Senglou Town, Hejin City, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province

Senglou town

Senglou town belongs to Hejin City, Shanxi Province. Located in the northeast of Hejin City, it is 9.7 km long from north to South and 9.1 km wide from east to west. It borders on Xiangning County in the north, national highway 209 in the West and Jishan County in the East. The geographical coordinates are 110 ° 32 ′ e to 110 ° 50 ′ E and 35 ° 8 ′ n to 35 ° 17 ′ n.

In 2010, the gross output value of Senglou town reached 5.2 billion yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers in the town was 8743 yuan. The cultivated land is 545.69 million mu (2012), and the permanent resident population is 53823 (2017), which is the largest town in Hejin City.

Historical evolution

When Xia Yu built the ancient state of Ji, it was called the city of Ji. in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were many temples and many monks, so it was renamed as the monk building. In 1949, it was under the jurisdiction of the third district government of Hejin county. In July 1953, the town was divided into five townships: nanwuqin, Zhangwu, Beiwang, Senglou and Fangping. In March 1956, it was merged into three townships: nanwuqin, Zhangwu and Senglou. In May 1961, there were two people's communes, Seng Lou and Zhang Wu. In September 1984, the people's commune was changed into a township. In April 2001, the former Senglou Township and Zhangwu Township were merged into Senglou township. on April 15, 2002, the township was set up and 24 administrative villages were under its jurisdiction.

administrative division

As of 2012, Senglou town has 24 administrative villages including beiwuqin, Xuhong, Zhongxin, Renmin, Lijiabao, Majiabao, liujiabao, donghoujiazhuang, Yincun, Beiping, nananping, Zhangwu, beizhangwu, pipayuan, yanjiadong, Hejiaxiang, Yanzhang, Xiaozhang, Beiwang, beiwangbao, Guozhuang, HeJiazhuang, Zhangjiabao and shijiayao.

geographical environment

geographical position

Senglou town is located in the northeast of Hejin City, 9.7 kilometers long from north to South and 9.1 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of 75.42 square kilometers. It is adjacent to Jishan County in the East, Fancun town in the west, Zhaojiazhuang Township in the South and Xiangning in the north. The geographical coordinates are 110 ° 32 ′ e to 110 ° 50 ′ E and 35 ° 8 ′ n to 35 ° 17 ′ n.

topographic features

Senglou town area is composed of Luliang Mountain area, high wall terraces on the north and south slopes and Fenhe River Valley of the Yellow River. There are one mountain (Luliang Mountain), two rivers (Yellow River and Fenhe River) and three valleys (zhema Valley, Guayu and Shenyu). Because the Fenhe River passes through the middle of the area, it forms a flat and fertile valley basin, and the terrain is saddle shaped from north to south.

climate

Senglou town is located in Shanshan plateau, which belongs to warm temperate continental loess plateau climate. Affected by monsoon and desert climate in Inner Mongolia, it has four distinct seasons. Spring is mild, summer is hot and rainy, autumn is cool, winter is cold and windy, spring is slightly longer than autumn, winter is slightly longer than summer; annual average temperature is 13.5 degrees, annual average precipitation is 544.9 mm, frost free period is about 200 days; annual average solar radiation is 128.9 kcal / cm2, annual average sunshine hours is 2328.2 hours, annual average wind speed is 2.1 m / s.

natural resources

mineral resources

Senglou town is rich in mineral resources, mainly aluminum, iron, coke and other resources, of which coal resources are the most. coal: proved to be stored in the southeast of Senglou town in 2014, which is an extension of Xiangning coalfield, with an area of about 68 square kilometers and geological reserves of about 680 million tons. iron ore: it is proved that it is stored in the south of Senglou town in 2014. Most of the ore bodies are nest shaped, and a few are layered, with a grade of about 35%. Limestone: in 2014, it was proved that the limestone was stored in Luliang Mountain in the north of Senglou town. After investigation, the limestone in Longmen Mountain and xiqiaokou area has a reserve of about 340 million tons. In addition, potash feldspar, bauxite, diabase, dolomite, geothermal, coal gangue, sandstone and other mineral resources are still under exploration.

water resource

Senglou town is under the jurisdiction of Hejin City, with an annual total of 327 million cubic meters of water resources, accounting for nearly 1000 cubic meters per capita. It has built Yumenkou Yellow River water lifting large-scale water conservancy project and many Electromechanical irrigation stations, with an annual total of 400 million cubic meters, serving large industrial enterprises and hundreds of thousands of mu of farmland irrigation in Hejin, Jishan and Xinjiang.

Population nationality

According to the sixth census in 2010, the total population of Senglou town is 52176, including 50200 agricultural population and 1976 non-agricultural population. The population is mainly Han nationality. 53823 permanent residents (2017).

