Donghekou Town, Jin'an District, Lu'an City, Anhui Province

Donghekou town

Donghekou Town, belonging to Jin'an District, Lu'an City, Anhui Province, is located in the south of Jin'an District. It is a typical hilly area where the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains passes to the Huaibei plain. The town governs 28 administrative villages and 1 street.

In 2017, the administrative area of donghekou town was 160.50 square kilometers, with a permanent resident population of 33002.

Donghekou town is not only a big agricultural town, but also a tourist market town. Dahua mountain, a provincial scenic spot, is located in the territory. There are National Forest Park and Huashan village, a beautiful village in Anhui Province. The national key temple, Dahua mountain Yunfeng temple, is open to the world. Songliao rock in the town has been identified as one of the Dabie Mountain National Geoparks.

Brief introduction of villages and towns

Donghekou town is located in the south of Jin'an District, Lu'an City. It is a typical hilly area with the northern foot of Dabie Mountains and the northern Huaibei plain. The total area is 160.5 square kilometers. Songliaoyan park is one of the "towns with beautiful environment" in Anhui Province, with beautiful mountains and rivers and beautiful ecology. More than 400 meters above sea level, the main peak of Dahua mountain scenic spot, ertianmen, is majestic, with overlapping peaks, clouds, rich vegetation and numerous species. The streams at the foot of the mountain are clear and there are many fish. During the 12th Five Year Plan period, Jin'an District was listed as a "characteristic town" development plan. Donghekou is rich in natural resources and is a beautiful fertile land. Rich in high-quality rice, wheat, rape, peanuts, soybeans. It has 30000 Mu chestnut base, 15000 mu tea base and 800 Mu Salvia miltiorrhiza base. Huashan Yinhao tea, stalagmite cuiya tea and fine Lu'an Guapian tea have won the title of famous tea at home and abroad for many times. High quality aquatic products, livestock and poultry, traditional Chinese medicine and other local products are rich. Donghekou has a long cultural history. Shuangchan temple in songliaoyan Park of Dabieshan National Geopark, Songliao Xielu, is known as one of the eight ancient scenes of Lu'an, which is well-known in China. Yunfeng temple, a Buddhist holy land, has been approved as a national key Temple by the State Bureau of religion and is open to the world. Ancient battlefield Golden Lion village, Zhu Yunshan memorial tower and other scenic spots change scenery step by step, beautiful scenery. . Zhu Yunshan, former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and chairman of the Central Committee of the democratic revolution, was born in songliaoyan village of our town. Tu Zongying, Minister of the Ministry of war of the Qing Dynasty, Taiwan Daotai xiongyiben, pioneer of the new culture movement Gao Yihan, prime Minister of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Zhu Dan and others were all born in this red land. donghekou has convenient transportation and extends in all directions. Six (an) - Mao (Tanchang), a district level main road, crosses the territory. It is less than 10 kilometers away from national highway 105 and Jingshang expressway. It is only 40 or 50 kilometers away from Lu'an and Shucheng. From donghekou town to Huoshan County, it is a high-grade and good road condition. Dongdan Road, Dongyue road and Dongnan road are connected in the town, and the cement roads are basically connected to every village.

The origin of place names

The ancient town is called donghekou. Donghekou is the abbreviation of "donglianghekou". In the south of sujiabu, Yu'an District, Lu'an City, where the East and West sources of Pi River meet, there is an ancient town called "xilianghekou" (Xihekou for short). These two "two estuaries" correspond to the East and the West. The name donghekou is related to fengle river. Fengle river is a famous river in the west of Anhui Province. It has three sources, all of which originate from the high mountains and hills of Jin'an District: the North source is sigutan River; the middle source is Zhangdian River; the south source is Zhangmuqiao River, also known as Xiaojie river. After the confluence of the three sources in yulongzui, the main channel was formed in the east of Sanhe Town, Feixi County

