Puqian Town, Wenchang City, Hainan Province

Puqian town

Puqian Town, under the jurisdiction of Wenchang City, Hainan Province, is located in the northeast of Wenchang City. The total area is 134.7 km. Puqian town has a tropical monsoon climate with distinct dry and wet seasons. As of October 2019, Puqian town has 1 community and 11 administrative villages. As of December 2019, the total population of Puqian town is 42000. The government is located at 25 Shengli Street, Puqian Town, Wenchang City.

In 1605, Puqian town went to the present site. It has mangroves, undersea villages, beaches, sunshine, mountains and other tourism resources.

In 2018, the gross social product of Puqian town reached 1.736 billion yuan, an increase of 8% over 2017.

Evolution of organizational system

In the autumn of the fifth year of Yuanding (112BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent 100000 soldiers to fight against Nanyue. In the sixth year of Yuanding (111bc), Nanyue was pacified, and daner and zhuya counties were set up on Hainan Island, leading 16 counties. Puqian area belongs to ZiBei county (now Wenchang City).

In the 33rd year of Jiajing reign of Ming Dynasty (1554), an earthen city was built here, and later it was changed into a stone city.

The former site of puqianxu is located in Pumen, Xinbu. In 1605, it was moved after the earthquake in northern Hainan.

In 1717, in the 56th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, a fort was built by the sea to the west of Beishan village, under the jurisdiction of Haikou Navy.

administrative division

As of October 2019, Puqian town has 1 community and 11 administrative villages.

community:

Puqianxu community.

Village:

Ditai village, Dongpo village, Linwu village, Longfeng village, Meigang village, Pugang village, puLong village, Puqian village, Puyu village, Qiling village and Shihou village.

geographical environment

Location context

Puqian town is located in the northeast corner of Wenchang City, Hainan Province. It is adjacent to Qiongzhou Strait in the north and faces Leizhou Peninsula across the sea. The town faces the sea in the north, East and West, and its outline is like a peninsula. The town has a land area of 134.7 km and a coastline of 38 km.

topographic features

The terrain of Puqian town is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. In the north, it is a low hilly land with an altitude of 30 meters, and huweiling is 56 meters above sea level, facing the water gate; Qixingling is 117.4 meters above sea level, and the Qiongzhou Strait is a significant landmark; in the south, it is an alluvial plain with a flat terrain and an altitude of 10 meters.

climate

Puqian town belongs to tropical marine monsoon climate. It is located in the coastal plain platform semi humid, mild cold damage and severe wind damage climate zone in the northeast of Hainan Province. The annual average temperature is 23-24 ℃, the minimum temperature is about 17 ℃ in January, and the maximum temperature is 28 ℃ in July. The annual rainfall is 1600-1800 mm, with distinct dry and wet seasons. The rainy season is from April to October. The rainfall in rainy season accounts for 87% of the whole year. During the rainy season, the monthly rainfall is more than 100 mm. In rainy August and September, the rainfall is about 300 mm. The typhoon landing in the northeast of Hainan Island has a significant impact on Puqian Town, the wind force is generally 8-9, and the maximum wind force can reach 12 or more. The dominant wind direction is northeast.

hydrology

The main rivers in Puqian town are Zhuxi River, which originates from paishanliang village in Wengtian, flows through Dongpo, Lingdou, Huangpo, Longnan, Jixing and other areas, and flows into Puqian port to go to sea.

soil

There are three kinds of soil in Puqian Town: yellow white sandy soil, brown yellow sandy loam soil and coastal lowland saline soil.

natural resources

water resource

In Puqian Town, there are Longfeng reservoir, which is a small (first) type reservoir, and five small (second) type reservoirs, including Nanqiao reservoir, Chenghou reservoir, Hushi reservoir, dalingxi reservoir and Dongpo reservoir.

The normal storage capacity of the reservoir is 5.14 million cubic meters, the rainfall collection area is 6.5 square kilometers, and the average annual water volume for many years is about 4.55 million cubic meters. The designed irrigation area of the reservoir is 4700 mu, and the agricultural irrigation water consumption is about 3 million cubic meters. Zhuxi River flows into Dongzhaigang bay along the southern border of Puqian town. It is the largest river in the north of Wenchang City, with a drainage area of 379.8 square kilometers, an average annual runoff of 286 million cubic meters and an average flow of 9.07 cubic meters. In the dry season, the flow is about 2 m3 / s, and the river is abundant; there are 5 small (second) type reservoirs with water storage of 1.845 million cubic meters; there are 37 ponds; and there are 22 electric irrigation stations.

land resource

As of December 2019, Puqian town has 37904 mu of cultivated land and more than 110000 mu of forest, including 10979 mu of paddy field, 16819 mu of dry land, 10106 mu of dry land (irrigated land) and 90000 mu of coastal sandy land. The annual planting area of melons and vegetables is more than 30000 mu, including 26000 mu of off-season melons and vegetables. The main varieties are watermelon, cherry fruit, pepper and wax gourd, and the forest land is 90000 mu.

