Xinglong Town, Zaoyang City, Hubei Province

Xinglong Town

Xinglong Town, established in 1984, is the "East Gate" of Xiangyang City and Zaoyang City. It is located 18 kilometers southeast of Zaoyang City, bordering Suizhou Shifu in the East and Zaoyang City in the West. The town covers an area of 187.71 square kilometers (in 2017). It now has 33 administrative villages, 170 villager groups and 1 neighborhood committee.

geographical environment

position

Xinglong Town, established in 1984, is the "East Gate" of Xiangfan City and Zaoyang City. It is located 18 kilometers southeast of Zaoyang City, bordering Suizhou Shifu in the East and Zaoyang City in the West. Han Dan railway, Han Shi Expressway and 316 national highway pass through the territory.

terrain

Xinglong town is located in the eastern edge of Nanxiang basin, belonging to the Hanjiang River Basin, backed by Tongbai mountain area, and connected with Dahong mountain range in the south. The terrain is high in the West and low in the East, with hills and hills as the main terrain.

climate

Xinglong town belongs to the north subtropical monsoon continental climate transition zone, with four distinct seasons, mild climate, sufficient light, rich heat, moderate rainfall, and the same season of rain and heat. It provides superior climatic conditions for agricultural production, with an average annual frost free period of 241 days and an average annual precipitation of 878.3 mm. There is sufficient sunshine in the area, with an average annual sunshine of 1987 hours and an average annual temperature of 15.1 ℃ - 16.9 ℃.

rivers

Due to the limitation of geographical location, topography and climate, there are no big rivers in the town, the rivers are short, the flow is short, the flow is subject to seasonal changes, and there is no major flood disaster. In the north of national highway 316, there are three reservoirs - Dongjiao reservoir, Xihe Reservoir and Huayanghe reservoir.

resources

Within its jurisdiction, there are four national special railways, eight national, provincial and municipal enterprises and institutions, including 5200 national reserve depot, 2700 armed police detachment, grain transfer station, Xinglong railway station, Zaoyang salt and nitrate plant of China Salt Group, Huayanghe reservoir management office, etc., with an annual output of 30000 tons of underground salt and nitrate mine that can be mined for more than 100 years, and a national first-class railway track with a storage capacity of 50 million cubic meters Stone, 25 million cubic meters of super grade 1 high quality granite marble, Huayanghe reservoir with a total capacity of 100 million cubic meters and other natural resources.

transport

Relying on 316 national highway, Han Shi expressway, Han Dan double track railway and other traffic location, Xinglong town has a rapid development of automobile transportation industry. The town now has more than 2200 operating vehicles, known as "the first transportation town in Hubei Province". Among them, there are more than 800 trucks. Automobile logistics and transportation intermediary organizations have been set up in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Gansu, Yunnan, Zhejiang and other places. With fast information, vegetables and fruits from the south are sold to the north in winter, and fruits and vegetables from the central and western regions are sold to the South and the north in summer and autumn. Two transportation corridors, Inner Mongolia Guangxi and Xinjiang Hainan, have been formed throughout the country, with annual transportation capacity of 1 More than 100000 tons of goods can be transported, and the annual profit of automobile transportation industry can reach more than 60 million yuan. In order to make the automobile transportation industry develop healthily and become bigger and stronger, under the reasonable guidance of the town government, the town has successfully built the automobile transportation industry platform of Xinglong Town, with the private enterprise Rongxin Automobile Service Co., Ltd. as the leader. It has formed a service network from the aspects of driver training, installment car purchase, agent certificate handling, tax and insurance agency, sales and transfer intermediary, accident claim settlement, etc., thus speeding up the development of automobile transportation industry The development and growth of the automobile industry. Rich stone resources create another bright industry. Since the 1990s, the rich stone resources of Xinglong Bashan have been inspected. Since 1999, eight stone plants have been built in Bashan, with more than 50 sets of construction machinery and more than 600 employees. The annual development of various types of high-quality stone materials is more than 300000 cubic meters, the annual production value is more than 10 million yuan, the profit and tax are more than 1 million yuan, and the annual revenue of local finance is more than 300000 yuan.

Agriculture

Xinglong town of Zaoyang City is a big agricultural town, known as Zaoyang grain bag, with a total cultivated area of 6350 hectares, including 3446 hectares of paddy field and 2904 hectares of dry land. Agriculture has formed the trend of parallel development of melon, fruit, vegetable and breeding industries besides traditional food crops. The melon and fruit industry has formed a high-quality peach production base and watermelon production base with excellent villages, Baitu village, Honghua village and Yanglou village along 316 national highway as the main body. It has developed 5000 mu of high-quality peach and 3000 mu of watermelon. In the past two years, the town government has supported the development of animal husbandry, introduced many preferential policies, and established two dominant breeds of breeding pigs, namely, high-quality commercial pigs and high-quality ducks. Now, the town has developed 3 professional villages, 12 professional groups, 35 large households with more than 100 heads, 3 large-scale pig farms, 15 professional groups for duck raising, and 20 large households with more than 2000-10000 ducks, with a total investment of more than 50 million yuan. The town can sell more than 20000 pigs, more than 200000 finished ducks and 380000 kg fresh eggs every year, realizing an output value of 80 million yuan. In 2004, the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 357.7 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 3270 yuan. In 2005, the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 38246 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 3400 yuan.

Travel

Jiuliandun ancient tomb group: a key cultural relic protection unit of the state. It is located on a north-south mound at the junction of wudian town and Xinglong Town, about 21 km southeast of Zaoyang City. Starting from the Tang ancestral hall in the South and reaching Liujiawan in the north, it stretches for 3 kilometers. There are 9 earth tombs arranged in a north-south direction, commonly known as "jiuliandun". According to the analysis, the age of the tombs may be the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Jiuliandun Tomb of Chu in Warring States period has four outstanding features: first, it discovered the cemetery site of 11 ancient tombs in Chu tomb for the first time; second, the bronze four middle tripod is the largest tripod excavated by science; all kinds of musical instruments are complete, especially the complete set of wooden musical instruments of such scale is the first time; third, it discovered more than 1000 bamboo slips, the number of which is rare; fourth, the scale of chemacheng is of the same type in China It shocked both at home and abroad.

The first is to build jiuliandun Museum on the original site of No.1 Che Ma Keng, which is divided into ancient tomb pit, Che Ma Keng exhibition room, cultural relics exhibition room, ancient music performance hall and Chu culture picture exhibition hall, forming a comprehensive supporting system integrating projection, demonstration, Real Che Ma Keng live performance and simulation cultural relics sale The second is to implement closed management and overall protection for the other eight ancient tombs, with cypress trees as the main scenic spot. In appropriate places, Chu Culture Park, Chu garden folk houses, Chu garden farming, Chu ancient battlefield, Chu local political, economic and cultural restoration are planned and constructed. In accordance with the national standards of 3A scenic spots, the functions of tourism facilities should be improved to form a tourism system integrating food, tourism, shopping, entertainment and behavior.

population

The total population is 58000, including 11052 agricultural households and 50178 agricultural population.

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The fifth census data

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51878 (2017).

education

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Information sources of Township Education

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Regionalization

The town covers an area of 18771 square kilometers (2017)

It has jurisdiction over 33 administrative villages, 170 villager groups and 1 neighborhood committee

Villages under the jurisdiction of Xinglong Town:

Honors

On July 29, 2020, it was named as the National Health township (county) of 2017-2019 cycle by the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee.

Chinese PinYin : Hu Bei Sheng Zao Yang Shi Xing Long Zhen