Dongsitou Township, Pingshun County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province

Dongsitou Township

Dongsitou township is subordinate to Pingshun County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province. It is located in the southeast of Shanxi Province and the east of Pingshun County, with a total area of 232 square kilometers, 29 administrative villages and 6977 permanent residents (2017).

Dongsitou township is located in the west of the southern section of Taihang Mountains, which is a typical dry stone mountain area and old revolutionary base area. There are many ancient passes, terraces and fortresses. From 1940 to 1945, the CPC Taihang prefectural committee and army were stationed in the territory, which was the core area of Taihang Anti Japanese base.

Dongsitou township has inconvenient transportation and bad conditions. The main food crops are corn, potato, millet, wheat and so on. The territory is rich in iron ore reserves. After the 1980s, the mining industry and mineral processing industry became the economic pillar. At the beginning of the 21st century, tourism has sprung up, with Tianji mountain, shenlongwan, Qinguang, Huashan, jiuqugou, etc. In 2013, the total rural economic income of dongsitou township was 68 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 3604 yuan.

Evolution of organizational system

In the period of the ancient emperors he and Tang Yao, the present dongsitou belonged to Jizhou, while in the period of Yushun, it belonged to Bingzhou. In the Xia Dynasty, it belonged to Jizhou. in the spring and Autumn period, it belonged to the state of Li first; the Marquis of Li was expelled by the Lu family of CHIDI, and belonged to the state of Luzi baby: the state of Lu was destroyed in Jin Dynasty, and the Marquis of Li was established, and then it belonged to the state of Li again; the state of Jin was merged with Li. during the Warring States period, it belonged to South Korea: With Zhao exterminating South Korea, it belonged to the state of Zhao. in the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Shangdang county. In the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, the governor of Shangdang county was set up, which belonged to Bingzhou area and governed 14 counties such as Lucheng and Huguan. Today, dongsitou area belongs to Lucheng county and Huguan County, which continued to the Ming Dynasty. Before the establishment of the county government in Pingshun in the eighth year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1529), the northern part of the present dongsitou area belonged to qingyangli, Lucheng County, Luzhou, and the southern part belonged to Huguan County, Luzhou. In the eighth year of Jiajing reign of Ming Dynasty (1529), Emperor Jiajing ordered the establishment of Pingshun County, which belongs to Lu'an Prefecture. Today, the northern part of dongsitou township is qingyangli, the cultural township of Pingshun County, and the southern part is Xinxing Erli, Xinxing Sanli and Xinxing Sili. In 1764, Pingshun county was abolished. Today, dongsitou Township belongs to qingyangli, Pingshun Township, Lucheng County in the north and Huguan County in the south. In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Pingshun county was restored and still belongs to Lu'an Prefecture. Dongsitou belongs to the Second District of Pingshun county. in 1915, Pingshun county was abolished and merged into Lucheng county. Dongsitou belonged to Pingshun township of Lucheng county. In May 1917, Pingshun county was restored, and dongsitou was the Second District of Pingshun county. In 1918, Pingshun County implemented District village system. Dongsitou was divided into anzui village, Xiwan village, Anyang village, shiyaotan village, Wandigou village, shiqishe village, Xianghua village, Tangli village and Sitou village in the Second District of Pingshun county. In 1937, the system of village organization was reformed, and village offices were set up. Dongsitou was divided into Xiwan village, Shiqi village, Xianghua village, shiyaotan village and CHIDI village. In January 1940, the Tainan special office was established in Sitou village; in March, the Anti Japanese democratic government of Pingshun County adjusted its division, and dongsitou belonged to the Sixth District of Pingshun County; in June, Pingshun county was divided into Pingshun (South) county and hepingbei County, and dongsitou belonged to the Sixth District of Pingshun (South) County, with the District Office in Sitou village; in August, the Tainan special office was changed into the fourth special office of Taihang district. In the same year, Lin county government moved to Anyang village and Huixian county government moved to sunjialing village. In March 1941, Pingshun (South) County adjusted its administrative division. The Sixth District of dongsitou was changed to the fourth district. The district office was moved from Sitou village to Menlou village, and then to nanzhuanggou village. In March 1942, the fourth Taihang special office was moved from Sitou village to hongtiguan village, and Pingshun (South) county and hepingbei county were merged into Pingshun County; in June, Pingshun County adjusted its administrative division, and dongsitou was divided into the second, sixth and seventh districts, and the former Fourth District Office in nanzhuanggou village was changed into the Sixth District Office; in June, the district office was moved to hongtiguan village. In the same year, Lin county government and Hui county government withdrew from the territory. In September 1954, dongsitou was divided into the sixth and seventh districts of Pingshun County, and two townships directly under the county, Xiwan Township and Tangli township. In March 1956, Pingshun County adjusted its division. Dongsitou was divided into guluanpu Township, xiqiaogou Township, yanglaoyan Township, Sitou Township, shiyaotan Township, Wandi Township and Xiwan township. In February 1958, the township system of Pingshun county was divided into two types: Market Town township and general township. Dongsitou was divided into three general townships: sitouji Township and xiqiaogou Township, yanglaoyan Township and shiyaotan township. In August, the township system was abolished and changed into people's commune. Dongsitou was divided into four people's communes: Sitou (fighting), yanglaoyan (happiness), shiyaotan township (Taiyang) and xiqiaogou township (construction) Pingshun county was merged into Huguan County, and four people's communes, namely Sitou (fighting), yanglaoyan (happiness), shiyaotan (Taiyang) and xiqiaogou (construction), were merged into Sitou (hero) people's commune. In July 1959, the organizational system of Pingshun county was restored, and the territory was still Sitou people's commune. In May 1962, Sitou people's commune was divided into Sitou people's commune, shiyaotan people's Commune and yanglaoyan people's commune. in March 1983, it was renamed dongsitou people's commune because of the duplicate name of Sitou people's commune in Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province. In March 1984, dongsitou people's commune, shiyaotan people's Commune and yanglaoyan people's commune were abolished and dongsitou Township, yanglaoyan Township and shiyaotan Township were established. In December 2000, shiyaotan Township and yanglaoyan Township were abolished, and the original administrative areas of shiyaotan Township and yanglaoyan Township were merged into dongsitou township.