Biological resources

The aquatic products in Puqian town include grouper, Majiao, Ma you, Hongyou, yellow croaker, lobster, prawn, seaweed, etc.

The main trees in Puqian town are Casuarina equisetifolia forest, Caribbean pine forest, coconut forest, pulp forest and mangrove forest.

mineral resources

There is a magnetite deposit in Meiliu village, Puqian Town, with a reserve of about 2.52 million tons. The ore products are massive and small granular, with the quality of small granular as the best, with an average grade of 65%. From Jinshan tidal flat aquatic station to the coastline of mulantou, Puqian Town, the titanium reserves are 17000 tons, and the zircon reserves are 15000 tons. The No.5 ore body is mainly distributed in Qixingling area, Puqian Town, with a reserve of 85000 tons of titanium and 23000 tons of zircon.

population

As of December 2019, the total population of Puqian town is 42000.

economic development

In 2018, the gross social product of Puqian town reached 1.736 billion yuan, an increase of 8% over 2017, including 638.6 million yuan of total agricultural output value, an increase of 3%; 260 million yuan of industrial output value, a year-on-year balance; 837 million yuan of tertiary industry, an increase of 15%; 643 million yuan of fixed asset investment, an increase of 2%; 334 million yuan of total retail sales of social consumer goods, an increase of 2%; 14980 yuan of per capita net income of farmers, a year-on-year increase of 10% Cases were 36.7%: 15%: 48.3%.

The economic structure of Puqian town is mainly based on the primary industry, which plays a leading role in the whole economy of Puqian town; the proportion of the secondary and tertiary industries in the national economy is less than that of the primary industry. In the primary industry, agriculture is the main body, accounting for 60.4% of the total output value of the primary industry; fishery is an important part of the town's economy, accounting for 29.6%. There are many projects in the secondary industry, and they are mainly small and scattered, such as weaving (fishing) nets, ice making, processing of agricultural and fishery products, etc.

Transportation

As of December 2019, there are nearly 40 hardened cement roads in Puqian Town, with a total length of 45 km. Every 30 minutes from Haikou and every 20 minutes from Wencheng; water transportation can provide 1000 ton ships to enter the port, and only 18 nautical miles to Haikou.

Puqian town has five natural harbors: Puqian port, Xinbu port, Gecun Bay, Linwu port and Mulan Bay.

social undertakings

education

As of December 2019, there are 1 middle school, 9 primary schools and 7 kindergartens in Puqian town (including 1 public kindergarten and 6 private kindergartens). The middle school has 53 teaching staff and 576 students; the primary school has 164 teachers, 47 substitute teachers and 2223 students. Primary school enrollment rate is 100%, junior high school enrollment rate is more than 90%.

Cultural undertakings

As of December 2019, Puqian town has a comprehensive cultural room, cultural and entertainment center, qiongju Opera Association, fitness dance team and other facilities.

Sports

As of December 2019, nearly 30% of villages in Puqian town have volleyball courts.

medical and health work

As of December 2019, Puqian town has one township level health center, which is mainly composed of Puqian town health center and Linwu clinic. There are 44 beds, 13 clinics, 3 clinics and 9 village health workers.

social security

As of September 2019, the Education Charity Association of Puqian town has issued 435700 yuan of scholarship (Assistant) Scholarship (including 23700 yuan of scholarship), benefiting 354 students.

In 2018, Puqian town completed the reconstruction task of 35 poor households' dilapidated houses, including 31 poor households, 3 low-income households and 1 general household. All 35 households have been completed.

infrastructure

Puqian town has a 100% penetration rate of all-way control telephone. There are nine mobile phone signal transmitting base stations, which cover the whole town and realize no blind area communication. There are more than 1000 Internet users.

History and culture

The origin of place names

In the Ming Dynasty, Puqian port had been developed and utilized. It was a good natural port. At that time, most of the residents moved from Putian, Fujian Province. In order to commemorate Putian's native land, they chose Chinese homonym, which was initially named "Putian" and later changed to "Puqian".

Some people also think that the place names of Puqian coastal areas are mostly named after the landform and the folk names of the ferry, such as Hougang and Xikou. There was no village at that time, but only one or two shops. Therefore, the common people used to call this ferry "Puqian".

cultural relics and historic sites

The cultural relics and historic sites of Puqian town mainly include: Xibei academy built in 1893, with a construction area of 7200 square meters; Puqian old street built in 1895, with a construction area of 61500 square meters. The town's cultural relics and historic sites include: the temple of Seven Star Saint Niang, with a construction area of 150 square meters; doubing tower, with a construction area of 600 square meters, which was built in 1625; Lin's old house, with a construction area of 2700 square meters, which was built from Guangxu to Xuantong of the Qing Dynasty; Rencun Haihai village, which was built in 1605