Kequ Town, Gande County, Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province

Kequ town

Kequ Town, belonging to Gande County, Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, is located in the middle of Gande County, along the West kequ river. It is adjacent to xiazangke Township in the East, xiagongma Township in the south, Dawu Township in the north, and Dangxiang Township in the West. The maximum distance between East and West is 40 km, and the maximum distance between North and south is 93 km. The total area is 1753.33 square kilometers.

In 1959, kequ commune was established. In 2004, Dongji Township and kequ Township merged to form kequ town. By the end of 2018, the registered residence population in Ke Qu town was 11626. In 2019, kequ town governs 2 communities and 9 administrative villages, and the people's government is stationed at 20 Shengli road.

Kequ Town animal husbandry to raise horses, cattle, sheep. In 2018, there were 20 industrial enterprises in kequ town.

History of construction

In 1959, kequ commune was established.

In 1984, kequ commune was changed to kequ township.

In 2004, Dongji Township and kequ Township merged to form kequ town.

administrative division

In 2011, kequ town governs one community of kequ community and nine administrative villages of derijian, qunahe, anmuzhang, Dangwu, along, Muri, derou and Daxie.

In 2019, kequ town governs kequ community and Daxie community, including 9 administrative villages, namely Dangdang village, Muri village, along village, Dongwu village, anmuzhang village, Daxie village, qunahe village, Dechun village and delijian village, and the people's government is stationed at No. 20 Shengli road.

geographical environment

Location context

Kequ town is located in the middle of Gande County, along the West kequ river. It is adjacent to xiazangke Township in the East, xiagongma Township in the south, Dawu Township in the north and Dangxiang Township in the West. The maximum distance between East and West is 40 km, and the maximum distance between North and South is 93 km. The total area of kequ town is 1753.33 square kilometers.

topographic features

Kequ town is a Typical Alpine landform, with high terrain in the West and low terrain in the East, mostly high mountains, with an average altitude of about 4300 meters.

climate

The climate of kequ town is continental plateau climate, which belongs to humid climate zone of sub frigid zone of plateau. The average annual temperature is - 2.3 ℃, the extreme minimum temperature in January is - 3.9 ℃, and the extreme maximum temperature in July is 24.2 ℃; the average annual precipitation is 520mm, the forage growing period is 112 days, and there is no absolute frost free period.

hydrology

In kequ Town, rivers and streams crisscross, and xikequ river passes through.

natural resources

Kequ town contains coal, gold, copper and other mineral resources, as well as Cordyceps sinensis, Fritillaria, rhubarb, Qinyuan and other Chinese and Tibetan medicinal resources.

population

In 2011, the total population of kequ town was 8617, including 3024 permanent residents, with an urbanization rate of 35%; among the total population, there were 6193 males and 2424 females; the herdsmen were all Tibetans.

By the end of 2018, the registered residence population in Ke Qu town was 11626.

Economics

Kequ Town animal husbandry to raise horses, cattle, sheep. In 2011, the total grassland area of kequ town was 2.63 million mu, including 2.27 million mu of usable grassland area and 537 feed areas per capita. In 2011, there were 98300 livestock in kequ Town, including 0600 horses, 46200 cattle and 51500 sheep; the stocking rate of livestock was 35.4%; the income of animal husbandry was 7.5415 million yuan. In 2011, the per capita net income of herdsmen in kequ town was 1752.6 yuan.

In 2018, there were 20 industrial enterprises in kequ town.

social undertakings

education

At the end of 2011, there was no boarding school in kequ Town, and most of the students went to local Tibetan middle schools and ethnic primary schools. By the end of 2011, the human education rate of primary school-age children in kequ town was 100%; the human education rate of middle school-age population, the rate of primary school to primary school and the coverage rate of nine-year compulsory education reached 98%.

Cultural undertakings

By the end of 2011, kequ town had 9 village level cultural activity centers, 10 specialized cultural households, 10 libraries and more than 20000 books.

medical and health work

At the end of 2011, kequ town had 10 medical and health institutions at all levels, including 9 village level health centers, 26 beds, 3 beds per 1000 people, total fixed assets of 760000 yuan, 17 professional health personnel, including 4 licensed doctors, 2 licensed assistant doctors and 5 registered nurses. In 2011, the medical institutions in kequ town completed 7500 person times of diagnosis and treatment, and all the villagers in 9 villages participated in the new rural cooperative medical system, with the participation rate of 99.8%.

social security

In 2011, the Civil Affairs Department of kequ town subsidized 5546 people to participate in the cooperative medical system, including 790 minimum living security households and 90 five guarantee households, with a total expenditure of 299400 yuan; 239 rural minimum living security households, with 790 people; 1 nursing home, 110 beds, and 90 rural five guarantee employees; 1578 people participated in the new rural endowment insurance, with a participation rate of 73.8%.

traffic

Kequ town has Xijiu highway passing through the territory, which is 5 kilometers long.