. Agricultural economy developed and market trade took shape. From the Song Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, some small-scale fairs were gradually formed, which mainly focused on agricultural products trading.

In 1337, the county was divided into seven townships: Shanghua Township and Xiahua township (now cencheng Town, Zhangmu Township and Malu town), Guiyi Township and Yongye township (now Guiyi Town, Daye Town, Jinzhu town and Chengjian town), and Liancheng Township, Xixiang Township and Nanxiang township (now Liancheng town)

Shuiwen town

The area of Dalong Town, Limu Town, Nandu town and Xianrong town is one mile.

According to the records of Cenxi County by Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, there were Changning polder (Zhangmu old polder) in Cenxi county at that time

Shuiwenwei

In the north of tanrong village.

In the early years of the Republic of China, Cenxi county was divided into nine districts,

Shuiwen

It is under the jurisdiction of Liancheng district (formerly the fourth and fifth districts). (Shangli of Liancheng township is the Fourth District, while Zhongli and Xiali of Liancheng township are the Fifth District).

After liberation

In May 1950, Cenxi county was divided into 4 districts and 17 townships. District 2 (Shuiwen District) governs:

Shuiwen

There are four townships, namely, Liuqiao, Chetan and Dalong.

In April 1951, Teng County belonged to the fourth district (Nuodong District) and was assigned to Cenxi. Cenxi county was divided into eight districts and 163 townships. The third district (Shuiwen District) governs 16 townships

Shuiwen

Han Tian, Zhao Yang, Nan Lu, David, Wang Tian, Liang Nai, Wang Qiang, Yao Hua, Zeng Zi, Shang Ren, Shang Zhi, San Cun, Zhu LAN, Yan Dong, Tai Ping.

In late March 1953, five districts of Teng County (Sanbao District) were assigned to Cenxi. From April, the county was divided into nine districts and 141 townships. The third district (Shuiwen District) governs 12 townships

Shuiwen

Shitang, Hantian, David, Nanlu, Yaohua, Zengzi, Wangqiang, Wangtian, Shangzhi, Yandong, Taiping.

In January 1958, in order to adapt to the new situation of the socialist transformation of agriculture, the whole county was removed from districts and divided into 33 townships, under which 416 high-level agricultural production cooperatives (hereinafter referred to as "cooperatives") were under the jurisdiction of the county

Shuiwen Township governs 23 societies and Shangzhi Township governs 15 societies

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In September 1958, 12 people's communes (hereinafter referred to as communes) were set up in Cenxi county to integrate government and society

In July 1959, the communes were renamed after their residences: the great leap forward commune was renamed

Shuiwen commune

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In May 1961, Cenxi was rebuilt into 6 districts and 34 communes.

Shuiwen District

It governs six communes

Shuiwen

, Shangzhi, Chetan, Xining, Gaoyi, Limu.

In October 1962, it was divided into 12 districts and 209 communes.

Shuiwen District

It governs 17 communes.

In 1968, the original districts and towns were changed into communes, and communes into brigades.

In 1969, the commune division was adjusted, and the whole county of Cenxi was divided into 16 communes: cencheng commune, Zhangmu commune, Malu commune (delimited from the original Zhangmu commune), Nandu commune, Jitai commune (delimited from the original Nandu commune)

Shuiwen commune

They are Dalong commune, Limu commune, Dagong commune, Jinzhu commune, Chengjian commune, Xinwei commune, Nuodong commune, Taiping commune (designated by the original Nuodong commune), Sanbao commune and Botang commune.

In October 1984,

Change communes into townships

The county is divided into 13 townships and 4 towns, with 277 Village (neighborhood) committees under its jurisdiction.

In 1987, the village (neighborhood) committee was changed to the village (street) office, under which 659 village committees or neighborhood committees were established according to the natural areas where the residents lived.

In August 1989, Jinzhu, Sanbao, Chengjian, Malu, Botang

Shuiwen

Six townships were changed into towns.

