Tonghongdian Yi and Miao Township, Huaning County, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province

Tonghongdian Yi and Miao nationality township

Tonghongdian Yi and Miao Township in Huaning County is 51 kilometers away from the county seat, covering an area of 114.50 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 6 village committees with 10866 people. The highest altitude is 2624 meters, the lowest altitude is 1170 meters, and the height difference between the two poles is 1454 meters. It has an obvious three-dimensional climate. It is a typical agricultural township in mountainous areas, and also one of 506 poverty alleviation villages and 17 old revolutionary base areas in yuanyunnan province.

The township has a cultivated land area of 18033 mu. The proven mineral resources in the territory include phosphate, lead-zinc, barite, copper, gypsum, etc. The geothermal resources include Yuanyang hot spring, which is exposed in the limestone aquifer of the Silurian yulongsi formation. It is a fault zone type hot spring and belongs to deep circulating groundwater. It contains boron, lithium, strontium and other elements. The water temperature is 48-49 ℃, and the average discharge is 0.2 m3 / s. The forest area is 43951.5 mu, and the forest coverage rate is 27.93%. the majority of ethnic minorities are Yi and Miao. There are 25 villagers' groups living in concentrated and scattered communities, and 20 villagers' groups living in concentrated communities of pure ethnic minorities. The Yi people use sunie, Xiqi and azhe dialects, and the Miao language belongs to Sino Tibetan language family. Bilingual teaching is necessary for school-age children in minority areas. Rich ethnic customs. the township party committee and government have established the development strategy of "building the township by ecology, invigorating the township by agriculture and revitalizing the township by science and education" and the development idea of highlighting the four major industries of "tobacco, livestock, fruit and vegetable". At present, the township has been implemented step by step in an orderly manner according to the plan.