Shachang Yi nationality township, Dafang County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province

Shachang Yi nationality township

Shachang Yi township is located in the north of Baili Azalea, Jinsha in the East, Qianxi in the South and Dafang in the north. It borders Pudi Township, Dashui Township, Baina Township, Huangni Township and Yuchong township of Dafang County. The altitude is between 1450 and 1750 meters. The township government is 30 kilometers away from Huahai cultural city. 718 County Road (formerly National Highway 326) runs through the township. Hang Rui Expressway passes through the township (ramp is 12 meters away from the township government) Li), with superior geographical conditions, is an important material distribution center and an important trade market town.

Shachang township is an important business town on the ancient post road. It got its name from the smelting of cinnabar in the Qing Dynasty. It was established in 1932 and then simplified to Shachang. Shachang township was set up in 1953. In 1958, it was withdrawn from the township to build Shachang commune. In 1984, it was changed into Shachang town. In 1991, it was changed into Shachang Yi township. The township government is 30 kilometers away from Huahai cultural city. National Highway 326 runs through it. The township governs 8 villages and 1 neighborhood committee, covering an area of 97.17 square kilometers and a population of 14800. Han, Yi, Miao, Gelao and other ethnic groups live together, of which Yi, Miao and other ethnic groups account for 25.8%.

Historical evolution

Name and origin

Therefore, in the Qing Dynasty, a factory was set up to smelt cinnabar.

Evolution of administrative districts

In September 1950, it belonged to thirteen districts.

In April 1953, Dazhai village, cangtu village and Fuxin village were merged to establish Shachang township.

In September 1958, Shachang township was transformed into a commune; in November 1958, it was transformed into a management area.

In October 1961, Shachang commune was established by merging with Liangjing, the overpass management area.

In March 1963, Liangjing was set aside to restore Shachang commune.

In May 1984, Shachang commune was changed into a district.

In December 1991, the district was withdrawn and the township was built.

Administrative division:

As of June 2020, it has one neighborhood committee and five villagers' committees.

Geography and climate

The township belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate zone, the general climate characteristics are: long winter and short summer, similar spring and autumn, annual average temperature between 10-20 degrees Celsius, annual sunshine hours 1150 hours, abundant rainfall, annual rainfall of 1080 mm, frost free period of 255 days, relative temperature of 75-80%, altitude between 1450 and 1750 meters. The township is a typical dry agricultural area, the main food crops are corn and potato; the economic crops are tobacco and rape, and animal husbandry is the second economic pillar. The area suitable for animal husbandry is wide, which is conducive to the development of animal husbandry. The forest area is large, belonging to the hundred mile Rhododendron forest belt. The existing forest area is 81968.6 mu.

Development overview

The backward infrastructure has been the bottleneck restricting the economic development of the township over the years. Therefore, the township party committee and government attach great importance to their own shortcomings in development, seize the historical opportunity of western development, go up and out to run projects, strive for funds to develop themselves, and have achieved good results. In the past year, they have invested more than 4 million yuan (including poverty alleviation funds), and completed the following projects: water conservancy projects, water management More than 5000 meters of water diversion and reconstruction were carried out, and 330 small water cellars were built. So far, the "three small projects" with a total investment of 225000 yuan in the whole township have been completed (accepted on August 22, 2003). A total of 2450 households, 8 villages and 52 villager groups have been provided with drinking water. The "longing project" under construction covers the whole township.

In terms of power facilities, due to the strong support of the superior departments and units, the whole Township strives for nearly 1.3 million yuan more funds on the original basis to carry out rural power grid transformation, basically solving the problem of power consumption of the whole village group. In terms of highway construction, three village level highways with a length of 16 kilometers were built in this year, realizing the basic goal of connecting villages with highways.

economic development

In recent years, the township party committee and government have strengthened the construction of grass-roots party organizations, given full play to the vanguard and exemplary role of the party organizations, vigorously adjusted the agricultural structure, developed the rural economy, focused on the characteristic economy of flue-cured tobacco planting and grassland ecological animal husbandry, made every effort to expand the income channels of the masses, and vigorously promoted the construction of a new socialist countryside, Make unremitting efforts to realize the leap forward development of economy and society in the whole township.