Wangmo County, Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province

Wangmo County, belonging to Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou Province, is located in the south of Guizhou Province and the east of Qianxinan Prefecture. It borders Luodian County in the East, Leye County of Guangxi Province across the Hongshui River in the south, Zhenfeng and Ceheng counties in the West and Ziyun and Zhenning counties in the north, with a total area of 3018.44 square kilometers.

Wangmo county belongs to karst landform and subtropical monsoon humid climate. The national culture in Wangmo county is well preserved and rich in ethnic customs. There are festival culture such as "March 3" Buyi cultural festival in Wangmo County, China, and "Chrysanthemum Culture Festival in Wangmo County, China". The natural environment is excellent, including Liuli gorge, Qixing bridge and other scenic spots.

In 2019, Wangmo County governs 4 streets, 11 towns and 1 township. In 2018, Wangmo county has a permanent resident population of 240900, with a GDP of 7.12 billion yuan, including 2.507 billion yuan for the primary industry, 820 million yuan for the secondary industry, 3.793 billion yuan for the tertiary industry, 35.2:11.5:53.3 for the tertiary industry, and 29648 yuan for the per capita GDP.

Historical evolution

There were human activities in Wangmo County in ancient times.

From Warring States to Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Yelang state.

After the sixth year of Yuanding (111 BC) of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, it belonged to Yaojun.

After the first year of Jianxing in the Western Jin Dynasty (313), it belonged to Yelang county.

In Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Mingzhou and Luodian.

Song Dynasty is Luodian state, Sicheng state.

Yuan belongs to Lai'an road.

Ming Dynasty belongs to Sicheng Prefecture.

In the early Qing Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Sicheng Prefecture; in 1661, Sicheng Prefecture was promoted to Sicheng Prefecture; in 1727, Yongfeng Prefecture was set up, and its governance was Changba (now pingrao village, Wangmu Street), which was subordinate to Nanlong Prefecture; in 1729, Yongfeng Prefecture was relocated to ZHENFENG County; Nanlong Prefecture was renamed Xingyi Prefecture, Yongfeng Prefecture was renamed Zhenfeng Prefecture, and most of the counties belong to Zhenfeng Prefecture State.

In September 1913, Zhenfeng Prefecture was changed into Zhenfeng County, which was subordinate to the third administrative supervision district. In 1939, Zhenfeng, Luodian, Ziyun and Guanling were four counties. In 1940, Wangmo county was established, which was named after the homonym of "Queen Mother", and still belonged to the third administrative supervision District.

On May 14, 1951, Wangmo county was liberated and subordinate to Xingren district (renamed Xingyi District in October).

In July 1956, Xingyi district was abolished and Wangmo county was put under Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

In 1958, Ziyun county was abolished and some administrative divisions were incorporated into Wangmo county.

In 1961, Ziyun county was reestablished, and the administrative divisions merged into Ziyun county were assigned to Ziyun county.

In July 1965, the Xingyi special region was reestablished, and Wangmo county was put under the Xingyi special region (renamed Xingyi region in 1970). In November of the same year, the State Council decided to abolish Wangmo county and establish Wangmo Buyi and Miao Autonomous County.

In September 1981, the State Council abolished Xingyi Prefecture and established Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, and changed Wangmo Buyi and Miao Autonomous County into Wangmo County, which is subordinate to the newly established Qianxinan Prefecture.

In November 2020, Wangmo County officially withdrew from poverty-stricken counties.

administrative division

Division evolution

From liberation to 1984, the names of districts, towns and communes under the jurisdiction of the county changed many times.

In 1984, the county was divided into five districts, one town and 41 townships.

In January 1992, the county carried out the work of removing districts and building towns. The county was divided into 15 townships, 310 administrative villages, 4 communities and 1542 villager groups.

In 1996, Mashan town was divided into Mashan Township and Naye Town, with 16 towns under the jurisdiction of the county.

In September 2004, 11 villages were set up at the junction of Shitun Town, kanbian Township and Dayi Town, and Dajian township was established, with 17 townships under the jurisdiction of the county.

In 2013, Daguan township was removed to build Daguan Town, Jiaona township to build Jiaona Town, Zhexiang township to build Zhexiang Town, Fuxing town to build Wangmu street and hepingdong street. The county has jurisdiction over 2 streets, 10 towns, 5 townships and 1 ethnic township.

In January 2015, Xintun town was removed to build Xintun street; Shitun town and Dajian town were merged to build Shitun town; Mashan town and Naye town were merged to build Mashan town; kanbian town and barao town were merged to build bianrao town; Angwu town was removed to build Angwu town. So far, Wangmo county has 15 administrative divisions, including 1 Ethnic Township, 11 towns and 3 streets.

In 2007, the county was integrated into 161 villages, 2 communities and 1109 villager groups.

In 2008, two temporary immigrant communities were set up in Fuxing town.

In 2009, Wangmo County governs 8 towns, 8 townships, 1 Ethnic Township, 161 administrative villages and 2 communities.

In June 2013, the people's Government of Guizhou Province approved to abolish the establishment of Wangmu and Pingdong streets in Fuxing town of Wangmo county.

