Shishan town, Xiaxia Town, Xiuying District, Haikou City, Hainan Province

Shishan town

Shishan town, subordinate to Xiuying District, Haikou City, Hainan Province, is located in the middle and west of Xiuying District, adjacent to Yongxing Town in the East, Dongshan Town in the south, old town of Chengmai County in the west, Xixiu town and Changliu town in the north. The administrative area of the town is 135.53 square kilometers.

In April 1959, Shishan commune was established. At the end of 1965, mei'an commune was incorporated into Shishan commune. In September 1983, Shishan commune and mei'an commune were transformed into district offices. In March 1987, the district office was changed into a town. In July 2002, mei'an town was merged into Shishan town. By the end of 2018, the number of registered residence in Shi Shan town was 43544. As of June 2020, Shishan town has jurisdiction over 1 community and 11 administrative villages, and the town people's government is located in shishanxu community.

In 2015, the GDP of Shishan town was 556 million yuan, with an average annual growth of 8%; the per capita income of farmers was 5916 yuan, with an average annual growth of 9%. In 2016, the GDP of Shishan town was 623 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12%; the disposable income of rural permanent residents increased from 10380 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20%. By the end of 2018, there were 8 industrial enterprises in Shishan town, including 3 Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size and 2 supermarkets or comprehensive stores with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

Historical evolution

At the end of Qing Dynasty, there were three capitals, namely Shishan, Wensheng and Shiyan, belonging to Wuyuan township of Qiongshan county.

In 1912, it was changed to Dangshan and Shitang respectively.

In 1939, Shishan, Daotang and meidang belonged to the first district of Qiongshan county.

In the spring of 1951, the five townships of Shishan, Daotang, meidang, Shiling and Meiling belonged to the Fifth District of Qiongshan county.

In July 1957, the district was withdrawn and the big township was merged. Shishan, Daotang and Shiling three small townships were merged into Shishan big Township, which was stationed in Shishan market.

In September 1958, Shishan, Daotang, meidang, Shiling, Meiling and other townships merged with Changliu and Xinhai townships to form Changfeng commune (renamed Changliu commune in December).

In December 1958, it was transferred to Haikou City.

In April 1959, Shishan, Daotang, meidang, Shiling, Meiling and other townships separated from Changliu commune and established Shishan commune; in October of the same year, Qiongshan was restored and returned to Qiongshan county.

In February 1961, he returned to Haikou.

In June 1961, the U.S. Communist Party and the Anren brigade of Bailian commune in Chengmai County merged into the U.S. an commune, belonging to Haikou City.

At the end of 1965, mei'an commune was merged into Shishan commune and returned to Qiongshan county.

In May 1979, mei'an commune was set up again.

In September 1983, Shishan commune and mei'an commune were transformed into district offices.

In March 1987, the district office was changed into a town.

In January 1994, Qiongshan county was transformed into a city, belonging to Qiongshan city.

In July 2002, mei'an town was merged into Shishan town.

In October 2002, it belongs to Xiuying District.

administrative division

At the end of 2011, Shishan town had a neighborhood committee under its jurisdiction, including 11 villagers' committees of Heping, Yangjia, Daotang, Beipu, Lingxi, Shicha, Jianxin, Anren, Fu'an, Daoyu and Meiling.

As of June 2020, Shishan town has jurisdiction over 1 community and 11 administrative villages, and the town people's government is located in shishanxu community.

geographical environment

Location context

Shishan town is located in the Midwest of Xiuying District, adjacent to Yongxing Town in the East, Dongshan Town in the south, old town of Chengmai County in the west, Xixiu town and Changliu town in the north, with an administrative area of 135.53 square kilometers.

topographic features

Shishan town is a platform like area in the north of the island, mostly volcanic ejecta, basalt, tuff, etc. there are conical hills with an altitude of 100-220 meters. The highest mountain is Ma'anling, with an altitude of 222 meters and a diameter of more than 100 meters. It is steep all around, with a depression in the middle and a depth of more than 70 meters. To the south of Ma'anling is a line of volcanic hills, 186.3 meters in Changdao mountain and 139 meters in Meiyu mountain. To the north of Ruben mountain is Hutou mountain, and to the West are Yizi mountain, daoyushen mountain and Haoshan mountain.

The topography of Shishan town can be divided into three types: Ma'anling formed by volcanic eruption in the middle, 222 meters above sea level; Yangshan hill in the East, 100-200 meters above sea level; gentle slope hill in the West and south, 10-30 meters above sea level.

climate

Shishan town has the characteristics of high temperature, abundant heat, abundant rain, obvious dry and wet seasons, frequent tropical storms and typhoons, and belongs to tropical island monsoon climate. Shishan town has low latitude, large sun angle, small variation of day and night, long sunshine time, large solar radiation throughout the year, and abundant heat. The annual average climate is between 22 ℃ and 26 ℃. The summer in Shishan town generally starts from late March to early November, lasting for 9 months. In winter, taking January as an example, the average monthly temperature is still 20 ℃. The distribution of rainfall season in Shishan town is uneven, and the dry and wet seasons are distinct. There is a big difference between the dry season and the rainy season. The rainfall concentration in summer and autumn is generally more than 200 mm, but the flood disaster is less, which is suitable for crop growth. It is longer in the early winter and spring, but in some years, there will occasionally be long-term continuous rain.

hydrology

Shishan town is located in the mountainous area. There are few rivers. There is only one stream. It originates from the meidang River, which flows through the old town of Chengmai County and flows into the sea.

natural disaster

According to the records of Qiongshan, there were more than 200 typhoons in the 1950s and 1990s, including Shishan town. It is generally believed that the strong typhoon of October 14, 1950 and October 15, 1970 had the greatest impact on the Shishan area. In the whole Shishan area, some big trees were uprooted, many houses collapsed, and more tiles were destroyed. But there were no casualties.