Town construction

Shuiwen street is now the residence of the people's Government of Shuiwen town. Shuiwen was built in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. In the 10th year of Xianfeng, the street was paved with firebricks. In the late Qing Dynasty, the street was 240 meters long (that is, Shuiwen old street).

In 1929, the street was paved with concrete structure. In 1929, the street was 270 meters long.

After liberation, two new streets with a width of 8-15 meters and a length of 280-300 meters were gradually expanded.

Shuiwen bridge was built in 1976.

In 1990, the total length of the three streets was 850 meters, the total area of the built-up area was 13.3 hectares, and there were 3851 residents.

On September 28, 2015, the sewage treatment plant in Shuiwen town of Cenxi city was successfully put into trial operation.

Before the liberation of Shuiwen Town, the only public building was Shuiwen Town Central Primary School. After liberation, the number of local state administrative organs, enterprises and institutions has been increasing. In 1990, the public building area reached 63300 square meters, mainly including 7170 square meters

Cenxi Shuiwen overseas Chinese Middle School

The five storey office building of the town government and the City pavilion with an area of 1529 square meters.

As the South Gate of Cenxi City, Shuiwen town has developed transportation. With its unique location advantage, it has become the business and logistics center of surrounding towns. In October 2016, Shuiwen town was selected and became the third batch of demonstration towns in Guangxi. It is planned to build a "business tourism ecological livable" town in three years.

administration

administrative division

As of December 2016, Shuiwen town has jurisdiction over Shuiwen community, Shicun village, Wangtian village, liangnai village, Nanliu village, Taiyun village, Yunhui village, Dawei village, Yaohua village, Yunxiu village, Zengzi village, Wangqiang village, Hantian village, Danan village, Xihe village, Zhaoyang village, Shangzhi village, Wanggong village, Shangren village, Shangyong village, Sancun village, Zhulan village and Yandong village, with a total of 1 neighborhood committee and 22 village committees 505 villager groups.

population

In 2015, the population at the beginning of the interval was 59359, the population at the end of the period was 60717, the birth population was 917, and the natural population growth rate was 9.73 ‰. By the end of 2017, there were 41016 permanent residents.

Natural resources

mineral products

Shuiwen town has superior geographical location and rich natural resources, including perlite and colorful granite. Granite reserves reach 7 million cubic meters,

rivers

There are Huanghua River and Genzhu River, a tributary of Huanghua River in the town. Hydropower stations are built on both rivers, and the hydropower development and power generation can reach 30 million kwh. Among them, Huanghua river passes through the town, and Genzhu river flows into Huanghua River in Shuiwen town.

forest

Shuiwen town has a forest area of 15508 hectares and a living forest volume of 823200 cubic meters. Among them: 14324.1 hectares of timber forest, 1140 hectares of economic forest (600 hectares of star anise, 400 hectares of fast-growing Acacia mangium and Eucalyptus urophylla). The main forest by-products are raw pine, oleoresin and star anise. In 2005, the output of oleoresin was 1200 tons, star anise was 500 tons, and the export of logs was 4000 cubic meters.

Forest by-products

Among them, bamboo awn weaving is the main handicraft industry with an annual output value of about 8 million yuan.

tourist resources

There are stone temple scenic spots in Shuiwen town. Its strange stone caves, magical legends and inscriptions attract many tourists from inside and outside the city.

The memorial archway of "five generations of Yanxiang" is a cultural relic protection unit in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Stone Temple

Shimiao scenic spot is located in Zhaoyang village, southwest of Shuiwen Town, Cenxi City, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is about 8 kilometers from the town to the scenic spot. The relative height of Shimiao mountain is 580 meters, and the scenic area covers an area of 0.12 square kilometers.

The stone temple is surrounded by mountains, rolling and straight to the clouds. A stream from left to right around the foot of the mountain, connected with the Huanghua River, like a jade belt around the stone temple. A highway spirals up the stone temple mountain and leads to the top of the stone temple. On the stone temple mountain, the grotesque rocks are jagged, the strange peaks are protruding, and there are various forms. The flowers, plants and trees grow in the crevices of the stones, and the branches and leaves are luxuriant

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