Conghua District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

Conghua District, subordinate to Guangzhou City, is located in the northeast of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. It borders Longmen County and Zengcheng District in the East, Baiyun District in the south, Qingyuan City and Huadu District in the west, and Fogang and Xinfeng counties in the north. The Tropic of cancer crosses Taiping town at the southern end of the territory, with mild climate and abundant rainfall. The area is 1974.5 square kilometers, with 3 streets and 5 towns under it, and the total registered residence population is 634 thousand and 893 in 2018.

Conghua district is famous for its rare hot springs, known as the "hot spring capital of China", as well as the "pearl on the Tropic of cancer" and "back garden of Guangzhou". There are more than 100 lakes and reservoirs, 120000 hectares of green hills, and the forest coverage rate is 67.2%. There are nearly 20 tourist attractions, including national 4A and 3a tourist attractions such as Bishuiwan hot spring resort and Guangzhou Pumped Storage Power Plant tourist resort, four Guangzhou key eco-tourism areas such as Liuxihe National Forest Park, Shimen National Forest Park, Liuxi hot spring tourist resort and pumped storage power plant tourist area, as well as national and provincial key cultural relics protection units such as Guangyu temple and Wuyue hall And a number of cultural landscapes, such as the shixiangyan residential relics of the Neolithic Age in Lutian, the cultural relics and historic sites of many ancient villages in the Ming Dynasty, and the world's highest sign tower of the Tropic of cancer.

Conghua district has successively won the titles of "provincial civilized city", "provincial education strong city", "provincial forestry ecological county", "national advanced city of traditional Chinese medicine in rural areas", "China's cultural and ecological tourism demonstration site", "China's best tourist resort", "China's excellent ecological tourism city" and "National Tourism and leisure plan demonstration city of Guangdong Province".

In December 2019, it will become a pilot unit for the construction of national rural governance system.

Historical evolution

History of construction

In the second year of Hongzhi (1489), Conghua County was set up by Panyu, which was subordinate to Guangzhou government. In the Qing Dynasty, Conghua County was subordinate to Guangzhou government. In 1936, Conghua County was subordinate to the first administrative supervision district of Guangdong Province; in 1938, Conghua County was subordinate to the second administrative supervision district of Guangdong Province; in 1945, Conghua County was again under the jurisdiction of the first administrative supervision district of Guangdong Province. One year later, it was under the direct supervision of the Commissioner's office of Guangdong provincial government until 1949.

On October 13, 1949, Conghua County was liberated and subordinate to Beijiang Provisional Administrative Committee. In March 1953, it was transferred to the northern Guangdong Administrative Region (later called Shaoguan Office of the Commissioner). In October 1958, Conghua County and Fogang County were merged into Conghua County, which still belongs to Shaoguan Commissioner's office. In January 1959, it was transferred to Foshan Office. In September 1960, it was transferred to Guangzhou. In April 1961, Conghua and Fogang were re divided into two counties, each of which governed the original region. Conghua County still belonged to Guangzhou city. In March 1994, Conghua County was abolished and Conghua city was established, which is under the administration of Guangzhou city. In 1998, Conghua city governed 15 towns, including JIEKOU Town, Taiping Town, Shengang Town, Jiangpu Town, Guancun Town, Wenquan Town, Taoyuan Town, Liangkou Town, Lutian Town, Dongming Town, Chengjiao Town, Qigan Town, Aotou Town, Longtan town and Minle town. There are 210 village committees and 21 neighborhood committees. (1) JIEKOU Town, with an area of 11 square kilometers and a population of 115319, has jurisdiction over 5 village committees and 7 neighborhood committees. (2) Taiping Town, with an area of 105 square kilometers and a population of 37474, has 17 village committees and one neighborhood committee. (3) With a total area of 118 square kilometers and a population of 39066, Shengang town has 20 village committees and one neighborhood committee. (4) Jiangpu Town, with an area of 119 square kilometers and a population of 40540, governs 21 village committees. (5) Guancun town covers an area of 57.7 square kilometers and has a population of 18629. It has eight village committees and one neighborhood committee. (6) Wenquan Town, with an area of 28 square kilometers and a population of 4284, has jurisdiction over two village committees and two neighborhood committees. (7) Taoyuan Town, with an area of 116 square kilometers and a population of 22818, has 12 village committees and 1 neighborhood committee. (8) Liangkou town covers an area of 229 square kilometers and has a population of 30407. It has 18 village committees and 1 neighborhood committee. (9) With an area of 296 square kilometers and a population of 23303, Lvtian town has 17 village committees and one neighborhood committee. (10) With an area of 192 square kilometers and a population of 9758, Dongming town has nine village committees and one neighborhood committee. (11) Suburban town covers an area of 110 square kilometers, with a population of 20677, and has jurisdiction over 19 village committees. (12) Qigan Town, with an area of 56 square kilometers and a population of 21274, has jurisdiction over 11 village committees and one neighborhood committee. (13) Aotou Town, with an area of 198 square kilometers and a population of 42948, governs 23 village committees and 2 neighborhood committees. (14) With an area of 103.47 square kilometers and a population of 41720, Longtan town has 19 village committees and 1 neighborhood committee. (15) Minle Town, with an area of 33.4 square kilometers and a population of 14105, has nine village committees and one neighborhood committee. (16) In addition, there are five Guangzhou Municipal farms (offices and companies), namely, Dalingshan Forest Farm, Liuxihe forest farm, huanglongdai reservoir management office, Hengjiang agricultural and commercial company (Hengjiang farm) and Minle agricultural and commercial company (Minle tea farm). Minle tea farm is under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Farm Bureau. It has jurisdiction over zuocan, TANKOU, Lutian, shuikeng, kengwei and other agricultural management areas as well as three tea and fruit farms, with an area of 29.1 square kilometers and a population of 8105. Liuxihe forest farm is under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou forestry bureau, with an area of 91.83 square kilometers and a population of 5115. It has four forestry work areas and three agricultural management areas. Huanglongdai reservoir is under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Hydropower Bureau, with an area of 46.4 square kilometers and a population of 2222. It has four management areas. Hengjiang farm is under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Farm Bureau, covering an area of 26 square kilometers. The farm is divided into six national agricultural management areas, including shaliyuan, changjiangzhuang, Xiangyang, Bixia, Hengjiang and Gaotian; one national hen farm; and four village committees, namely Xihe, Guanghui, Hongqi and Xinxing.