Economic overview

overview

In 1949, the gross output value of Senglou town was 4.16 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers in the town was 64 yuan. In 1978, the gross output value of Senglou town was 12.59 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers in the town was 73 yuan. In 2010, the gross output value of Senglou town reached 5.2 billion yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers in the town was 8743 yuan.

primary industry

The traditional planting industry of Senglou town is mainly wheat, corn, beans and potato. As of 2012, the total cultivated land area of Senglou town is 54569 mu, the total grain output is 20090 tons, the forest area is 11400 mu, and there are more than 400 farmers, including 77 farmers above Designated Size, 9 farmers with an investment of more than one million yuan, with a stock of more than 11000 pigs, 230000 chickens, 3100 sheep and 100 cattle.

the secondary industry

As of 2014, there are 18 Enterprises above Designated Size in Senglou Town, including 2 enterprises with an output value of more than 1 billion yuan and 6 enterprises with an output value of more than 100 million yuan. The main industries are coal washing, coking, iron and steel, new chemical industry, building materials and refractories. Its annual output is 1.8 million tons of coke, 1 million tons of iron, 1 million tons of steel, 800000 tons of wire rod, 900000 tons of cement, 1 million tons of refractory materials and 30000 tons of petroleum catalyst.

the service sector; the tertiary industry

As of 2012, the annual output value of transportation industry in senlou town is nearly 400 million yuan. In 2013, the renovation of the supply and marketing cooperatives was completed, and 130 new facade houses were built. By 2014, the output value of the tertiary industry in senlou town was 1.4 billion yuan, accounting for 27% of the county's GDP.

social undertakings

education

As of 2014, there are 5 junior middle schools and 24 primary schools in Senglou Town, including 4 boarding junior middle schools and 2 boarding primary schools. After the school safety project is completed in 2011, Senglou town will retain 2 junior middle schools and 11 primary schools. In 2012, there were more than 5560 students in quansenlou town.

Township Construction

As of 2010, 13 villages have completed the new rural construction planning, with a total of 235 kilometers of hardened streets and alleys. Three villages have built new rural residential buildings with water, electricity and heating facilities, which can accommodate 264 households. All 24 villages have water, electricity, roads, cable TV and water, and 2500 Internet users. In recent years, more than 70 kilometers of roads, 25 campuses, 15 greening enterprises and more than 800000 trees have been planted, covering an area of more than 8000 mu, with a total investment of more than 16 million yuan.

Health care

As of 2012, there is one health center and one community health service center in Senglou Town, with 40 medical staff and 60 beds. There are emergency department, internal medicine department, surgery department, maternal and child department, laboratory and radiology department, which can carry out routine operations in orthopedics department, general surgery department and Gynecology department. 26 new rural health centers have been built in senlou Town, all of which have been accepted and put into use. Senglou town has more than 100 medical staff, forming a relatively sound medical prevention and health care network. The coverage rate of new rural cooperative medical system reached 99.1%. The coverage rate of health care for children with EPI was 95%.

Culture and sports

In 2011, the town cultural station with an investment of 350000 yuan was built. There are grassroots organization activity centers and fitness squares in every village of senlou Town, 19 villages have stages, and 12 villages have libraries. In addition, there are gongs and drums, dry board cavity, turn lamp, paper-cut and other folk art.

specialty

Gongs and drums

Gongs and drums is a kind of Han drum music. The ancient culture of the Yellow River has created the folk art of the Han nationality. With its rough, fierce, magnificent and natural regional characteristics, it shows the simple, straightforward, passionate and heroic feelings of the sons and daughters of the Yellow River.

paper-cut

Paper cutting, also known as paper cutting, is a kind of hollow art. It is one of the oldest folk arts of the Han nationality in China. It gives people a sense of emptiness and artistic enjoyment visually. The carrier of paper cutting can be paper, gold and silver foil, bark, leaves, cloth and leather. The most representative is Jiangping paper-cut in northern Shanxi, which has developed into the beauty of multi-color, multi-color and pattern, forming the primary color and double color art language of "seeking complexity in simplicity, seeking harmony in complexity, and seeking difference in harmony".

Turn light

It is popular in Hejin City, and is performed in the night before and after the Lantern Festival every year. It was developed by local folk artists according to the principle of windmill and originated in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. In the beginning, there were only single or double turns. Later, it gradually developed to several, more than a dozen or dozens of lanterns rotating on a lamp stand at the same time. In 1985, he went to Yuncheng to perform. In 1992, he went to Shenzhen to participate in the national folk art competition and was awarded. In the same year, he participated in Beidaihe national folk art exhibition.

traffic

As of 2014, there are three highways in Senglou Town, including Dongzhang highway, Jixi highway and zhangchai highway, national highway 209 passing through the west, and Jihe highway and Heyun highway under construction passing through the territory.

Historic sites

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