Population: about 491,111 people
Population density: 213 people /km2
Longxi County is located in the southeast of Gansu Province, in the middle of Dingxi area, on the upper reaches of Weihe River, with Tongwei County in the east, Wushan and Zhangxian in the south, Weiyuan County in the west and Dingxi City in the north, with a total area of 2,418 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 11 towns, 15 townships, 281 villages, 24 neighborhood committees and 1,671 villagers' groups, with a total population of 487,611, including 59,911 non-agricultural people and 427,611 agricultural people, with a population density of 213 people per square kilometer. There are 12 ethnic groups such as Han and Hui. The whole county has achieved the goal of basically solving the problem of food and clothing, and the poverty level in rural areas has dropped to 2.8%, and three villages have reached well-off standard.
Longxi is also the only place where the ancient Silk Road and the new Eurasian Bridge pass, with an area of 2,418 square kilometers and a population of 498,111. With a long history, it shines in the annals of Chinese civilization. It has always been the seat of counties, prefectures and governments, and once became the political, economic, cultural and military center of Longyou and the earliest provincial capital of Gansu Province.
Zhong Ling is beautiful and full of people. Weiyuan Building, an ancient building, is located in the center of the county, with a reputation of four; The provincial forest park, Renshou Mountain Pavilion, has beautiful scenery. The world's Li originated in Longxi, and the "Longxi Hall" is famous at home and abroad. _
It has an excellent location and convenient transportation. Xi 'an, the ancient capital in the east, and Lanzhou, the provincial capital in the west. Longhai Railway runs through the east and west, and Baolan Second Line crosses the territory. Dinglong Highway is completed and used, and Lianhuo Expressway passes through the territory. Many national and provincial highways and railways meet in Wenfeng Town, a "dry dock", becoming a transportation hub connecting dozens of surrounding cities, counties and counties.
Longxi county is located in Qin dynasty and Xiangwu county is located in Han dynasty. In the long history of more than 2,111 years, Longxi has always been the seat of counties, prefectures and governments in past dynasties, and once became the earliest capital of Gansu province, the political, economic, military and cultural center of Longyou. Xiaxia Li originated in Longxi, and there are many talented people in the past dynasties. The research on Li culture in Longxi is in the ascendant. In 1994, 1997 and 2111, the National Seminar on Li Culture in Longxi, the Tourism Festival of Li Culture in Longxi and the Second National Seminar on Li Culture in Longxi and the West Development Longxi Economic and Trade Fair were successfully held respectively. Longxi will become one of the key counties to condense Chinese culture.
Longxi is one of the important producing areas of authentic Chinese medicinal materials in China. Chinese medicinal materials have a long history of cultivation and excellent quality, and are known as the "Millennium Medicine Town". There are 313 kinds of Chinese herbal medicine resources in the county, and the planting area of Chinese herbal medicine in the county has been stable at more than 261,111 mu for five consecutive years. Among them, the area of authentic Chinese herbal medicines such as Codonopsis pilosula, Radix Astragali and Radix Bupleuri accounts for about 91% of the planting area of Chinese herbal medicine, which is an important distribution center of Chinese herbal medicine in the country. The annual transaction volume of Wenfeng and Shouyang two major Chinese herbal medicine markets is more than one million tons, and the transaction volume exceeds 511 million yuan. After carefully inspecting the local links of planting, processing and sales of Chinese herbal medicines, the Shanghai delegation took Longxi County as the planting base of Chinese herbal medicines in Shanghai.
administrative divisions
The county people's government is located in Gongchang Town, with the postcode of 748111; Code: 621122; Area code: 1932
Longxi County governs 9 towns and 8 townships: Gongchang Town, Wenfeng Town, Shouyang Town, Caizi Town, Fuxing Town, Tonganyi Town, Yuntian Town, Biyan Town, Mahe Town, Weiyang Township, Hongwei Township, Heping Township, Kezhai Township, Shuangquan Township, Dexing Township, Yongji Township and Quanjia Township.
