Woyang County, Bozhou City, Anhui Province

Woyang County, a county under the jurisdiction of Bozhou City, Anhui Province, is located in the Yangtze River Delta, the north of Anhui Province and the middle of Huaibei plain, with a total area of 2107 square kilometers. It belongs to warm temperate semi humid monsoon climate, with mild climate, moderate rainfall, synchronous rain and heat, and sufficient light. It has jurisdiction over 3 streets and 20 towns, with a permanent resident population of 1.319 million in 2019.

Guoyang County is the hometown of Laozi, a great philosopher of the generation. In Han Dynasty, it was the father of the city, shansang and Zhixian. In Northern Wei Dynasty and Northern Qi Dynasty, it was once home to Guoyang, Dancheng and Longshan counties. In Sui Dynasty, Feishui county was established. In 1864, Woyang county was established in Bozhou, Suzhou, Fuyang and Mengcheng, and was named after the name of Woyang County in the Northern Wei Dynasty. There are many cultural landscapes in the territory, such as Tianjing palace, dongtaiqing palace, fan Lizhong, yilvqiao, Jikang tomb, chentuan woji, hongchengzi site, former residence of Zhang lexing, etc.

In 2019, the Gross Regional Product (GDP) of Guoyang County is 36.27 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 9.5% at comparable prices. By industry, the added value of the primary industry was 5.12 billion yuan, an increase of 4.0%; the added value of the secondary industry was 13.49 billion yuan, an increase of 12.3%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 17.66 billion yuan, an increase of 8.8%.

Historical evolution

Qin Shihuang unified China and established prefectures and counties. Guoyang's hometown belongs to Zui county and Chengfu County, both of which belong to Sishui county. Xiacheng father gathered near the present county.

At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, Sishui county was changed to Pei county. The county was divided into Zhi county, Chengfu County, shansang county (now North of CaoShi market), Fuyang county (near old Funing town) and Ruyin county (now south of the county). The four counties of Zhi, Chengfu, shansang and Fuyang belong to Peijun. Ruyin county belongs to Runan County. In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, Chengfu and shansang belonged to Runan County. Guoyang County is at the junction of Pei county and Runan County. The Eastern Han Dynasty belongs to the Department of the governor of Yuzhou (now Bozhou, Anhui).

During the Han and Wei dynasties, Cao Cao unified the north, and the county belonged to Qiao County (now Bozhou). In the first year of Huangchu (220), Cao Pi was called emperor, and the reef was regarded as "the old county of ancestors", which was called the kingdom of lo. The county borders on the south of the reef. The state of Qiao was changed into Qiao County in Jin Dynasty. Chengfu County, shansang county and Zhixian county all belong to this county.

In 581, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty merged Dancheng into Linhuan; in 596, he changed Woyang County into Feishui County; in 598, he restored Junyi to Chengfu County, belonging to Bozhou. In the early years of emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, Feishui county was changed into shansang County, belonging to Qiao County (now Bozhou). At this time, the county belonged to Chengfu, shansang, Linhuan, Ruyin and other counties.

In April of the fourth year of Wude (621), shansang belonged to qiaozhou. Zhenguan seventeen years (643 years) abandoned qiaozhou, cut belong to Bozhou. Tianbao first year (742), changed to Mengcheng County, Bozhou.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, in the seventh year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1014), Linhuan was cut off from Suzhou. It belonged to Bozhou with Qiao, Chengfu, Deng, Mengcheng and other counties, and belonged to Huainan East Road. After the Southern Song Dynasty, the county belonged to Jin Dynasty. Shaoxing eleven years (1141), and agreed to the huaishui River in the middle of delimitation. Jin changed Mengcheng into Shouzhou. At this time, the county belonged to Ying, Bo, Su and Shou.

In the Yuan Dynasty, when China was unified, there were once few households, and the father of the city came to Qiao County. Later, it was restored to Bozhou. In 1271, guide Prefecture was set up from Bianliang road. It was under the jurisdiction of Bozhou and Suzhou. In the thirtieth year of Zhiyuan (1293), it was divided into runing Prefecture and Xiaying Guzhou Prefecture. At this time, Mengcheng belonged to Shouchun mansion on Anfeng road. The above-mentioned three prefectures are all under the command of "Zhongshu province of Henan Province".

In February of the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1371), Suzhou was ruled out from guide Prefecture; in March, Yingzhou was ruled out from runing Prefecture, which belongs to Fengyang Prefecture and Nanjing with Mengcheng County. Hongzhi nine years (1496) in October, set up Yimen inspection department.

In April of the second year of Shunzhi (1645) of Qing Dynasty, the county belonged to the "Jiangnan Chengxuan political envoy Department". In the sixth year of Kangxi (1667), Zuo Si was appointed as the chief minister of Anhui Province. In 1724, Mengcheng was transferred to Bozhou, and in 1735, Yingzhou was promoted to be a prefecture. Both Bozhou and Mengcheng belonged to Yingzhou Prefecture. Suzhou belongs to Fengyang Prefecture.

After the revolution of 1911, the government system was abolished, and the county once belonged to huaisidao. Later, Fuyang special office was set up in Yingzhou to administer Woyang county.

In January 1930, in order to strengthen the construction of the base area, the Communist Party of China established the vortex North anti enemy Union, which governed eight districts under the former vortex Yang. From 1945 to 1947, the Communist Party established xuewo County in the north of the county, Wobo County in the west, Woyang County in the South and Sumeng County in the east to meet the needs of the development of the situation at that time. In March 1949, the original Guoyang County occupied by the four counties was still merged into Guoyang County.

