Gu Xian Xiang, Pu County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province

Guxian Township

Guxian township is located in the northwest of Puxian County, 25 kilometers away from the county. It is adjacent to Xixian County in the north, Kecheng in the East, Xueguan in the southwest and Hongdao in the southeast. It has a total area of 96.9 square kilometers and 2400 hectares of arable land. It has jurisdiction over 8 administrative villages, 29 villager groups, 31 natural villages, 1827 households, 6520 people, per capita net income of 5971 yuan, 10 party branches and 258 party members. The ancient county is located on the wall, and the xihou river runs through it. The ancient county wall and the Baicun wall are distributed from east to west. The wall is flat, the gully is steep, the soil is fertile, and the climate is pleasant. The average altitude is 1200 meters, the average annual precipitation is 500 mm, the average temperature is 7-10 ℃, the highest is 32.5 ℃, the lowest is - 31 ℃, and the frost free period is 155 days. It is a pure agricultural township. The main traditional crops are corn, soybean, potato, grain and so on. The economic crops are tobacco, walnut, apple, perilla, traditional Chinese medicine and so on.

Population data

(the fifth census)

In 2017, 5411 (2017).

The countryside governs the village

There are eight village committees in Guxian village, Bai village, Cao village, Renyi village, Haoyi village, Wencheng village, pandi village and Xialiu village.

geographical environment

Guxian township is located in the middle latitude warm temperate semi humid deciduous forest and forest steppe cinnamon soil zone. Affected by China's continental monsoon climate, the vegetation soil in Guxian township has zonal distribution characteristics. At the same time, according to historical documents and environmental archaeological research, in the first year of Taining in the Northern Qi Dynasty, the county government was placed in the present ancient county village. Later, due to the high plateau and water shortage, the county government moved. Due to the long history of human development, the coexistence of agriculture and animal husbandry, the natural ecological environment was obviously degraded.

Geology and geomorphology

The landform of Guxian township is mainly the gully of loess residual source. The elevation of loess tableland is generally about 1200 meters. The tableland is high and deep. The Quaternary loess is covered with Triassic sand shale. The sequence of strata from top to bottom is Malan loess, Lishi loess and Wucheng loess. Guxian township is composed of two tableland, one is Guxian tableland, the main tableland is southwest, the branch tableland is northwest, the flat slope of tableland is 1-3 degrees, the natural coverage is low, covering an area of 41.1 square kilometers, which is the largest tableland in Puxian County, the other is Baicun tableland, which is southwest, with a total area of 2.58 square kilometers. The territory is located in the tableland, fertile soil, deep soil.

Climatic characteristics

Guxian Township belongs to warm temperate continental monsoon climate, affected by the monsoon, four distinct seasons, more wind and less rain in spring, concentrated rainfall in summer, high clouds and cool air in autumn, cold and less snow in winter. The average annual rainfall is about 500mm and the relative evaporation is about 1500mm. The annual average temperature is 7-10 ℃, the annual average minimum temperature is not less than - 10 ℃, and the maximum temperature is 32.5 ℃. The average frost free period is 155 days, the longest frost free period is 180 days, the shortest frost free period is 130 days, the average annual sunshine hours is more than 2500 hours, the accumulated temperature ≥ 10 ℃ is about 3200 ℃, and the average annual precipitation is 450-570 mm, but the annual and interannual variability of precipitation is large, with the annual relative variability between 20% - 30%. Most of the precipitation in the whole year is concentrated in summer and autumn, and the proportion of annual precipitation from June to September is about 20% About 70% of the amount of water, while the precipitation from April to may, which is more important for crop growth, is less, accounting for only about 13% of the annual precipitation. Spring drought often occurs. Due to the concentrated and heavy precipitation in summer and autumn, it often occurs in the form of rainstorm and shower. Due to the low vegetation coverage, it often causes serious soil erosion.

vegetation

The territory belongs to forest shrub steppe zone, and most of the vegetation belongs to xerophytic type, mainly distributed in Hilly and gully grass shrub plant community and plateau herb plant community. However, due to the early emergence of human activities, most of the natural vegetation is replaced by crops, only a small amount of natural vegetation is distributed in the edge, ridge and cliff slope, but also a small amount of natural vegetation is concentrated.

In most areas, the secondary shrub herbs are distributed. The zonal vegetation includes Pinus tabulaeformis, Pinus bungeana, Quercus variabilis, Larix principis rupprechtii, Platycladus orientalis, Sabina vulgaris, etc. the shrub herbs include Corylus heterophylla, Rosa flavescens, Nitraria Nitraria, Lespedeza multiflora, Nitraria rubra, Hippophae rhamnoides, Leymus chinensis, Carex, Elaeagnus fragrans, etc The vegetation is mainly Robinia pseudoacacia, Paulownia, elm, poplar, Caragana shrub and some economic forests such as jujube, apple, pear, etc.

Soil characteristics

The soil in this township is cinnamon soil and carbonate cinnamon soil. Due to the low vegetation coverage, the soil is often exposed or semi exposed, the soil aggregate structure is poor, the anti erodibility is poor, and the soil erosion is serious.

hydrographic features

There is xihou River, a secondary tributary of the Yellow River in Guxian Township, with abundant water and flowing from north to south. The main stream originates from the south foot of the main peak of Wulu mountain and flows through Houhe, Xihe, guxiangou and other villages in Guxian township. The clear water flow is 0.1 m3 / s, the low water flow is 0.05 m3 / s, the flood flow is 49.5 m3 / s, and the runoff is 4.55 million m3 / A, of which the water flow is 546000 m3 / A and the flood flow is 4.04 million m3 / A.

Population status

By the end of 2005, there were 1156 households with a total population of 5247.

rural economy

In 2004, the total rural economic income of Guxian township was 18.48 million yuan, the total grain output was 5175 tons, the per capita net income of farmers was 2200 yuan, 3245 mu of fruit trees were planted, 965 mu of tobacco were planted, and the stock of large livestock exceeded 3500. The economic operation of the township is basically stable, and the rural economy shows a trend of continuous growth.

infrastructure

The township government has increased investment in infrastructure construction, and implemented centralized water supply projects successively, which enabled 92% of the people to eat tap water and bid farewell to the history of eating dry well water. Rural power grid reconstruction project, power rate of 100%. CCTV information communication project, 100% to achieve household communication. The construction of small towns has been accelerated.

road traffic

There is a county and township highway passing through Guxian Township, with a total mileage of 25 km. As of September 13, 2006, the township has realized village to village oil roads

There are 13 primary and secondary schools in the township. Among them, there is one middle school with 156 students, 12 primary schools with 376 students and 63 teaching staff.

There are 9 township health institutions and 12 professional and technical personnel.

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