Population density: 358 people/km2.
Xinchang county, called Dongdong in ancient times, also known as Nanming, is located in the east of Zhejiang Province and under the jurisdiction of Shaoxing City. Before the Tang Dynasty, it was a county, and it was established in 908 in Kaiping two years of the Five Dynasties. It is now included in the coastal economic open zone and belongs to the Shanghai Economic Zone. With the completion and opening up of Ningbo International "Oriental Port", Xinchang's regional advantages are more obvious. The county is adjacent to Ninghai and Fenghua in the east, Tiantai in the south, Pan 'an and Dongyang in the southwest and Shengzhou in the west and north. The distance between east and west is 52.3 kilometers, and the distance between north and south is 36.9 kilometers.
The county's total area is 12 13 square kilometers, which is equivalent to1810.95 million mu, accounting for about10.2% of the province's land area. Among them, the cultivated land area is 228,700 mu, accounting for12.6% of the total land area; Mountain forest area 13 13000 mu, accounting for 7 1.7% of the total land area. It is a hilly county with mountainous areas and dry land as the mainstay, and is known as "eight mountains, half water and half fields".
Xinchang county is known as the "eye of the southeast" because of its beautiful natural scenery and numerous cultural and historical sites. There are three provincial-level scenic spots in the territory: the Great Buddha Temple, the 19th Peak, and Luozhou Lake-Tianmu Mountain. The Great Buddha Temple, a national key open temple, is an ancient temple in the Southern Dynasties. Maitreya Buddha, the largest Buddha in the south of the Yangtze River, and 1075 small stone Buddha are famous at home and abroad. In recent years, the development efforts have been intensified, and the special landscapes such as Prajna Valley, Snake Carving Village, Foxin Square, Wood Fossil Forest, Open-air Maitreya, Luohan Cave, Baiyun Lake, Sleeping Buddha, New Entrance and Chenghuang Temple have been built one after another. The peaks and valleys, waterfalls, springs, streams and bitan that pass through the rock 19 peak show beautiful natural scenery and landscape charm. The lakes and mountains of Wozhou and Tianmu are the places that literati of past dynasties yearn for. From the Buddhist culture in the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the poetic culture in the Tang Dynasty, Xinchang bears two cultural peaks (People's Daily 200 1, 1,1October 9). Over the years, Xinchang's scenery and historical sites have attracted many CCTV stories, such as Journey to the West, the legendary swordsman, Legend of Condor Heroes, Shaolin, Eight Dragons, Phoenix Looking for Phoenix, Lotus Lantern and Legend of White Snake. , became a famous location base in China, and sang the film and television culture. At present, many special tourist routes such as "Buddhist Journey", "Road of Tang Poetry", "Landscape Charm" and "Film and Television Location" attract tourists from home and abroad. In 2002, the number of tourists in Xinchang reached 65.438+0.4267 million, and the total tourism revenue reached 65.438+0.05 billion yuan. Tourism has become a pillar industry in Xinchang.
Xinchang County, built in 908 AD, has a long history, outstanding people and splendid things. The four traditional specialties of tobacco, tea, silk and art are now known as "the hometown of famous tea in China", "the hometown of osmanthus in China", "the hometown of long-haired rabbits" and "the hometown of small hydropower". There are many famous brands, Xiao Jingsheng, spring cakes and taro dumplings.
physical geography
Xinchang County is connected to Ninghai and Fenghua in the east, Tiantai in the south, Pan 'an and Dongyang in the southwest and Shengzhou in the west, with a distance of 52.3 kilometers from east to west and 36.9 kilometers from north to south.
The county's total area is 12 13 square kilometers, which is equivalent to1810.95 million mu, accounting for about10.2% of the province's land area. Among them, the cultivated land area is 228,700 mu, accounting for12.6% of the total land area; Mountain forest area 13 13000 mu, accounting for 7 1.7% of the total land area. It is a hilly county with mountainous areas and dry land as the mainstay, and is known as "eight mountains, half water and half fields".
The main peaks in Xinchang County are all above 600 meters above sea level, and the highest peak is Juvenile Bodhi Peak, with an altitude of 996 meters. Siming Mountain Range enters from the northeast and is located in Shaxi Mountain Range. The two branches of Tiantai Mountain range, which entered from south-central China, were called "the main mountain of one city" in ancient times, and meandered to Anding Mountain, forming a mountain range from Ruo 'ao to the east of Huishan. Huiji Mountain and Pandashan Mountain enter the territory from the southwest, crossing Anshan in Jingping Township and Xikeng in Jingling Town, forming the southern foot of Jingling Mountain. The central part is a hilly platform, generally a basalt platform, with an altitude of 250 to 500 meters. There are large areas such as Huishan, Dashiju, Mengjiatang and Dunshan, with steep edges.
