Longtan Town, Tanghe County, Henan Province

Longtan town

Longtan town is located at the junction of Henan and Hubei provinces, 32 kilometers southwest of Tanghe County. It is adjacent to Huyang town in the East, Cangtai town in the west, guotan town and Heilong town in the north, and Zaoyang City in Hubei Province in the south. Longtan town covers an area of 98 square kilometers, with 92000 mu of arable land, 36586 people (in 2017), 21 administrative villages, 118 natural villages and 282 villager groups. It is a typical plain agricultural town. In 2006, the gross domestic product of the town was 309 million yuan, the fiscal revenue was 3.597 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 3910 yuan. The natural growth rate of population is 4.6 ‰.

Origin of town name

Longtan Town, also known as Han Longtan, formerly known as Huangjiazhuang. According to the inscription of rebuilding grandma temple in 1369, the second year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, "Han Longtan, an ancient town of Tang Yi, began in Huang Dynasty and flourished in long Dynasty. The dragon is the water, and the flood comes. Only here can he draw water. He who draws water is the dry dragon, so he worships the name of ear. " It is still in use today.

Historical evolution

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it belonged to zhaohebao (now Zhaohe village, Longtan town). In 1913, it belonged to Jiyuan county. In 1921, Longtan Township was established, belonging to Huyang district. In 1923, it belonged to Huyang District of Tanghe County. In 1941, Longtan Lianbao was set up, belonging to Huyang district. It was liberated in December 1947 and belongs to the Fourth District of Tangnan county (the patriotic and democratic government is stationed in Qiyi) (the district office is stationed in Longtan). In May 1949, it was incorporated into Tanghe County, belonging to the ninth district (in Longtan). In September 1955, Longtan District was withdrawn, belonging to Huyang district. In February 1956, the district was withdrawn and Longtan Central Township was set up. In December 1956, the restored area still belonged to Huyang District, and the Central Township was changed to general township. In October 1958, it belonged to Huyang people's commune. In May 1961, it belonged to Huyang District, with three small communes, Longtan, wangcaofeng and Yangmiao. In May 1963, Yangmiao commune was withdrawn, and two people's communes, Longtan and wangcaofeng, were set up in its territory, still belonging to Huyang district. In August 1968, Wang Caofeng commune was merged into Longtan people's commune. In 1983, it was changed into Longtan Township. In 1997, township was set up..

geographical environment

Longtan town has suitable climate, flat terrain and fertile soil, which is suitable for the growth of a variety of crops. On the tributaries of Zhongxu village, Hanzhuang and beiliao River in the town, there is a section of liubaji and a canal in the north and south, which is the Hanlong site of the water conservancy project in the Han Dynasty. Around the forestry policy of "afforestation, greening the motherland, and benefiting future generations", Longtan town vigorously carried out the construction of plain greening, so as to make the town become a forestry development trend with fast-growing timber forest as the main, ecological forest as the supplement, and moderate scale economic forest. The control rate of farmland forest network in the town is more than 90%, and the forest coverage rate is 18%.

traffic

Longtan town has convenient transportation, with secondary oil roads to Tanghe, Xinye, Xiangfan and Zaoyang, and 49 provincial road in the East, extending in all directions. With the rapid development of communication industry and electric power industry, there is a 35KV substation and 81 stations. In 21 administrative villages, every village has electricity, telephone and cable TV.

agricultural by-product

Liaoyang River and Qishi River, tributaries of Tang River, pass through Longtan town from east to west. Taishan reservoir and wuqiba reservoir are built in the area, so the water conservancy conditions are good. Longtan town is an experimental demonstration base of key scientific and technological achievements transformation of Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences. It was determined as a scientific and technological demonstration base by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 1997 and named as a provincial scientific and technological demonstration town by provincial government in 2001. The town is rich in agricultural resources, high-tech products, good quality. It is an important cotton, wheat, peanut, seedless watermelon, Bejo cabbage production base and one of the high-yield development towns in the south of Tang Dynasty. The annual farmland water conservancy infrastructure construction and the three-year 40000 mu (20000 mu) agricultural comprehensive development project (with a total investment of 17 million yuan) greatly improve the agricultural production conditions. the development plan of animal husbandry in Longtan town is growing and the level of specialization is improving. Longtan town adheres to the professional factory construction as the key, standardized production as the direction, and takes the professional cattle breeding road. Four high-tech and high standard professional factories, represented by Yanying village cattle breeding farm, have been built. In animal husbandry, the main breeding bases are cattle, pigs, Boer goats, Rex Rabbits and layers.

industrial development

The industry of Longtan town develops rapidly. Vegetable oil processing, cotton processing, flour processing, food processing and handbag production are relatively developed, forming a relatively complete processing industry system based on agricultural resources. At the same time, the town vigorously sings the main melody of strengthening the town by attracting investment, optimizes the investment environment, and really achieves the goal of attracting, retaining and developing well. In 2006, the town attracted a total of 110 million yuan, with 13 new projects, including 5 industrial projects.

Development of villages and towns

The planning area of the town is 4.6 square kilometers, and the built-up area is 3 square kilometers. There are 8 well shaped streets, which are distributed in four vertical and four horizontal grids, with convenient transportation. In 2006, it was rated as "three-star town" by the municipal Party committee and municipal government. There are four professional markets in the town, including clothing, department stores, cloth, non-staple food, vegetables, meat and eggs, melons, fruits, building materials, agricultural materials, livestock and poultry trading markets. In March 2006, Wang Feng, the wife of New Era Life Plaza, invested 8 million yuan to build a supermarket for daily necessities and two supermarkets for high-end household appliances and furniture in the market town, running well. There are more than 5000 employees in the market town, with a daily market flow of about 20000 people, and an annual retail sales of more than 20 million yuan. The market is prosperous, the economy is active, the politics is stable, and the public order is good.

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