Mengxi Town, Songtao Miao Autonomous County, Tongren City, Guizhou Province

Mengxi town

Mengxi is located at the east foot of Fanjing Mountain and in the middle of Songtao Miao Autonomous County. It was once one of the five major market towns in the east of ancient Guizhou. With a history of nearly 900 years, it is known as "Fanjing city" and "old cultural area". The town is adjacent to dapingchang town and miaoai Township in the East, Wuluo town in the west, Zhaiying Town, pujue town and Pingtou town in the South and Dalu town in the north. The town covers an area of 140.9 square kilometers, with 24 villages and 1 neighborhood committee under its jurisdiction, covering a total area of 140.9 square kilometers and a total population of 31400. It is a multi-ethnic town. Chongqing Huaihua railway passes through the city, adjacent to Tongren Daxing airport. It is rich in mineral resources, forest resources, land resources and tourism resources. It is one of the 100 greening towns in China and one of the key demonstration towns in Guizhou Province.

Evolution of organizational system

The first year of huizongzhenghe (1114) set up Mengxi Longquan Ge Chang lawsuit

In the first year of LiZong Baoyou (1253), Mengxi was assigned to the military and civilian government of PingCha Chenghua

In 1302, Mengxi Longquan Ge Changan was assigned to Sizhou military and civilian pacification department

Taizu Hongwu four years (1371) Mengxi under the State Department of comfort

In 1438, Mengxi was transferred to Tongren Prefecture

In 1569, wuluosi city was destroyed by fire and moved to Mengxi Heibao city to build wuluosi city.

Six years (1572) Heibao city was destroyed by the war, moved to a small village to build the city, known as "small village division".

In 1658, Meng Xi set up a postal envoy, also known as "Di Pu", to deliver official documents for the government.

Sixteen years (1659) days of drought, fighting rice price silver one or two, hungry people everywhere in Mengxi.

In April 1668, Yang Tongkun and Yang Guanghui donated their ancestral "ghost hillside" to open Mengxi farm. In that year, Li Pei and Cai Yanling founded the first school in Mengxi, named Yixue.

In 1797, Mengxi returned to Songtao hall.

In 1828, the family of Li Zhimao in guantian was on fire, which affected dozens of households and caused heavy losses. The government allocated food for relief.

Fifteen years (1835) Mengxi flood, the government exemption tax.

In 1855, Bao Maoxian and Dai xianao gathered in aitun to revolt and attack Songtao hall.

In 1861, Bao Maoxian fell back into Songtao city and burned the Yamen of marquis Yang Fang.

In January 1865, Bao Maoxian was chased by Li Guoshi, the general manager of the gandianmu regiment, and died in zhuanyangnao mountain.

In 1869, Dai Mingyang and Zhang Hanhou created "Songmao academy" at the foot of Nanping mountain in Mengxi.

In December of 1880, Mengxi was snowed heavily, and the flat ground was several feet deep, and more than a month later, it became square.

In 1924, there was a great drought in Mengxi, and there was no harvest of autumn grain.

In 1925, there was a great famine in Mengxi.

In 1931, Mengxi District Office was set up in Jiangxi guild hall.

Mengxi town was established in 1932. In the same year, there was a severe drought, and the government exempted the grain tax of that year.

In 1942, the "Qiandong incident" took place, and the "Zhongyuan army" organized by longchangyuan in Shibao mountain of taipingying attacked Mengxi and other places. In the same year, toujing established a township.

In February 1943, the telephone line from the county seat to Mengxi was connected, and Mengxi tax increase area was set up in November.

In 1946, Mengxi implemented universal suffrage and established the Township People's Congress.

In 1948, toujing township was abolished.

Mengxi was liberated on December 22, 1949, on the third day of the first lunar month.

On January 5, 1950, the fourth working team of the county provisional Working Committee entered Mengxi.

In April 1951, Mengxi Township Office was abolished and Mengxi township was established.

In March 1953, Hongyan Township, Muer Township and Anshan Township were established.

In July 1953, Mengxi carried out the first census in cooperation with the whole county.

In December 1953, Mengxi Township Branch Committee of CPC was established.

In April 1954, Anshan Township Branch Committee of the Communist Party of China was established. In October, the Muer Township Branch Committee of the CPC and the Hongyan Township Branch Committee of the CPC were established.

In August 1956, Anshan township was abolished and merged into Mengxi township.

In September 1958, Mengxi District, Hongyan Township and Muer Township were abolished and Mengxi people's commune was established.

In April 1961, it was attacked by a storm, resulting in death and injury. In the same year, Mengxi, Hongyan and Muer administrative areas were established.

In July 1963, a storm hit Mengxi, causing heavy losses.

In May 1966, the administrative area was abolished and the people's communes of Mengxi, Hongyan and Muer were established.

In September 1966, the "four Qing" working team of Tongren Prefecture entered Mengxi.

In August 1967, the Revolutionary Committee of Muer people's commune was established, and in November, the Committee of Hongyan people's commune was established.

In December, Mengxi people's commune Revolutionary Committee was established.

In October 1966, Mengxi "Cultural Revolution" began.