Xinchang county has three major water systems, with the county watershed area of 1.209 square kilometers, 73 tributaries, 455.6 kilometers long, and the river network density of 0.38 kilometers/square kilometers. It is a typical mountain river with many tributaries, large drop and rich hydraulic resources. The main rivers are Chengtan River, Xinchang River and Huangzejiang River.
Chengtanjiang
The main stream of Chengtan-Cao 'e River originated from Jiangongling (870 meters above sea level) in Pan 'an County, formerly known as Tengxi. It passes through Wuzhangyan Reservoir, named Jiaxi. It entered the country at the northwest 1 km of Shiniankeng, Huishan Town, the county, and passed through Jingping, Jingling, Chengtan, Meizhu and other towns from south to north, and entered Shengzhou City at Baidu Creek in Tiandong, with a total length of 9655. Xinchang covers an area of 44. 1 km, with a drainage area of 388.63 square kilometers, accounting for 3 1.8% of the county's total area. The width of the upstream and downstream rivers is about 80 to140m respectively. More than 60% of the county's arable land and more than 70% of the population are concentrated on both sides of the strait. After liberation, Shimen Reservoir and Menxi Reservoir were built in the upper reaches of the county, which provided a guarantee for controlling and alleviating the flood disaster along the river.
Xinchanghe
Xinchang-Caoe River tributary. It originated in Huading Mountain on the rooftop, passed through Liang Shi Waterfall and Cisheng in Shiqiao Township, entered Dazhuyuan, passed through Shanghai Village in Xiaosheng Town, called Maoyang River and Huangtan River, obliquely crossed the central part of the county to the northwest, passed through Dashimao Town, Bamao Town and Chengguan Town, and entered Houxi Village in Shengzhou City, with a total length of 67.3 kilometers. Xinchang has a territory of 48.9 kilometers and a drainage area of 433 square kilometers. It accounts for 36.3% of the county's total area, with an average river width of about 60 meters and a natural drop of 173 meters. There is Zhao Chang Changku in the middle reaches, also known as Luozhou Lake, which is a provincial-level scenic spot.
Huangzejiang
Huang, formerly known as Jugenxi, originated in Patience Ridge, Qiaoying Township (3 kilometers southeast of Zhongxi Village). It is 70.6 kilometers long from Dashimao Town to Zhudi in Xinlin Township, Hengxi in Qincun Village of Daming Town, Huangzejiang in Changshan Village, Shengzhou to Pukou and Huang Ze, and Caoejiang. Xinchang territory is 50.6 kilometers. The basin covers an area of 378 square kilometers, accounting for 30.9% of the county's total area. The average river width is about 70 meters, and the natural drop is 257 meters. There is Qiaoying Reservoir upstream.
Xinchang has a subtropical climate, located in the transitional zone between the middle subtropical zone and the north subtropical zone, with mild and humid climate and distinct four seasons. Rain and heat are synchronized in early spring and summer, but sunny and hot in midsummer, complementary light and temperature in autumn and winter, and more disastrous weather. At the same time, it has typical mountain climate characteristics, and there are obvious differences between horizontal and vertical directions.
The four seasons are long in winter and summer and short in spring and autumn. In spring, the cold and warm air mass in the county advances and retreats, and it is cold and hot, with changeable weather and continuous rain. There is a lot of precipitation, accounting for 26% ~ 35% of the whole year. In March and April, there was a "cold spring". In early summer, "Meiyu" is often accompanied by heavy precipitation, and sometimes "Meiyu" will appear in advance in late May. From July to August in midsummer, the Pacific subtropical high enters the territory, and the weather is sunny and hot, forming a "summer drought", which is often caused by typhoons and disasters, accompanied by precipitation to alleviate the drought. There are often local thunderstorms in the afternoon, with occasional hail, strong winds and heavy rain. Precipitation accounts for about 37% of the whole year. In early autumn, cold and warm air masses conflict, often cold and rainy. After mid-autumn, affected by the low pressure in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the air is crisp in autumn, and there is a "autumn drought" in October. Precipitation accounts for 14%. In winter, the upsurge enters the Sanjiang Valley through the northwest valley plain (basin), and the temperature drops sharply, and the precipitation accounts for 23% of the whole year.
Xinchang county has diverse surface environment and rich resources. There are mainly land resources, water resources, mineral resources, labor resources and biological resources. It has created a bright future for the development of industry and agriculture.
