Xihedi Town, Lingchuan County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province

Xihedi town

Xihedi town is located in the southwest of Lingchuan County, adjacent to affiliated towns in the East, Zezhou County in the West and south, and Gaoping City in the north. It belongs to Earth Rock Hilly Pingchuan District. With a total area of 87 square kilometers, the town governs 27 administrative villages, 43 natural villages and 19660 permanent residents (2017). The area of cultivated land is 42000 mu, of which the area of grain field is 33000 mu.

Regional specialty

Xihedi town has excellent natural conditions, with an average altitude of 900 meters, mild climate, annual average temperature of 9.7 ℃, annual effective accumulated temperature of more than 3000 ℃ and annual average precipitation of 640 mm. The fertile land is the main grain producing area in Lingchuan County. The annual total grain output is about 10000 tons, especially the high-quality millet, which is famous for its yellow color, sweet taste and high nutritional value, is a local characteristic agricultural product. Sericulture is the leading industry in the whole county. Every year, about 4000 silkworms are raised in spring and autumn, and the total cocoon production is about 300000 Jin, accounting for 70% of the total output of the county. The town is rich in iron ore resources, reserves up to 50 million tons, annual output of about 500000 tons.

Historical evolution

In 1958, the people's commune was established, with jurisdiction over 26 production teams and 43 natural villages; in 1984, it was renamed Township, with jurisdiction over 28 administrative villages; in 1995, it was withdrawn from township to town, with jurisdiction over 28 administrative villages and 40 natural villages; in 2003, it was withdrawn from village to town, and nanshantou village was merged into Qinshan village, with jurisdiction over 27 administrative villages reduced from 28.

prime mover industry

The leading industries at the bottom of the Xihe River are grain, sericulture, mining, smelting and transportation,

1、 The ratio of secondary and tertiary industries is 3:6:1

. The main private enterprises are: zaishan iron works, Zhaoshan iron works, Jiaohui iron works, Huangzhuang firecracker works, etc. The infrastructure of xihedi town is relatively perfect, with cement (oil) roads, program-controlled telephone and encrypted TV in every village, tap water in 17 villages and high standard teaching buildings in 25 villages.

tourist resources

There are many cultural relics and historic sites in xihedi Town, mainly including Jishan sanshengrui pagoda which is listed as a national cultural relic protection unit, Zhangyang, pianqiaodi Yuhuang temple, xianlingzu temple, wanzhang temple, Huangzhuang Yuhuang temple and Jiexiao tablet square which are listed as county-level cultural relic protection units, Zhangyang bajiaojing and Nanxiang temple which have beautiful legends.

Economic and social development

Xihedi town has convenient transportation, obvious location advantages, complete infrastructure and strong urban-rural integration. Lingqin first-class highway traverses the East and West, realizing the connection of cement (oil) road, cable telephone, cable TV, and tap water to every household. The main streets and alleys of every village are all hardened, and the total mileage of cement road is 75 km. The communication facilities are developing rapidly, with more than 12000 mobile phones and more than 2000 computer users, and the drinking water safety is fully covered. the town has unique geographical conditions, mild climate and fertile land. The existing leading industries are grain, sericulture, aquaculture, chemical industry, building materials, commercial and drinking services, etc. As far as the economic structure is concerned, the output value of the primary industry dominated by agriculture accounts for 31% of the total social output value, the output value of the secondary industry dominated by building materials and chemical industry accounts for 54% of the total social output value, and the output value of the tertiary industry dominated by business, drinking, repair and other services accounts for 15% of the total social output value. In 2012, the total rural economic income of the town reached 102 million yuan, the per capita net income of farmers was 5157 yuan, the total grain output was 14261 tons, and the financial income was 3.1 million yuan. The characteristic industries of the town are millet, sericulture and breeding. High quality Beige yellow, sweet taste, high nutritional value, well-known in Shanxi. With the continuous improvement of Xiaomi's market-oriented operation, "lingzhixi" jinxiaomi has completed the trademark registration and organic food certification. Sericulture is the leading industry in the county, with about 3000 silkworms per year, and the total cocoon production is about 200000 Jin, accounting for about 60% of the total output of the county. The breeding industry has developed rapidly. As a leading agricultural enterprise, Lingchuan Dawei ecological park breeding Co., Ltd. has begun to take shape. The construction of a million broiler breeding Park at pianqiaodi is in progress. The Baifu Baifu bioenergy and agricultural ecological planting and breeding recycling demonstration park has been established. Various kinds of breeding cooperatives have emerged as the times require, and become one of the main channels for farmers to increase their income. There are two major industrial and mining enterprises: one is Yangling chemical plant of Jincheng Huakai Industrial Co., Ltd. with an investment of 15 million yuan and an annual production of 12000 tons of carbon disulfide; the other is Shanxi Lingchuan Dingsheng new building materials Co., Ltd. with a total investment of 20.68 million yuan, which can produce 80 million shale porous sintered bricks. there are 24 primary and secondary schools in the town, including 1 town run middle school, 3 boarding primary schools and 20 village run primary schools. There are 166 primary and secondary school teachers and 1591 primary and secondary school students in the town, realizing the sharing of high-quality educational resources. In the population of the town, 9% of the total population have education level above senior high school, 64% have education level below junior high school, and 27% have education level below junior high school. The rural library is popular in every village, the cultural and sports facilities are gradually improved, and the mass cultural and sports activities are rich and colorful. the social security system of the whole town has been improved day by day, the rural minimum living security system has been implemented, and a new rural cooperative medical system has been established. The number of participants in the town has reached 18426, and the participation rate has reached 92.6%. We actively promoted the work of social endowment insurance, with 8647 participants and 870000 yuan of insurance funds.

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