Hekou Town, Qianshan County, Jiangxi Province

Hekou town

Hekou Town, subordinate to Qianshan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province, is located in the north of Qianshan County, adjacent to Ehu town in the East, Wanger town in the west, Yongping town and Hongqiao Township in the south, and Xintan Township across the Xinjiang River in the north. With an area of 68 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 5 communities and 12 administrative villages, 121 resident groups and 85 natural villages. At the end of 2019, the Hekou town area had 71 thousand and 100 permanent residents, of whom 54 thousand and 100 were urban registered residence population, and the urbanization rate was 76.11%.

Hekou Town, together with Jingdezhen, Zhangshu town and Wucheng Town, is known as the four famous towns in Jiangxi Province in history. It has preserved relatively complete ancient streets of Ming and Qing Dynasties and a large number of buildings of Jiangxi School.

By the end of 2018, there were 45 industrial enterprises in Hekou town and 42 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

Historical evolution

Hekou town is a millennium old town, known as "Shawan city" in ancient times. It has only two or three shops, which is a rural regular polder.

Ming Wanli ten years (1582), built today's name. At that time, Hekou Town, with an area of 6 square kilometers, entered a period of great development of prospering commerce by river and prospering streets by commerce. Hekou town became a "eight province wharf" with "miscellaneous skills, boats and cars, merchants gathering and five places", the first town of "ten thousand mile tea ceremony" in China and Russia, and one of the four famous towns in Jiangxi Province.

On May 4, 1949, Hekou was liberated and the CPC Hekou Municipal Committee and municipal people's government were established under the jurisdiction of the Northeast District of East China Bureau. In June 1949, Hekou was restored to a town under the jurisdiction of the county. In July, Hekou was moved from Yongping.

In October 1958, Hekou Town People's commune was established.

In April 1984, the community was withdrawn and restored to a town, with jurisdiction over eight communities, namely liberation, democracy, peace, unity, rejuvenation, unity, victory and Chengnan, and three villages, namely Minhe, Qinghu and Hanjia.

In December 2001, Fuhui Township and Hekou tea farm were incorporated into Hekou town.

administrative division

Division evolution

In 2010, tanhe village was relocated from Tianzhushan township to Hekou town near the tea farm due to the construction needs of Luntan water control project.

In December 2013, tanhe village was officially put under the jurisdiction of Hekou Town People's government and renamed as tanhe village of Hekou town.

Zoning details

As of October 2019, Hekou town has 5 communities and 12 administrative villages: Shijiang community, Chengdong community, Chengnan community, huanggangshan community, Chengxi community, Qinghu village, Hanjia village, Yujia village, Qili Village, Yangtian village, Chaijia village, Yushi village, Gaoling village, Fenglai village, Yangzhou village, Fukou village and tanhe village.

geographical environment

Location context

Hekou town is located in the north of Qianshan County, with the geographic coordinates of 117 ° 35 ′ 33 ″ - 117 ° 43 ′ 45 ″, 28 ° 13 ′ 08 ″ - 28 ° 18 ′ 45 ″ north latitude. It is adjacent to Ehu town in the East, Wanger town in the west, Yongping town and Hongqiao Township in the south, and Xintan Township across Xinjiang River in the north. Hekou town has a maximum distance of 13.44 km from east to west and 11.28 km from north to south, with a total area of 68 square kilometers, of which the land area is 64.38 square kilometers, accounting for 94.68%; the rest is water area.

topographic features

Hekou town is hilly in the South and alluvial plain in the middle, with the terrain inclined from southeast to northwest. The highest point is located in tongqiangang, Gaoling village, with an altitude of 469 meters, and the lowest point is located in the sandy land on the South Bank of Xinjiang River, Chaijia village, with an altitude of 43.1 meters. The Southern Hills are luxuriant in trees, mainly Pinus elliottii, Camellia oleifera, miscellaneous trees and other tree species, forming a green corridor.

climate

Hekou town is a subtropical monsoon humid climate with four distinct seasons, warm and humid. The average annual temperature is 17.9 ℃, the frost free period is about 255 days, and the annual rainfall is 1733mm.

hydrology

In the east of Hekou town is Qianshan River, which flows from the south to the north of Yongping Town, passes Anzhou village of the town, and then enters into Xinjiang River in the southwest of Fenglai village of Ehu town. The Xinjiang River flows from east to west, passing through the north to Chaijia village and running to Wanger town in the West.

population

At the end of 2017, there were 67900 permanent residents in Hekou town.

At the end of 2018, the town had 77 thousand and 500 registered residence population.

In late 2019, the 71 thousand and 100 residents lived in Hekou Town, 54 thousand and 100 of whom registered residence in urban areas. This year, the birth rate was 10.57 ‰, the death rate was 5.51 ‰, and the natural growth rate was 5.06 ‰.

Economics

overview

At the end of 2017, there were 343 enterprises in Hekou town with 9620 employees.

Industry

At the end of 2017, there were 45 industrial enterprises and 5 Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size in Hekou town.

By the end of 2018, there were 45 industrial enterprises and 5 Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size in Hekou town.

Commerce and trade

By the end of 2018, there were 42 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters in Hekou town.

social undertakings

Urban construction

By the end of 2017, the built-up area of Hekou town reached 50300 hectares.

By the end of 2019, the urbanization rate of Hekou town will be 76.11%.

traffic

Hekou town has Fengfu railway and 237 national road.

History and culture

The origin of place names

Hekou is named after the confluence of Xinjiang River and Qianshan River, and the town is named after the seat of the government.

cultural relics and historic sites

Hekou ancient street, with a total length of 5 Li, is divided into Yibao street, Erbao street, Sanbao street and banbian street. There are more than 300 time-honored ancient buildings and houses, such as Zhihao, chahang and drugstore. Most of the shops of time-honored brands are a combination of Chinese and western. The representative ones are jinlihe pharmacy, jishengxiang pharmacy, Bank of Jiangxi Province, post office of Qing Dynasty, numerous guildhalls and so on.

Honorary title

In March 2014, Hekou town was rated as a famous historical and cultural town in China.

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