Xitieshan Town, Dachaidan administrative committee, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province

Xitieshan town

Xitieshan Town, belonging to the Dachaidan administrative region of Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, is located in the northwest of Qinghai Province, the north edge of Qaidam Basin, the south of Dachaidan administrative region. It is connected with Delingha city in the East, Golmud City and Dulan County in the south, and weichaidan town in the West and North, with a total area of 2271 square kilometers.

Before the founding of new China, Xitieshan town was under the jurisdiction of Dulan County; in March 1993, Xitieshan town was established. By the end of 2017, the registered residence population of tin iron mountain town was 2005. In 2019, Xitieshan town governs one community, and the people's government is stationed in Xitieshan mining area community.

In 2018, there were 10 industrial enterprises in Xitieshan Town, including 7 above scale enterprises and 1 comprehensive store or supermarket with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

History of construction

Before the founding of new China, it belonged to Dulan county.

After the founding of new China, it was still under the jurisdiction of Dulan county.

On January 27, 1992, the county-level Dachaidan administrative region was established as an agency of the people's Government of the prefecture.

In March 1993, Xitieshan town was established.

administrative division

In 2019, Xitieshan town governs one community in Xitieshan mining area, and the people's government is stationed in Xitieshan mining area.

geographical environment

Location context

Xitieshan town is located in the northwest of Qinghai Province, the northern margin of Qaidam Basin, the southern part of the great Qaidam administrative region. It is connected with Delingha city in the East, Golmud City and Dulan County in the south, and Xingwei Chaidan town in the West and North. It is 696km away from Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, 190km away from Delingha, and 75KM away from Chaidan Town, where Xingwei is stationed, with a total area of 2271km.

topographic features

Xitieshan town is located in Qaidam Basin, with typical Sandy and saline landscape. The surface is hard and sandy, and many ground forms various wind eroded sand forest or bare soil Yadan landform due to wind erosion. Gobi, salt marshes and lakes are widely distributed, with complex terrain, crisscross gullies, drought and water shortage, sparse vegetation and serious soil erosion. The terrain in the town is high in the West and low in the East, high in the north and low in the south .

climate

Xitieshan is a typical continental desert climate because of the southwest warm and humid air flow blocked by high mountains. It is dry and rainy all year round, windy and cold, long sunshine time and strong solar radiation. The average annual temperature is 1.4 ℃, the precipitation is 83.5 mm, and the frost free period is 108 days.

natural resources

Xitieshan town is rich in mineral resources. There are more than ten kinds of non-ferrous metals such as lead, zinc, tin, copper, gold, silver, antimony, molybdenum, germanium and gallium in Xitieshan town. Among them, Xitieshan lead-zinc mine has large reserves, high grade and associated with a variety of rare and precious metal elements. The proven lead-zinc reserves are 22.7787 million tons, accounting for 90.2% of the total non-ferrous metal reserves in Qaidam area, The main associated minerals are sphalerite, galena and goethite; the associated minerals are more than 10 kinds of gold, silver, sulfur, germanium, gallium and cadmium, with a potential economic value of 2.845 billion yuan.

population

In 2011, Xitieshan town had a total population of 4796, with 4654 Han people, accounting for 97%; there were six ethnic minorities, including Manchu, Tibetan, Mongolian, Hui, Tujia, with a total of 142 people.

By the end of 2017, the registered residence population of tin iron mountain town was 2005.

Economics

In 2011, the economic development of Xitieshan town was dominated by industry, and it is a lead-zinc mine base. At the end of 2011, there were 92 individual businesses, 300 employees and one market in Xitieshan town.

In 2018, there were 10 industrial enterprises in Xitieshan Town, including 7 above scale enterprises and 1 comprehensive store or supermarket with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

social undertakings

education

At the end of 2011, there was a school in Xitieshan Town, which was composed of kindergartens and primary schools, with a total of 200 kindergarten children and school students; there were 9 teaching classes, 79 kindergartens and 121 primary school students; there were 19 teaching staff (5 kindergartens and 14 schools), including 2 middle school senior teachers and 7 primary school senior teachers.

Cultural undertakings

At the end of 2011, there was a theater and two broadcasting stations in Xitieshan town.

medical and health work

At the end of 2011, there was a medical and health institution in Xitieshan Town, namely Xitieshan staff hospital. The hospital covers an area of more than 40000 square meters, with 50 beds and 38 staff. The hospital receives 3000 outpatient patients and more than 20 inpatients every year.

social security

At the end of 2011, there were 44 households with minimum living security in Xitieshan Town, with 53 people, and a total of 129000 yuan of minimum living security fund was issued in the whole year; 195 households with 240 people participated in urban basic medical insurance, with an insurance rate of more than 95% and an insurance amount of 14400 yuan.

traffic

There are two regular buses from Xitieshan town to Dachaidan town in Xitieshan Town, and the main traffic in the town is taxi. Xitieshan town has Liuge expressway, with entrances and exits.

History and culture

Xitieshan town is named because the mountain to the north of the town people's government is a Xitieshan mine.

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