Longhai Town, Yiliang County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province

Longhai town

Longhai town is located in the north east of Yiliang County, 51.8km away from the county. It is between 104 ° 17 ′ - 104 ° 28 ′ E and 27 ° 40 ′ - 27 ° 49 ′ n, adjacent to Liuxi Township in the East, Shanshu township of Zhenxiong County in the south, Xiaocaoba town in the West and Niujie town in the north, covering an area of 153.32km2.

administrative division

It has jurisdiction over seven administrative villages, including Longhai, fangniu, Shishu, Daxi, Zhenhe, Yujing and Hongyan, and 132 villager groups, inhabiting eight ethnic groups, including Han, Yi, Miao, Bai, Zhuang, Hui, Shui and Buyi. By the end of 2017, there were 6102 households and 21031 people.

geographical environment

topographic features

The terrain of Longhai town is high in the South and low in the north. The terrain is divided into mountain, slope and flat land. The terrain is deeply cut and the cutting density is high. There are many gullies, mountains and canyons in Longhai town. The terrain is steep and tilts from southwest to northeast. The highest point in Longhai town is at the top of miwanzhai in Hongyan village in the southwest, with an altitude of 2190 meters. The lowest point is at the intersection of two small rivers under kejiayan in Shishan village in the northeast, with an altitude of 720 meters, The relative height difference is 1470m.

climate

In most areas of Longhai Town, the sea level is high, the temperature difference is large, the three-dimensional climate is prominent, the rainfall is abundant, the climate is humid and rainy, the annual average temperature is 9.8 ℃, the annual average rainfall is 1100 mm, the whole town is seldom illuminated and foggy all the year round, the climate is humid, known as "fog town".

natural resources

mineral resources

Longhai town is rich in silicon ore resources, with a grade of more than 99.9% and reserves of about 8-10 million tons, mainly distributed in Longhai village. There are also abundant coal resources. The main mining areas are distributed in gengzi, Yanjiao, Shuigou and Gangou village groups of Longhai village, Linkou and Heping Village groups of Shishu village. According to incomplete statistics, the reserves can reach more than 20 million tons.

Woodland resources

There are 10219 hectares of forest land in Longhai Town, mainly including artificial protection forest, conversion of farmland to forest and natural forest. The forest resources are mainly distributed in Gaoer mountain area above 1200 meters above sea level, and the forest coverage rate of the whole town is more than 68%. Economic trees include Gastrodia elata, bamboo shoots, walnuts, chestnut, pepper, etc. In recent years, Longhai town has made great efforts to develop the planting industry of Gastrodia elata and bamboo shoots, and vigorously implemented the conversion of farmland to forest. Now, more than 5300 mu of Gastrodia elata and 57000 mu of square bamboo are planted. There is a professional cooperative for ornamental seedling cultivation, which mainly cultivates and sells cherry blossom, Begonia, Osmanthus fragrans, red plum, Magnolia, Lagerstroemia indica, YINGSHANHONG, loquat, Podocarpus arvensis and other varieties. In addition, it has successfully cultivated Davidia involucrata, Ginkgo biloba and red leaf cherry blossom, which are known as "living fossil of plants", and has formed a model base of 1000 More than mu.

Water and soil resources

Longhai town is rich in water resources, including 4 rivers and 6 hydropower stations with an installed capacity of 24500 kwh. In terms of drinking water, the whole town has basically solved the problem of drinking water. There are 1724.3 hectares of cultivated land, all of which are dry land. It mainly produces corn, potato, sweet potato and other food crops, with peanut, soybean, rape and other economic crops.

social undertakings

Longhai town has one junior middle school with 719 students and 49 teachers, 11 primary schools with 1988 students and 102 teachers, and one kindergarten with 160 students and 10 teachers. There are 1 township level health center, 7 village level health rooms and more than 20 medical staff. By the end of 2017, the participation rate of the new rural cooperative medical system had reached 98.9%, and the number of new rural endowment insurance participants had reached more than 13000. Seven villages in the town are connected with hardened roads.