Topography
The topography of the county is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with an altitude of 1,612-2,778 meters, which constitutes three strip-shaped strips of Nanshan, Chengchuan and Beishan. Beishan is a gully region of loess ridge, Chengchuan is a Weihe River valley plain, and Nanshan is a middle-low hilly area, with 1,197,811 mu of cultivated land, and the agricultural population occupies 2.8 mu of cultivated land per capita. The county is temperate continental. There are more than 11 kinds of food crops suitable for planting, such as wheat, corn, potato, etc. The cash crops mainly include flax, rape, medicinal materials, hemp, etc. Chinese herbal medicines such as Radix Codonopsis, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Astragali, etc. are popular in domestic and foreign markets with high quality and large quantity, and have formed local fist products. The local products such as money meat, shredded pork and ham are known as "the three wonders of Longyuan", and preserved mutton, buckwheat powder, pickled donkey meat and roast chicken powder are listed as the whole province.
Natural conditions
are located between the edge of the northwest loess plateau and the hilly area of Qinling branch, which is a typical loess ridge and valley topography. It constitutes three residential environments with obviously different conditions: Nanshan (Eryin area), Sichuan (Weihe Shuichuan area) and Beishan (arid area). The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The county seat is located in the second terrace on the south bank of Weihe River, mainly in Quaternary strata, with loess as the main part in the upper part and gravel and pebble layer in the lower part. The soil layer is generally stable except for the sunken loess, and the bearing capacity of the foundation is 1.2-1.5 tons per square meter. The basic earthquake intensity is seven degrees.
climatic conditions
Longxi is located in the middle latitude inland, with a temperate continental monsoon climate, four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine and mild climate. The annual average precipitation is 445.8 mm, and the evaporation is 1441 mm. The annual average sunshine hours are 2292 hours. The annual average temperature in the urban area is 7.7, the annual average frost-free period is 1.46 days, and the absolute frost-free period is only 97 days. Due to the influence of the atmospheric circulation in East Asia and the special topography around the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the precipitation varies greatly from year to year. It is a transitional zone between agriculture and animal husbandry, suitable for agriculture and animal husbandry, with agriculture as the main factor. Sichuan and Beishan are mild and arid areas, which are suitable for wheat growth and are the main grain-producing areas in the county. Nanshan is a warm, cold and semi-humid area, and there are certain conditions for developing animal husbandry.
natural resources
1. mineral resources
marble mine: it is located on the bank of Weihe River, about 2 kilometers southeast of Dongsishilipu in this county. The rock mass has a width of 111-211 meters and a length of 421 meters, covering an area of about 55,111 square meters, with an exploitable area of about 2611 cubic meters (1.65 million tons). After polishing, there are two kinds of marble plates, dark gray and light gray, with an annual output of 1,711 square meters.
limestone mine: located at Shimen, 21km southeast of the county, the project control length is 511m, the average thickness of ore body section is 42.3m, and the prospective reserve is about 3 million tons. Weihe River and its tributaries are rich in limestone reserves, with an annual output of 1 million tons of lime, which can meet the needs of industrial and civil buildings in this county.
sand and clay: the fine sand of Liaoxi River has the best quality, and its technical indicators fully meet the building requirements; Clay is distributed all over the county, especially in Hepu and Shouyang. The fired bricks and tiles are of high quality. There are more than 21 brick and tile factories with more than 21 doors in the county, which has formed an annual production capacity of 51 million machine-made bricks and 3 million machine tiles. With good raw materials, positive shape and high compressive strength, it sells well in the market.
2. Water resources
Longxi County has 97.5 million cubic meters of surface water and imported water, and 81.12 million cubic meters of self-produced water. The total amount of water resources is 78 million cubic meters, and the total annual exploitation amount can reach 33 million cubic meters. The per capita water resources in urban areas are 65.8 cubic meters. At present, the annual exploitation amount is 17 million cubic meters, accounting for only 51% of the exploitable amount. Weihe River flows through the county for 46.1 kilometers, and seven tributaries in the north and south are all beneficial to irrigation. The urban area is located in Weihe River, and the groundwater resources can meet the needs of industrial production and residents' living water.