In June 2016, Najiang community was established in Jiaona town. So far, the county has 161 villages, 5 communities and 1109 villager groups.

In July 2019, the people's Government of Guizhou Province approved the establishment of Pantao street in Wangmo county. PanTao Street governs Pinglang community, Chengnan community, pantaoyuan community, Fulin community and ganlai village of the former Wangmu street.

Current situation of regionalization

In 2019, Wangmo County governs 4 streets, 11 towns and 1 township. Wangmo County People's Government in Wangmu street.

geographical environment

Location context

Wangmo county is located in the south of Guizhou Province and the east of Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. It is adjacent to Luodian County in the East, Leye County of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region across the Hongshui River in the south, Ceheng county and Zhenfeng County in the west, Panjiang River in the north and Ziyun county and Zhenning County in the north. Located between 105 ° 49 ′ - 106 ° 32 ′ E and 24 ° 53 ′ - 25 ° 38 ′ n, it is 70 km wide from east to west and 79.50 km long from north to south, with a total area of 3018.44 square kilometers, accounting for 1.7% of Guizhou Province and 17.96% of Qianxinan Prefecture.

topographic features

Wangmo county is located in the slope zone of the transition from Guizhou Plateau to Guangxi Hilly Basin. The terrain in the county is high in the north and low in the south, with high mountains and steep slopes, crisscross valleys and rolling mountains. The landforms are different, mainly erosion and dissolution landforms. The highest point in the north is located in Paomaping, Dayi Town, with an altitude of 1718.10 meters, and the lowest point in the south is in the area of Hongshui River (DALE), with an altitude of 275 meters. There are undulating mountains, vertical and horizontal valleys, large mountains and steep slopes. There are dams of different sizes along the river. The karst landform in the northeast is typical, mainly limestone peak clusters and mountains. The southwest is non karst landform, and the peaks are three-dimensional distribution. According to the terrain classification, the mountainous area accounts for 76.76%, the hilly area accounts for 20.38%, and the valley basin accounts for 2.86%.

Climatic characteristics

Wangmo county belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate, with obvious characteristics of early spring, long summer, late autumn and short winter. The average annual temperature is 19.5 ℃, rainfall is 1236.8 mm, sunshine hours is 1401.6 hours, and frost free period is 341 days. It is known as "Guizhou natural greenhouse".

natural resources

water resource

The rivers in Wangmo County belong to the Xijiang River system of the Pearl River Basin. There are 31 rivers with a total length of more than 10 km and 13 rivers with a drainage area of more than 20 square kilometers. The total amount of surface water is 1.23 billion cubic meters on average for many years, the theoretical water energy reserve is 115800 kW, and there are 60 square kilometers of fresh water lakes.

land resource

In 2014, the total land area of Wangmo county was 301843.99 hectares.

The agricultural land area is 265210.44 hectares, accounting for 87.86% of the total land area. Among them, cultivated land is 79094.45 hectares, accounting for 29.82% of the agricultural land; garden land is 13408.16 hectares, accounting for 5.06% of the agricultural land; forest land is 169006.04 hectares, accounting for 63.73% of the agricultural land; pasture land is 24.91 hectares, accounting for 0.01% of the agricultural land; other agricultural land is 3676.88 hectares, accounting for 1.39% of the agricultural land.

The construction land area is 4567.24 hectares, accounting for 1.51% of the total land area. Among them, 3959.72 hectares of urban and rural construction land, accounting for 86.70% of the construction land; 591.67 hectares of traffic and water conservancy land, accounting for 12.95% of the construction land; 15.85 hectares of other construction land, accounting for 0.35% of the construction land.

Other land covers 32066.31 hectares, accounting for 10.62% of the total land area. Among them, water area is 7535.61 hectares, accounting for 23.50% of other land; natural reserve is 24530.70 hectares, accounting for 76.50% of other land.

Biological resources

Wangmo County wild Chinese herbal medicine mainly includes one legged lotus, Andrographis paniculata, Huangcao, Huangbai, eucommia, Shouwu, etc.; national key protected plants include Guizhou cycads, orchids and beech, etc.; wild animals include rock sheep, python, pangolin, otter, wild boar, etc.

Mineral resources

There are more than 10 kinds of mineral deposits in Wangmo County, including gold, lead-zinc, iron, antimony, fluorite, marble and jade. In particular, the amount of Iceland spar, diabase, marble and other minerals is large and easy to exploit.

population

Registered residence population in registered population in Wang Mo county increased by 3 thousand as of the end of 2018, 3 thousand more than the end of last year, of which 84 thousand and 300 were registered residence in urban areas, accounting for 26% of the registered residence population at the end of the year. At the end of the year, there were 240900 permanent residents, with an annual average of 240200; there were 6000 births, with a birth rate of 18.53 ‰; there were 2000 deaths, with a mortality rate of 6.44 ‰; and the natural growth rate was 12.09 ‰. The urbanization rate of permanent residents was 43.9%.

Wangmo county is inhabited by 19 ethnic minorities, such as Buyi, Miao and Yao, accounting for 80.2% of the total population of the county