In 1952, after the establishment of the people's Government of Anhui Province, the Fuyang Commissioner's office was stationed in Fuyang county and governed Woyang county.

Before May 1965, the county belonged to Fuyang District Office of Anhui Province. At the beginning of the "Cultural Revolution", the office of the high commissioner was abolished and regional revolutionary committees were set up.

In 1979, Fuyang district administrative office was established, which still governs Woyang county.

In July 1996, Fuyang District Office of the administrative commissioner was abolished and Fuyang City was established, still under the jurisdiction of Woyang county.

In May 2000, Bozhou City at county level was upgraded to prefecture level, and Woyang county was under the jurisdiction of Bozhou City.

administrative division

By 2019, Woyang county has 3 streets and 20 towns. They are: Chengguan Street, Xingyuan street, tianjinggong street, Xiyang Town, wonan Town, Chudian Town, Gaogong Town, BF Town, CaoShi Town, qingtuan Town, Shigong Town, Longshan Town, Yimen Town, Xinxing Town, Linhu Town, Dancheng Town, madianji Town, Huagou Town, Dianji Town, Chenda Town, Paifang Town, gongjisi Town, biaoli town. County Government in Guoyang Chengguan Street Ziguang Avenue.

geographical environment

Location context

Woyang county is located at the junction of Anhui and Henan provinces, in the north of Anhui Province, in the center of Bozhou City, in the middle reaches of the vortex River, among the nine states, known as the "gateway of Northern Anhui". It is between 33 ° 27 ′ n to 33 ° 47 ′ N and 115 ° 53 ′ e to 116 ° 33 ′ E. It is adjacent to Yongcheng city and Suixi County of Huaibei City in Henan Province in the north, Lixin County in the south, Qiaocheng District of Bozhou City in the West and Mengcheng County in the East, with a total area of 2107 square kilometers.

topographic features

The area of Guoyang County is 82.4% of the early River Plain, which is formed by early river deposition. Due to the influence of rainfall, river erosion and human activities, sporadic Lake slope depressions and farmlands were formed in some areas. The county is divided into two natural areas: the South and the north. 17.6% of the county area is the Yellow River flood plain, which is distributed along the two sides of the Wohe river. From the upper reaches to the lower reaches of the river, the width of the river gradually decreases, showing a "∨" shape. The ground is generally about 1 meter higher than the plain area between the rivers on both sides, which is the natural dike of Wohe river. The terrain in the county is gentle and irregular quadrilateral. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with an average elevation of 26.5-33.5 meters, and a natural slope of 1 / 9000. There are two types of landforms in the county: Longshan, Dongshan, Xishan, Shigong, guodushan, Qishan and Huishan. It is scattered in the north of Wohe River, covering a total area of 6.22 square kilometers, followed by the inter river plain on the South and North banks of Wohe River, which is the most important geomorphic type in the county, with the south between Wohe River and Xifei River and the north between Wohe River and Baohe River.

Climatic characteristics

Guoyang County has a warm temperate semi humid monsoon climate, which is characterized by mild climate, moderate rainfall, synchronous rain and heat, sufficient light, long frost free period and abundant light and heat resources. The annual average temperature is 15.1 ℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 40.3 ℃ (July 10, 1994), and the extreme minimum temperature is - 17.2 ℃ (December 28, 1991). The average sunshine hours over the years is 2015.7 hours. The average annual rainfall in the county is about 851.6 mm, and the rainfall distribution decreases from southeast to northwest. Affected by the monsoon climate, the seasonal variation of precipitation is obvious, generally more in summer, less in winter, and more in spring than in autumn. The annual average wind speed is 2.3 m / s, southeast wind prevails in summer, North and northwest wind prevails in winter, and easterly wind prevails in spring and autumn.

hydrographic features

All the rivers in Guoyang County belong to the Huaihe River system. The main rivers in Guoyang County are the primary tributaries of the Huaihe River. The tributaries on both sides of the Huaihe River cross the central part of the county. The drainage area of the county is 1280 square kilometers, accounting for 60.8% of the total area of the county. The beifei River, Xifei River and Meibao river flow through the county border area, with the drainage area of 285 square kilometers, 262 square kilometers and 263 square kilometers respectively. There are 81 gullies along the river.

natural resources

water resource

The total amount of water resources in Guoyang County is 701 million cubic meters, including 401 million cubic meters of surface water resources and 180 million cubic meters of annual available water; the groundwater resources are relatively rich, with 418 million cubic meters of shallow groundwater resources replenished annually and 315 million cubic meters of annual exploitable water resources. The per capita water resources is 505 cubic meters, equivalent to 21% of the national per capita water resources, belonging to poor water areas.

mineral resources

Up to 2011, there are 10 kinds of mineral resources in Guoyang County: coal, oil and gas, metal minerals, non-metal minerals include limestone for cement, limestone for decoration, limestone for building stone, river sand, ceramic soil, clay for brick and tile, water and gas minerals include mineral water, etc. There are 180 proven ore producing areas, including 3 large deposits, 2 medium deposits, 5 small deposits, 6 small deposits and 164 sporadic resources. Fuel mineral coal is the dominant mineral in Guoyang County, accounting for one eighth of the whole province. The coal bearing area is 431 square kilometers, with an estimated geological reserve of 3.25 billion tons. The main coal type is fat coal, followed by coking coal and lean coal, and some coal seams are gas coal.