Liuquan Township, Lingchuan County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province

Liuquan Township

Liuquan township is located in the northeast of Lingchuan. Its longitude and latitude coordinates are between 35 ° 44 ′ - 35 ° 51 ′ E and 113 ° 20 ′ - 113 ° 34 ′ n. It is 21.6 km long from east to west and 127 km wide from north to south, with a total area of 237 square kilometers.

brief introduction

Liuquan township has 29426 mu of cultivated land and 12037 permanent residents (in 2017), with 37 administrative villages and 134 natural villages under its jurisdiction. Liuquan township is the gateway to the east of Lingchuan and the "barrier" of the Central Plains. Linghui highway runs through the township and directly reaches the Central Plains. It is an important channel for Shanxi coal transportation. It is high in the West and low in the East. Most areas are between 1000-1500 meters above sea level. The highest altitude is 1791.9 meters (Banshan) and the lowest is 900 meters (dongshuangnao). There are thousands of peaks in the territory, with crisscross gullies, steep mountains, dense hills and long peaks Continuous, the eastern part is rocky mountainous area, with large mountains and steep slopes, thick rocks and thin soil, fragmented arable land, poor farming conditions, but dense forests and good vegetation; the western part is rocky hilly area, with undulating hills and hills, gentle slopes and shallow valleys, relatively poor vegetation coverage, rich underground iron ore resources, distributed with fish scale terraces, and some large pieces of arable land, relatively good farming conditions, which is the agricultural land of our township It is the main production area in China. The total grain output of the township is 2294 tons, with an average output of 100-180 kg.

Climate conditions

The annual sunshine hours are 2350-2680 hours. Affected by geographical and topographical conditions, most of the time is controlled by the monsoon, and the local continental climate is obvious. The annual average temperature is between 6 ℃ and 8 ℃, the annual effective accumulated temperature is 3000 ℃, and the frost free period is about 112-120 days. The annual rainfall is about 500mm, which is more in the east than in the West.

water resource

There are abundant water resources in the territory. The main characteristics are as follows: first, the distribution is uneven, and the northeast is more than the southwest; second, the development is difficult, and most of the water is distributed in the low mountains, such as zheshui, dongshuangnao, etc., which is extremely difficult to be fully utilized; third, the amount of water is inversely proportional to the number of population, that is, the place with water has small personality density.

Animal and plant resources

It has a wide range of mountains and slopes, dense forests, good vegetation, and a variety of trees, shrubs and grasses. The forest coverage rate in the East is 67.2%, and that in the west is 32.4%. The forest area reaches 130000 mu. The main tree species are Pinus tabulaeformis, oak, elm, cypress, poplar, willow, Huaichun, and the rare Taxus chinensis and red maple in the north. The economic trees are walnut, apple, persimmon, pear, apricot, hawthorn, pear and cherry Peach, pepper, Toona and other eight varieties. There are many kinds of herbs, such as Codonopsis pilosula, Forsythia suspensa, Platycodon grandiflorum, bupleurum, Codonopsis pilosula, Scutellaria baicalensis, etc. there are abundant wild animal resources in the deep mountains and dense forests, including leopard, wolf, badger, fox, cat and leopard, wild boar, yellow sheep, yellow wolf, wild immunity, etc.; wild birds include pheasant, magpie, pigeon, woodpecker, Rhododendron, owl, etc.

administrative division

In 2001, the township administrative divisions of Lingchuan County were adjusted (Jin Zheng Han No.9; Jin Shi Zheng FA No.6 on January 10), yetou Township and Liuquan Township were abolished, and a new Liuquan township was established. After the adjustment, Liuquan township has a population of 15682 and an area of 237.9 square kilometers. The Township People's government is located in Liuquan village.

Chinese PinYin : Shan Xi Sheng Jin Cheng Shi Ling Chuan Xian Liu Quan Xiang