Xinchang county is a part of low mountains and hills in Zhejiang and Fujian. The eastern part is dominated by low hills, the main peaks are all above 800 meters above sea level, and the central part is mostly a hilly platform below 300 meters, descending from south to north, and valleys and low hills are alternately distributed in the northwest, with the altitude below 150 meters, and the lowest altitude is only 28 meters. According to statistics, the mountainous area of the county is 382.49 square kilometers, accounting for 3 1.7% of the total area, the hilly platform area is 765.48 square meters, accounting for 62.25% of the total area, and the basin area is 73.56 square kilometers, accounting for 6.58% of the total area. According to the land resources survey of 1989- 1992, the total land area of the county is 1820800 mu, of which 50 1700 mu is cultivated land (including ridges), accounting for 27.56%. Garden178,000 mu, accounting for 7.03%; Woodland 904 1 10,000 mu, accounting for1.08%; The water area is 8 1 1 ten thousand mu, accounting for 4.45%; Unused land117200mu, accounting for 6.44%.
Xinchang is rich in water resources, and the overall supply and demand are basically balanced. There are many tributaries of Xijiang River in the county, with high mountains and steep slopes, large bend drop and fast flow, which is unfavorable for navigation. However, it is rich in hydraulic resources, with an annual self-produced runoff of 947 million cubic meters and a water production of 77 1.000 cubic meters/square kilometer, with a per capita of 2,370 cubic meters, which is close to the provincial average. Since liberation, people in Xinchang County have built more than 600 large, medium and small reservoirs, and more than 5,200 large and small reservoirs, with a total storage capacity of 3/kloc-0.70 billion cubic meters. The total annual reserve of groundwater is 654.38+64 billion cubic meters. This unique advantage of hydropower resources provides a good foundation for the development of small hydropower and has great potential. According to the investigation of relevant units, the theoretical reserve is 72,800 kilowatts, and the total recoverable amount is 610.55 million kilowatts. The theoretical reserves of hydraulic resources in Xinchang county reach 59.6 kilowatts, ranking first in Shaoxing city. 1986 Xinchang county takes the lead in realizing rural electrification in the whole province. By the end of 198, the county had a total of 108 hydropower stations with a total installed capacity of 43,700 kilowatts, ranking first in the province. The county 100% of repressive villages have electricity. Known as the "hometown of small hydropower", small hydropower has become an important way to get rid of poverty and become rich in rural areas.
Xinchang County has a wide variety of mineral resources, mainly fluorite, granite, lignite, oil shale, silver mine, bluestone, etc. It is known as "Bishi in the south of the Yangtze River" and is a decorative building material for famous scenic spots in China. Mangshi fluorite mine has a development history of more than 70 years. The prospective reserve of granite is 1 m 3, ranking first in Shaoxing.
In April, 20021year, Xinchang County ranked 2nd1place in the list of the most beautiful villages in China.
In April of 20021year, the comprehensive index rankings of 53 counties and cities in Zhejiang were released, and Xinchang County ranked 16.
202 1 1 Xinchang County was listed as "Top 100 Demonstration Counties and Cities of National Social Governance in 2020", ranking seventh.
In 2002110/0, the Central Civilization Office confirmed the list of cities nominated for national civilized cities in the founding period of 20021-2023, and Xinchang County was on the list.
202 1, 1, Xinchang County was recognized as the first batch of 5A scenic spots in Zhejiang Province.
From June 5438 to February 2020, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the second batch of national tourism demonstration zones, and Xinchang County was on the list.
From June 5438 to February 2020, the list of the top 100 counties and cities with national investment potential in 2020 was released, and Xinchang County ranked 20th.
From June 5438 to February 2020, Xinchang County ranked 1 in the list of top 100 demonstration counties and cities in China in 2020.
In June 2020, 1 1, the list of the top 100 tea counties in China was released, and Xinchang County ranked 15.
In June, 2020 165438+ 10, the list of the top 100 counties and cities with comprehensive competitiveness of county tourism in 2020 was published, and Xinchang county was on the list.
In July 2020, the national patriotic health campaign committee reconfirmed Xinchang County as the national health township (county) in 2020.
In June 2020, Xinchang County was included in the second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization counties (eastern Zhejiang).
20 19, 10 In June, Xinchang County was selected as one of the top 100 counties and cities in China in 20 19, ranking 95th.
20 18, 1 1, the list of the first batch of national innovative counties (cities) was announced, and Xinchang county was shortlisted.
20 17 12, Xinchang county was listed as the most attractive demonstration county with investment potential in China in 20 17.
From 2065438 to September 2007, the Ministry of Environmental Protection awarded Xinchang County the title of the first batch of national demonstration cities and counties for ecological civilization construction.
20 16 1 month, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development named Xinchang County as the national garden county on 20 15.