Sigu Town, Dawu County, Xiaogan City, Hubei Province

Sigu town

Sigu town is located in the southeast of Dawu County, Hubei Province. It borders lvwang town in the East, Liuji town in the west, Hekou town in the South and Pengdian Township and lvwang town in the north, with a total area of 60.64 square kilometers. In the north, there are low mountains, hills, hillocks and plains in the middle and south. The total area of cultivated land is 19852.30 mu, including 12751.59 mu of paddy field and 7100.71 mu of dry land. The area of mountain forest is 42289.5 mu. Sigu town has 14 villager committees and 181 villager groups, with a total population of 26775 (2017). In 2006, the town's financial revenue was 1.75 million yuan. Township People's Government in sigudun, 45 kilometers northwest of the county. Sigudun was an important market town in Huang'an County in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Historical evolution

Sigu, also known as "sigudun", got its name from the fact that four girls of Yuwang city occupied the top of sigudun Village (now the seat of the people's Government of Sigu town) as kings in the spring and Autumn period. Sigudunzhaiding site was designated as a key cultural relic protection unit by Dawu County People's Government in 1981. After the establishment of Lishan County, sigudun was divided into two districts, where the District Department was once located. In 1941, it was transferred to lvhuang township. After liberation, set up a small township, is a district (later known as the estuary area). In 1977, the river was transformed into farmland in winter, and the street was moved to Dongjia hill. In September 1987, Sigu town was set up. It has jurisdiction over 12 villages including Zhuyuan, CongGang, Huishan, Tongxing, Yangjiao, Qiaobian, forestry, Hengshan, Beishan, Tianhe, Guangming, Sigu, and 168 villager groups, with a total of 4671 households and 22716 people, including 4609 agricultural households and 22354 people. There are 1 middle school and 12 primary schools in the town. Sigu has a glorious history of revolutionary struggle. During the first Civil Revolutionary War, the Peasant Movement broke out. During the second Civil Revolutionary War, the red guards of the peasants rushed to aid the jute uprising, and then established the first rural Soviet regime. At the beginning of the Anti Japanese War, the organization of the Communist Party of China took the lead in recovering in sigudun area. The main peak of Hanxiang temple is 432 meters above sea level. It is located at the southernmost end of Xianju mountain range, with long valleys and overlapping mountains. It was once the place where he Yaobang, Luo Houfu, Qian Yunhua (also known as Qian Zhuozi) and Dong Yusen and other revolutionaries of the older generation fought, leaving revolutionary relics such as "revolutionary cave" and monument to martyr Zeng Zhaobi. The Dawu family is also the hometown of Yang Song, the early excellent theorist, propagandist, revolutionary activist and the first general manager of Jiefang Daily. On the evening of October 11, 1932, the Fourth Front Army of the red army gathered 20000 people in four divisions including red 10, 11, 12, 73 and the international regiment of the Shao Communist Party in sigudun. They moved westward in two columns, left the base area of Hubei, Henan and Anhui, and entered Southern Shaanxi.

natural resources

Sigu town is located in the hills, rich in mineral resources, limestone, cement stone, clay resources, has been mining marble and quartzite. Marble is mainly white marble, tiger skin and dark green. In recent years, the town Party committee and government have firmly established the concept that town economy is investment economy. Relying on local natural resources, Huishan gravel factory, jingxiuyuan farm, Sanxin Stone Co., Ltd., Beishan Yalun embroidery factory, Hongtai Electric Appliance Factory, Hongxin brick factory, Hailong breeding farm, Dawu Xinglong Forestry Technology Co., Ltd. and Xinglong supermarket have been built. The comprehensive development projects of hanxiangsi forest farm and shiguchong reservoir, integrating red tourism, historical landscape and ecological leisure, have reached an intentional investment agreement, and the momentum of attracting investment is very strong.

infrastructure

The infrastructure of the town is improving day by day. It has built a spacious, bright and comfortable welfare home in Sigu Town, built liusi highway, laid a water pipeline from shiguchong reservoir to Sigu street, 14 villages in the town have cement (asphalt) roads, installed telephone capacity of more than 2000, and mobile and Unicom networks cover the whole town.

cultural education

Primary and secondary schools in Sigu town