natural resources

The city is rich in hydropower resources, with a total reserve of 516000 kW, of which 330000 tons can be developed and utilized. By the end of 1986, 148200 kW has been developed and utilized, accounting for 44.9% of the exploitable capacity. donghekou town plant resources. There are 820 species of arbor, shrub and tree in 28 orders, 73 families, 224 genera; 150 species of wild forage in 19 families; 949 species of cultivated and wild Chinese medicinal materials; 35 species of cultivated crops in 1936 varieties, including 370 rice, 149 wheat and barley, 14 cotton, 375 vegetables, 269 melons and fruits. animal resources. The city is located in the transition zone between the two animal kingdom of the ancient North and the Oriental Ocean. According to the preliminary survey and statistics, there are more than 500 kinds of aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates in the city. There are a variety of livestock and poultry resources, including cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, bees, donkeys, horses and mules. Among them, Dabieshan cattle, Wanxi Buffalo, white goats, Huai pigs, Wanxi White geese, shouhuo geese, Chaohu duck and Mahuang chicken are excellent local breeds in the city. Aquatic animal resources include fish, shrimp, turtle, mussel, snail, etc. There are only 92 species in 19 families, 11 orders. Famous products are huaiwang fish, Wabu silver fish and Fengxia. There are 238 species of wild animals in Jianghuai Hilly wildlife area, including 23 species of mammals, 190 species of birds, 14 species of reptiles and 8 species of amphibians. There are 204 species of wildlife in Dabie Mountain, including 39 species of mammals, 120 species of birds, 30 species of reptiles and 15 species of amphibians. the city is not only rich in aboveground resources, but also rich in underground mineral resources. It has been identified that there are 24 types of minerals and 55 ore producing areas in the city. According to its industrial use, it belongs to one stone coal mine in terms of solid fuel, 14 ferrous iron and chromium mines, 4 gold, silver, lead, zinc and minerals in terms of precious metals and non-ferrous metals, 9 minerals in terms of metallurgical auxiliary materials such as siderite, magnesite, flux dolomite, silica and alunite, and phosphorus, potassium bearing rock, peridotite and alunite in terms of chemical raw materials There are 8 minerals, 2 crystal minerals belonging to special non-metallic minerals, 15 asbestos, graphite, cement limestone, porcelain stone (clay), quartz, bentonite, building stone, brick clay, etc. belonging to building materials and other non-metallic minerals, and 2 underground hot water minerals. According to the size of deposits, there are 7 large deposits, 13 medium deposits and 35 small deposits.

Urban construction

Since 2011, under the correct guidance of the scientific outlook on development, the town has firmly grasped the development as the top priority of governing and rejuvenating the country. The construction of the market town has basically realized lighting, purification and standardization, improved the construction of Huashan market integrating trade, industry, agriculture and production, invested 700000 yuan to build a three-level passenger station, built a new Dahuashan highway bridge, donghechong hope primary school, and expanded the donghekou center primary school. With a total investment of 90 million yuan, 160 commercial houses are planned to be built, and the construction of Xueyuan community with a construction area of 16302 square meters is in full swing, which further speeds up the pace of small town construction, improves the grade of market towns, and expands the scale of market towns.

Get honor

In June 2020, it was awarded the title of "the fifth civilized village in Anhui Province".

Villages under its jurisdiction

Changling village, donghekou village, Shangyan village, pailou village, Maoling village, Huashan village, donghechong village, zengtang village, sanwangchong village, nanguanting village, xuefengling village, Taipingjie village, louyoufang village, zhongwangyuan village, jinzizhai village, xiaohuachong village, Hengling village, huangnizui village, shunhedian village, baijiachong village, Sihong village, yueyatang village, huashizui village, Jingtang village, songliaoyan village Street, MaoWan village, zhanggongqiao village, sanbaodun Village

population

In 2017, there were 33002 permanent residents in donghekou town.