Longxi business card
The western medicine capital of China is one of the top ten Chinese herbal medicine bases.
the bright pearl on the west longhai-Lanzhou new line has superior location advantages, broad development space, rich industrial resources and good investment environment, and is an ideal place for domestic and foreign merchants to invest and start businesses.
"western medicine capital", "Millennium medicine town", "China huangqi town", "longyuan three wonders" and "China bacon town".
Enterprises: Gansu Longxi Kaihua Chemical Co., Ltd., Longxi Jinmao Business Co., Ltd., Yuzhen Logistics Company, Gansu Khyron Starch Co., Ltd., Longxi Hengli Plastic Products Co., Ltd., Gansu Longyuan Meat Products Co., Ltd. Longxi Holiday Hotel
History and culture
Longxi Lishi Culture
Gulong County, located west of Longshan and beside Weishui River, is one of the birthplaces of ancient Chinese civilization. In the long history, the mighty Longshan Mountain and the vast Weishui River have nurtured the rich and long-standing Li culture in Longxi, which is an important part of the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation and one of the four major cultures in Gansu, which are equally famous as Dunhuang culture, Tianshui Fuxi culture and Labrang Temple Tibetan Buddhism culture.
Longxi is the birthplace of the Li clan, or because of taboo, Longxi County was abolished in the Tang Dynasty, but the word "Longxi" has been remembered by the world as the symbol of Li surname in the Tang Dynasty.
Yangshao culture and Qijia culture
Yangshao culture is the representative of the early Neolithic cultural sites in the Yellow River Basin, which is widely distributed and concentrated in the Weihe River Basin, especially in Gangu, Wushan, Longxi and Weiyuan. In Longxi area, many Yangshao cultural sites are preserved along the loess platform on the south bank of Weihe River. These sites are distributed from west to east, including Longtoushan cultural site in Shouyang Town, Liangjiaping cultural site in Changgu Township, Zhangjiaping cultural site in Gongchang Town and Wenquan Mountain cultural site in Wenfeng Town.
There are abundant relics unearthed in cultural sites. There are stone tools such as stone knives, axes, arrowheads and pestles. Bone instruments include osteotome, bone needle and so on. The most unearthed pottery, such as pottery knives, pottery rings, pottery spinning wheels, pottery utensils and so on. Pottery is mostly coarse pottery, in which painted pottery has a red surface, polished inside and outside, and painted, such as arc triangle pattern and single line pattern along the mouth. In particular, the painted pottery with pointed bottom bottle is more dazzling, unique and beautiful in shape, rigorous in decoration and fluent, which fully embodies the style and characteristics of Yangshao culture and is a treasure in painted pottery. Qijia culture is another type of culture in the late Neolithic period, named after it was first discovered in Zhengqijiaping, Gansu. Qijia culture is widely distributed in Weihe River Basin in Gansu Province. There are more than twenty sites in Fatong, Longxi, which are distributed on the loess platform on the north and south sides of Weihe River, including Hanjiaping and Meijiazui in Shouyang Township, Shajiazhuang and Moujiataizi in Caizi Township, Zhoujiazhuang in Gongchang Town, Tangjiaping in Nan 'an Township, Hongshanggou in Yuntian Township and Yingpanping in Wenfeng Town. Cultural sites such as Baoziping.
in October 2121, the central civilization office confirmed the list of cities nominated by national civilized cities in the creation cycle of 2121-2123, and Longxi county was listed on the list.
in June, 2121, Longxi county was listed in the second batch of counties for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics (Long March area (Red Fourth Army)).
on October 29th, 2119, Longxi county was named "the second batch of national agricultural products quality and safety counties" by the Ministry of Agriculture.
in September 2118, the list of comprehensive demonstration counties for e-commerce in rural areas in 2118 was released, and Longxi county was listed.
On February 22nd, 2118, Longxi County was listed in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in China in 2117.