After six months of drought in 1955, the spring water in Shishan town dried up and it was difficult to drink. It was necessary to carry water several kilometers away, resulting in a great loss of crops. From the spring of 1977 to march of the next year, there was 13 consecutive months of severe drought, which was a rare event in history. Crops could not be planted, and it was very difficult for people and livestock to drink water.

Shishan town is located in the north of Hainan, often affected by cold air, often low temperature, rain, even frost weather. In January 1955, there was a rare frost in the history of Shishan.

Thunderstorms in Shishan town mostly occur from afternoon to evening, spring, summer and autumn. Occasionally in winter, once in the winter of 2005, electric shock often occurred in thunderstorms. After liberation, no less than 10 people were killed by lightning in the whole area.

natural resources

Soil resources

The soil in Shishan town is the ejecta of the late Holocene volcano in the second stage, most of which are stomatal basalt, the soil layer is very shallow, there is a large area of surface volcanic gravel, there is little soil, the soil color is brown to black, and the soil fertility is high. The soil in the middle part of Shishan town is volcanic black gravel soil, the southern edge of northeast is clay red soil, and the surrounding areas of Meiling and Heping Village Committee in the West are mostly sandy loam. According to the test results of farmland soil in the former Qiongshan City, Shishan town is a karst platform with fertile soil and high contents of organic matter, available phosphorus and available potassium. The soil viscosity is less than that in the east of Haikou, but there is more gravel in the arable layer.

water resource

There are two reservoirs in Shishan town, Yufeng reservoir and Beizheng reservoir, which are medium-sized water storage projects. The construction of the reservoir started in February 1963. It was expanded in 1965, continued in 1974, and completed in 1986. The water surface area is about 2000 mu, the storage capacity is 10.4 million cubic meters, and the designed irrigation area is about 13800 mu. It can be used for both irrigation and fish farming. It can also provide 2 million cubic meters of industrial water for mei'an sugar factory every year. The main dam in the reservoir area is more than 2160 meters long, 18 meters high, with a slope of 1:125 and a width of 4 meters. There are also two culverts, which are divided into East and West pipes. More than 2000 mu of artesian irrigation has been completed. In the 1970s, four electric irrigation stations of 550 kW will be built. In 1981, due to the change of project management system, the equipment was stolen and seriously discarded.

plant resources

The plants in Shishan town can be divided into the following categories:

Grain and oil: rice, paddy rice, corn, millet, sweet potato, cassava, hairy potato, taro, South coconut, black bean, kidney bean, bean, willow bean, peanut, sesame, Camellia oleifera.

Melons and vegetables: wax gourd, pumpkin, watermelon, Luffa, balsam pear, melon, gourd, rape, cabbage, green vegetables, cabbage, spinach, cabbage, coconut, rape, onion, leek, radish, tomato, eggplant, ginger, pepper, lantern pepper.

Fruit: lychee, longan, pineapple, carambola, citrus, yellow peel, litchi, guava, jackfruit, mango, black olive and mango.

Economic crops: Sugarcane

Cotton and hemp: kapok, jute

Forest types: Melia azedarach, Casuarina equisetifolia, eucalyptus, acacia, Begonia, banyan, Melia azedarach, chongyangmu, maternal, Huali, Wulan, camphor, Baozi, rouge, thick bark, safflower, Melia azedarach, etc.

Herbs and shrubs: mat grass, white grass, knobby grass, centipede grass, duckbill grass, bony grass, unruptured grass, wormwood, aeroplane grass, five colored flower, water grass, cactus, citronella, thymus, Kuteng, carpet grass, jiujici, Folium Isatidis, rooting in the ground, cactus, etc.

Ornamental flowers and plants: jasmine, chrysanthemum, Rhododendron, Plumeria, Milano, sijihua, Mantianxing, rose, Fuguizhu, Clivia, Qingming, etc.

Aquatic: water hyacinth, grass, Sargassum, etc.

Chinese herbal medicine: Zanthoxylum nitidum, calabash tea, honeysuckle, heimianshen, zaoliancao, Baibu, baimaogen, Gujing, baihuasheshecao, ebushicao, Plantago asiatica, Xanthium sibiricum, mopancao, Bidens bipinnata, castor, fangfengcao, may wormwood, banyan whisker, Verbena, Leonurus japonicus, Lysimachia christinae, shanzhima, Chenxiang, Huali, yajiaomu, Shangui, Andrographis paniculata, shijunzi, Niuda Li, xiangfuzi, Xiangfu, Plumeria, Belamcanda, Shajiang, Jishiteng, Chamaecrista, MaoXuCao, yangercao, Pyrola, thirty-six tendons, Fengweicao, Datura

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