Guantan Township, Qinyuan County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province

Guantan Township

Guantan township is a township, located in the north east of the county, 60 kilometers away from the county. It borders Qin County in the East, Guodao town in the south, chishiqiao Township in the West and Jingfeng Township in the East, with a total area of 151.4 square kilometers and 6500 mu of cultivated land.

General situation

The township governs 12 administrative villages, including Hongyuan village, Qinyu village, Yongsheng Village, Zihong village, guantan village, pipayuan village, Jiazhuang village, Zhengsheng village, Yatou village, Huofeng village, chenjiayu village and Jiqing village, with a permanent resident population of 2854 (2017), an area of 151.4 square kilometers, a land area of more than 8000 mu and a forest area of more than 72000 mu, mainly natural forest. the whole township has beautiful mountains and rivers and rich water and grass resources. In the territory, there are 500 beef cattle fattening bases, which have been built to achieve efficiency; another 100 mu fish breeding base; 3000 mu small coarse cereals base mainly composed of beans; 5000 ducks breeding base; 5000 mu grass and livestock breeding project.

Historical evolution

According to records, during the period of the Republic of China, the county was divided into three districts, guantan was divided into two districts, Guodao was governed by four administrative villages, Qinyu, Zihong, pipayuan and Huofeng, and 38 natural villages; in the early days of liberation, guantan was divided into two districts of five districts; in 1956, when five districts were abolished and 32 townships were changed, guantan was Zihong Township and Huofeng township; in 1958, Qinyuan was merged with Qinxian County, and changed into Zihong people's commune, with jurisdiction over 12 villages; in 1959, it was restored Fuqinyuan County, Zihong commune moved to guantan; in 1984, Zihong people's commune was changed into guantan Township People's government, which implemented the rural system. Now it has jurisdiction over 12 administrative villages, 22 natural villages, 1135 agricultural households and 387 agricultural population in Hongyuan village, Qinyu village, Yongsheng Village, Zihong village, guantan village, pipayuan village, Jiazhuang village, Zhengsheng village, Yatou village, Huofeng village, chenjiayu village and Jiqing village Four.

Traffic situation

Guantan township has one county road and three rural roads. The guantan section of Yangjing line of Xianxiang road is 18 km long. The three rural roads are CuiZi Road, cuiji road and huochen Road, with a total mileage of 22.2 km. Among them, county and township roads are asphalt roads, 8.7km rural roads are cement roads, and 13.5km concrete stone roads.

environmental resource

The township belongs to the forest and animal husbandry mountainous area, with a forest area of 137402 mu, a forest coverage rate of 62%, and relatively good vegetation. It mainly focuses on scattered breeding and traditional animal husbandry, with a total of 26000 large and small livestock by the end of 2010. There are many ravines, mountains and streams in the area. the terrain is high in the East and low in the west, with the highest altitude of 1490m and the lowest altitude of 1140m; the annual average temperature is 8.5 degrees, the highest temperature is 34 degrees, the lowest temperature is - 24 degrees, the temperature is slightly low, and the temperature difference between day and night is large; the annual precipitation is 583mm, the average annual relative humidity is 65%, and the rainfall is relatively abundant; the frost free period is about 125 days, the average annual sunshine hours is 2519.7 hours, and the sunshine is relatively insufficient; the area of taxed cultivated land is 7380 In 2010, the total grain output was 1671 tons. there are many rivers in the area, and the river area is wide. Jingfeng River and Huofeng River meet in Zihong village, which is called Zihong river. It is one of the main tributaries of Qinhe river. Water and grass resources are very rich. The mountains are evergreen all the year round, and the mountains are full of clear water. Birds fly in the sky, and fish and crabs swim in the water. In particular, heron and high-quality catfish are of great protection and development value. There are also Qipanshan, mabaoquan Hot Springs and other natural resources in the area.

Economic situation

Guantan township has formed a coal industry dominated by coal mining and processing; a salt nitrification industry dominated by salt and nitrate mining and conversion; a building materials industry dominated by gypsum, talcum powder and limestone mining and processing; a textile industry dominated by camel hair products and hand-made carpets; and a brewing and pharmaceutical processing industry dominated by cistanche deserticola and Suoyang. TEDA sodium company, the largest metal sodium plant in Asia, "Jilantai Salt Group", the first mechanized lake salt plant in China, the largest anisole production base in China, the largest fuel production base in Northwest Alashan northwest dyeing plant, the key chemical plant enterprise in guantan Township, "Jilantai alkali plant", the export base of high-quality "Taixi Coal", and "zhula" with the largest proven reserves in the region Gold mines are all in our banner. in the new century, with the in-depth implementation of China's western development strategy, the local government has creatively put forward the strategy of "centralized development", firmly seizing the favorable opportunity of the country's increasing investment in infrastructure and ecological construction in the western region, further deepening the reform, expanding the opening up, speeding up the process of industrialization, urbanization and industrialization of agriculture and animal husbandry, and promoting the tourism industry. Taking speeding up industrial development as a breakthrough, the government of the flag Committee issued the "opinions on speeding up industrialization". Relying on superior resources, the government further accelerated the transformation of resources, and cultivated eight characteristic industries, namely, the salt chemical industry based on raw salt resources, raw salt sodium production dye chain, and the coal chemical industry based on coal resources, raw coal fine washing fine coke chain Based on the policy of high energy carrying Industrial Park, the development of high energy carrying industries mainly including metal sodium, ferroalloy, etc.; gold industry based on gold resources; iron and copper mining and dressing industry based on iron ore resources; wind power industry based on wind power resources; Cistanche system The beverage industry is mainly composed of products and mineral water. By 2010, the GDP of the whole banner is expected to reach 5 billion yuan, the proportion of industry will reach more than 50%, and the per capita GDP will reach more than 20000 yuan.

Population data

Population data of guantan township:

2854 permanent residents (2017). (fifth census data)

Villages under its jurisdiction

Guantan Village

social undertakings

There are one central health center, 11 village level health centers and 34 medical staff in the township, and two boarding primary schools with 39 teaching staff and 112 students.

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