Huodehong Town, Ludian County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province

Huodehong town

Huodehong town is located in the southwest of Ludian County and connected with Dashui in the northeast. It faces Liyuan township of Huize County across Niulan River in the south, Baogunao town of Qiaojia county in the southwest and Longtoushan town in the northwest.

physical geography

The town is high in the north and low in the south, with high mountains and steep slopes. The highest altitude is 2496 meters, and the lowest altitude is 1100 meters. The altitude difference is 1396 meters. The annual average temperature is 14 ℃, and the average rainfall is about 800 mm, The frost free period is about 200 days. It is a typical three-dimensional climate, with alpine mountain climate and extremely hot valley climate. It is famous for its beautiful ecological environment, rich mineral resources, water conservancy and tourism resources, and rich in early maturing vegetables.

socioeconomic

The township governs 6 villager committees, 107 villager groups, 4922 households and 19567 permanent residents (in 2017). There are four ethnic groups, Han, Hui, Yi and Zhuang, with strong ethnic customs. With a land area of 91.91 square kilometers, the main grain is rice, corn and potato, and the main cash crops are flue-cured tobacco, early maturing vegetables and dried fruits

natural resources

The town is located in two towns inside and two counties outside. The Niulan river passes through the town and is rich in water resources. There is a large gap between the two sides of the town, and the mountains on both sides are firm, which is suitable for the construction of small and medium-sized hydropower stations. There are a large number of coal, lead, zinc, sulfur, iron and other mineral resources in the town, especially lead, zinc and sulfur. There are four villages with 62 villager groups below 2000 meters above sea level, with 6740 mu of arable land and 20000 mu of suitable forest land, which provides a basis for the development of early maturing vegetables and economic fruits The favorable conditions of climate, soil and light, good forest coverage and beautiful ecological environment, both alpine mountain climate and hot subtropical Valley climate, form a unique and distinctive tourism resources.