Xipo Town, Xiangning County, Shanxi Province

Xipo town

Xipo town is located in the southwest of Xiangning County, adjacent to xijiaokou Township in the East, Zaoling Township in the west, Hejin City in Yuncheng City in the South and Changning town in the north. It is known as the west gate of Xiangning county. It is a big town of coal chemical industry in Xiangning county and a business center town in the West. With a total area of 79.36 square kilometers, the town has 9 village committees and 1 Street Management Committee, with 14667 people (2017). In May 1947, it was divided into four districts, and in December it was under the jurisdiction of Hejin county. In May 1948, it returned to the county and set up administrative villages and townships. The people's commune was established in 1958, under the jurisdiction of Jishan in 1959, returned to the county in 1961, and the town was reestablished in 1984.

Township situation

Xipo town has a subtropical continental climate with distinct four seasons. It is dry and windy in spring, hot and dry in summer, cool and rainy in autumn and cold and dry in winter. The frost free period is about 220 days, the annual average temperature is 10 ℃, and the annual average rainfall is 580mm. The disastrous climate mainly includes drought, cold current, hail and rainstorm. The topography of the town belongs to the Loess placanticline zone, with undulating mountains and ravines. The main peak, kedang mountain, is 1191.1 meters above sea level. Xipo town has 19742 mu of cultivated land, mostly wall surface land, ditch dam land and terrace. The main rivers are luobigou River, qianjiagou River and xijiagou River, and the drinking water for human and livestock mainly depends on deep well water; the territory is rich in coal resources, the main coal type is high-quality main coking coal, with geological reserves of 20 million tons and recoverable capacity of 16 million tons. There are seven coal mines and three coal chemical enterprises in the town, which is a major coal producing town in the county. Xipo town has convenient transportation and communication. National Highway 209 runs through the whole town, with a total mileage of more than 200 kilometers. China Mobile, China Unicom, China Railcom and China Netcom cover the whole town. There are 15 communication towers of China Mobile and China Unicom in the town, and 2200 wired telephones are installed, with a coverage rate of 99%.

Township economy

Animal husbandry in Xipo town is mainly pig farming, with 25 100 head pig farms newly developed in the town. There are more than 2500 pigs, 100 cattle, 2200 sheep and 10000 poultry in the town. Xipo town has 36 square kilometers of forest land, including 30 square kilometers of natural forest, 40000 mu of artificial forest and 1200 mu of economic forest. four major forestry projects were mainly implemented: first, the construction of hanzui pepper demonstration park. 5000 mu and 1 million plants of high quality Zanthoxylum bungeanum have been planted. Second, Wutai Mountain Samara base construction. The project involves five village committees and more than 20 natural villages, with a comprehensive development area of 10000 mu. 2000 mu terraced fields, 8 kilometers of rural roads and 20 miles of tractor roads in the field were renovated, and 170000 winged fruit trees were planted. The third is the construction of apple base in Robbie. Fourth, afforestation of barren mountains. Chengbeiliang and kedangshan shelterbelts have been formed in the town.

Township Education

There are 12 primary and secondary schools in Xipo Town, including 4 boarding schools, 186 teaching staff and 2386 students. In addition, 12 schools have been connected to the distance education network, and four schools have built computer rooms and multimedia classrooms. The teaching conditions have been significantly improved, and the quality of primary education has ranked among the top in the county for many years.

Township Construction

Xipo town has initially formed a town framework of "one heart, one axis and two wings", completed the "four modernizations" and "six links" projects, invested more than 55 million yuan, and built a new town with complete functions, supporting facilities, beautiful environment and distinctive characteristics. Solid progress was made in the construction of new countryside, and three new villages, yaozui, hujialing and Zhangquan, were built successively. The "four modernizations" and "six ones" projects have been completed and solved the problem of dilapidated houses of more than 1600 people in more than 390 households in Shijiawan, Chailing, Yaopo and Zhanquan natural villages. Xipo town has perfect cultural and sports facilities. The cultural center, cinema, cultural square, ecological square, harmony square and light plastic court have been built to a high standard in the town. The cultural compound has been built in yujiahe village, and special library, basketball court, badminton court and other cultural facilities have been built in other villages. At the same time, by means of "government setting up the stage, enterprise investment, village committee organization and school participation", 11 literary and artistic performance teams have been set up. Every year, street performances are organized on the Lantern Festival, basketball, table tennis, chess, calligraphy and painting competitions are organized on the labor day, and literary and artistic performances and singing competitions are organized on the national day. Cultural and sports activities are on the right track, enriching the cultural life of the masses.

Maintenance engineering

the main facilities of soil and water conservation project in Xipo town include a key warping dam in luobigou, 500 mu in sanglinggou and 120 mu in jingwangou. Six irrigation and water conservancy projects, including yujiahe, Shijiawan, jingwan, dieziyuan, hanzuiyuan and luobiyuan, have been implemented successively, and more than 1800 mu of basic farmland has been built. Four water pipe stations, including Xipo, yujiahe, hanzui and zangling, have been built, 11 drinking water projects for human and livestock have been built, and 1350 households have been diverted, with a household inflow rate of more than 95%. Xipo town has built a commercial and residential street and Xipo farmer's market with high standard in the town, covering an area of nearly 5000 square meters. There are six gatherings on the first and sixth day of the lunar calendar, with a monthly turnover of nearly one million yuan. In addition, yujiahe village market was built. There were six gatherings on the third and eighth day of the lunar calendar, with a monthly turnover of nearly 300000 yuan. The two gatherings prospered the rural market and facilitated the masses.

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