On February 12, 2014, Conghua City at the county level was abolished and Conghua District of Guangzhou city was established. The former administrative region of Conghua city was taken as the administrative region of Conghua district. The people's Government of Conghua district was stationed at No. 99, East Xincheng Road, JIEKOU street.

Memorabilia

On December 19, 2019, Conghua district was selected as the national pilot area for urban rural integration development.

administrative division

In 2018, Conghua district will have five towns including Taiping, Wenquan, Liangkou, Lutian and Aotou, and three streets including JIEKOU, Chengjiao and Jiangpu. There are 221 administrative villages and 50 communities. The District People's government is located in JIEKOU street.

geographical environment

Location context

Conghua district is located in the middle of Guangdong Province, northeast of Guangzhou city. The geographical coordinates are 113 ° 17 ′ - 114 ° 04 ′, 23 ° 22 ′ - 23 ° 56 ′. It is adjacent to Longmen County in the East, Zengcheng district and Baiyun District in the south, Huadu District and Qingyuan City in the west, Fogang County and Xinfeng County in the north. The total area of the region is 1974.5 square kilometers.

topographic features

Conghua is located in the transition zone from the Pearl River Delta to the mountainous area of northern Guangdong. The terrain is inclined from north to south, high in the northeast and low in the southwest. The northeast is dominated by mountains and hills, the south central is dominated by hills and valleys, and the west is dominated by hills and platforms. The highest point is tiantangding in the southeast of Liangkou, 1210 meters above sea level, which is the boundary mountain between Eastern Conghua and Longmen County; the lowest point is Taiping Village in Taiping Town, 16.2 meters above sea level. There are 13600 hectares of cultivated land, 45200 hectares of garden land, 114500 hectares of forest land, 52800 hectares of pasture land, 926.66 hectares of other agricultural land, 11100 hectares of urban, rural, industrial and mining land, 3680 hectares of traffic land, 8960 hectares of water area and 73.33 hectares of undeveloped land.

Climatic characteristics

Conghua District of Guangzhou city is located in the low latitude zone, which belongs to subtropical monsoon climate. The Tropic of cancer crosses Taiping town at the southern end of its jurisdiction, with mild climate and abundant rainfall. In 2019, the climate of Conghua district is a general year, with the characteristics of "high temperature and rain, early flood season, rapid change of drought and flood, frequent rainstorm, heavy water of dragon boat, less typhoon, high risk of drought and fire in autumn and winter". The annual average temperature is 22.0 ℃, which is 0.4 ℃ higher than that of the normal year; the annual rainfall is 2305.1 mm, which is 18% higher than that of the normal year; the annual sunshine hours are 1638.0 hours, which is 3% higher than that of the normal year.

natural resources

Biological resources

There are 119 kinds of cultivated plants, 60 kinds of oil plants, 200 kinds of medicinal plants, dozens of fiber plants, and rare wild orchids as ornamental plants. There are rich resources of wild animals, such as golden turtle, python, South fox, civet, pangolin, deer, etc. These resources provided conditions for Conghua people to survive.

water resource

Conghua is rich in rainfall, rivers and water resources. The total recoverable amount of water resources in the region is about 2.755 billion cubic meters annually. Among them, the surface water is 2.27 billion cubic meters, which mainly comes from the three river systems, and the river runoff is mainly produced by rainfall, which belongs to the type of rainwater supply. Liuxihe has a total rainfall collection area of 1594 square kilometers, with an average annual water output of 1.82 billion cubic meters. The total rainfall collection area of Shujiang river is 316 square kilometers, with an average annual water output of 360 million cubic meters. Lianmahe has a total rainfall collection area of 75 square kilometers, with an average annual water output of 90 million cubic meters. The rainy season is from April to August, accounting for 80% - 85% of the annual rainfall. The underground water is 485 million cubic meters, of which the underground water storage of hot spring is about 200 meters deep. Due to the abundant reserves, high water pressure and thin gravel in the fourth layer of the surface layer, water usually gushes out in 3-5 meters, with a daily self inflow of 1400 cubic meters.

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