administrative division

Division evolution

In November 1958, the people's commune of Sitou (hero) had 22 administrative areas (villages): Sitou, nanzhuanggou, Huyao, Xiwan, anzui, Anyang, Tangli, Menlou, changtuo (formerly sunjialing), Changyu (formerly Fanjialing), yanglaoyan, sangjiahe, Zhangjiawa, huangyagou, guluanpu, wuanzhuang, guandongshui, shiyaotan, Gangdi, Qinguang, Dongzhuang (formerly Siwa) ）Xizhuang (formerly known as Shuishui). In 1961, Tangli management area was divided into Jiaodi management area and gatehouse management area into Dashan management area. In May 1962, Sitou people's commune had 12 production brigades, namely, Sitou, nanzhuanggou, Huyao, Xiwan, anzui, Anyang, Tangli, Menlou, changtuo, Changyu, Jiaodi and Dashan; yanglaoyan people's commune had 8 production brigades, namely, yanglaoyan, sangjiahe, zhangjiaao, huangyagou, guluangpu, wuanzhuang, guandongshui and xiqiaogou; shiyaotan people's commune had 8 production brigades, namely, shiyaotan, Wandi and qinqiaogou There are five production teams in Guangming, Dongzhuang and Xizhuang. In September 1972, yanglaoyan commune set up haitangshui production team; in December, Sitou commune abolished nanzhuanggou production team and set up houling, Qianzhuang and Houzhuang production teams, and set up shitangjiao production team from Dashan production team. In March 1980, yanglaoyan commune set up qizigou production brigade from huangyagou production brigade. in March 1984, the production brigade was changed into an administrative village, with 15 administrative villages under the jurisdiction of dongsitou Township, 10 administrative villages under the jurisdiction of yanglaoyan Township, and 5 administrative villages under the jurisdiction of shiyaotan Township, among which Dongzhuang and Xizhuang were renamed Siao and Shuishui. in December 2000, dongsitou Township had jurisdiction over 30 administrative villages, of which wuanzhuang village was an empty shell village, which was later abolished.

Zoning details

as of 2013, dongsitou township has jurisdiction over 29 administrative villages.

geographical environment

Location context

Dongsitou township is located in the southeast of Pingshun County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, bordering Xingcheng town in the south, Longxi town and Xigou Township in the west, Qingyang Town and hongtiguan Township in the north, and Shibanyan Township in Linzhou City, Henan Province in the East. It spans 113 ° 29 ′ 21 ″ - 113 ° 44 ′ 04 ″ E and 36 ° 3 ′ 2 ″ - 36 ° 14 ′ n, with a total area of 232 square kilometers. The town government is 23 kilometers away from Pingshun county and 60 kilometers away from Changzhi City.

topographic features

Dongsitou township is a mountainous area with many mountains and gullies. The central and southern part of the township is high, while the western, northern and eastern parts are relatively low. The territory is mainly denuded structure, with middle mountain. Generally, the elevation is between 1200-1800 meters, and the relative elevation difference is 600-1400 meters. There are mountains with different heights, slopes with uneven steep and gentle slopes, and valleys with different gullies. Valley development, generally in the "V" shape, the top of the main cone-shaped and dragon ridge shape, hillside slope angle in more than 50 ° to 70 ° above, many cliffs, mountain shape strange and changeable.

climate

Dongsitou township has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate. Due to its high altitude, the climate is very cold. It takes about five months in spring, summer and autumn, and seven months in winter. The annual average temperature is 8.3 ℃, and the temperature is slightly higher in a few low-lying areas in the East. The average temperature in January was - 11.1, and the extreme minimum temperature was - 21.6 ℃; the average temperature in July was 26.7 ℃, and the extreme maximum temperature was 37.0 ℃. The annual average sunshine duration is 2486.5 hours. The annual average frost free period is about 165 days. The average annual unfreezing period is about 100 days, and the maximum depth of frozen soil is about 50 cm. The average annual precipitation is 659.6 mm, and more than 60% of the precipitation is concentrated from June to August. The extreme maximum annual precipitation is 939.2 mm, and the extreme minimum is 319.7 mm, which is called "nine droughts in ten years". The annual average wind speed is 2.2 m / S; the frequency of southwest wind direction accounts for 27%, mostly occurring in spring and autumn; the frequency of north wind and south wind direction accounts for 27%

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