On May 6, 1969, dozens of people from Mengxi took part in the Muhuang fight.

On August 21, 1975, the Mengxi Street fire affected 233 houses and cost 186000 yuan.

From January 27 to 31, 1977, Mengxi suffered from a century of no big ice and cold, traffic interruption, and heavy losses of small crops.

In September 1980, Mengxi began to carry out the policy of responsibility for production and responsibility to each household. In November, the census of place names began.

In December 1981, the certification of mountain forest property rights was carried out.

In October 1982, Su Gang, former deputy secretary of Guizhou provincial Party committee, visited Mengxi.

In April 1983, the five-year system was changed to six-year system in primary schools, and the two-year system was changed to three-year system in junior and senior high schools.

In June 1984, the county abolished the commune system and restored the people's governments of Mengxi, Hongyan and Muer townships.

In December 1985, Mengxi township was replaced by Mengxi town.

administrative division

It has jurisdiction over 22 villages (communities) including Mengxi village, zhaiyuan village, Zhaiyang village, Anshan village, Pingnan village, tongqianshan village, ganbagou village, aitun village, Taipingshan village, zhaigan village, kaitang village, hongyanzhai village, Youpeng village, bainidang village, toujing village, laowuchang village, Muer village, taoziping village, toadtang village, Hekou village, bamaoping village, Xiaping village, qingshixi village and heshangping village, There are 265 villager groups.

geographical environment

Mengxi town is located at the east foot of Fanjing Mountain and in the middle of Songtao Miao Autonomous County. It is adjacent to Dalu Township and lengshuixi Township in the north, dapingchang town in the East, Wuluo town in the West and pujue town in the south. It is located at the junction of Chongqing, Hunan and Guizhou. It is located in the geometric center of Tongren, Xiushan and Jishou triangle in Guizhou

natural condition

Mengxi town is 28 km to the west of Songtao county. It is located at 108 ° 30-108 ° 55 east longitude and 29 ° 30 north latitude. It is long from east to west and narrow from north to south. It is adjacent to dapingchang town and miaoei Township in the East, Mengxi town in the west, Zhaiying Town, pujue town and Pingtou Township in the south, and Dalu Township in the north.

Topography: the western part of the town has undulating mountains, with the highest altitude of 1402 meters, and the central and eastern parts are low and gentle, with the lowest altitude of only 420 meters. The whole terrain is high in the west, low in the middle and Southeast, forming a basin in the middle and Southeast.

Climate conditions: the climate belongs to subtropical monsoon climate, the highest temperature in the territory is 35 ° C, the lowest temperature is - 5 ° C, the annual average temperature is 16 ° C, the annual average sunshine time is 1300 hours, and the annual average precipitation is 1600 mm.

natural resources

Land resources: the total area of the town is 140.9 square kilometers, with 48% of forest land, 33% of cultivated land, 6% of water area, 4% of urban construction land and 9% of others. The cultivated land area is 11718 mu, including 2706 mu of basic farmland, 0.48 mu of cultivated land per capita and 0.08 mu of basic farmland per capita. The cultivated land in the territory is mainly sloping farmland, and paddy fields are mainly distributed along the river.

Water resources: Mengxi is a rainy area with abundant water resources, with an average annual precipitation of 1600 mm and a total precipitation of 360 million cubic meters. The territory is rich in surface runoff and groundwater resources, with high river network density. There are Muer river with a flow of more than 30 km, and six small rivers with a flow of more than 5 km, with a total length of 77 km.

Biological resources: the forest coverage rate of the whole town has reached over 65%. The forestry land is 884869 mu, including 621940.8 mu of forest land, 266546 mu of young forest, 96382.2 mu of immature forest, 12358 mu of artificial afforestation and 20475 mu of grassland suitable for forestry. Due to the undulating terrain, obvious climate differentiation and complex ecological environment, there are many kinds of organisms. There are 21 kinds of wild animals. Rich in plant species, there are about 232 kinds of tree species in the town. Among these tree species, Davidia involucrata, e-palm, hemlock and so on are the rare tree species, and hemlock and Pseudotsuga fortunei are the three key tree species. Because of the vast area, sparsely populated, but also well preserved, not damaged. Most of the forest vegetation in other areas has become more potential secondary vegetation. These secondary vegetation are mainly derived forests or plantations, and pine, fir and cypress are dominant.

Mineral resources: there are mainly manganese and lead-zinc deposits, mainly distributed in qingshixi village, tongqianshan village and Pingnan village

Economics

In recent years, under the correct guidance of the county Party committee and the county government, the people of all ethnic groups in Mengxi town always adhere to the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents", take the goal of "leapfrog development" put forward by the county Party committee and the county government as the direction, and combine with the actual situation of Mengxi Town, put forward the idea of "relying on the railway, integrating resources, developing logistics, invigorating commerce and trade, and making every effort to build Qiandong dock economic strong town" ”Through the hard work and hard work of the whole town, the economic and social development has made a major breakthrough, and won the first place in the year-end target assessment of the whole county for four consecutive years. In 2006, the gross national product of the whole town reached 123.59 million yuan, an increase of 8.8% over 2001

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