Shutai Township, Haiyuan County, Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Shutai Township

Shutai township is located in the southwest of Haiyuan County, 32 kilometers away from the county. It borders Nanhua mountain conservation forest and Hongyang Township in the East, Guanzhuang Township in the south, Jingning and Huining counties in Gansu Province in the west, and Xi'an town in the north. It is the junction of the three counties (Hai, Jing and Hui) in the two provinces (ning and GaN).

geographical position

The topography of Shutai township is complex. The southeast part is a semi humid hilly area, and the northwest part is a semi-arid loess hilly area. There are 173500 mu of cultivated land, including 5076 mu of irrigated land, 52000 mu of returning farmland to forest and 2146 mu of artificial grass beds.

administrative division

The township has a total area of 393.08 square kilometers and a population of 21324 (2017). It has jurisdiction over 9 administrative villages, namely Dazui, Shutai, 200hu, Langtang, Hongjing, Xiangtong, Xinzhuang, gongwan and Hanzhuang.

code

: 640522201: ~ 200 Dazui village ~ 201 Shutai village ~ 202 200hu village ~ 203 Langtang village ~ 204 Hongjing village ~ 205 Xiangtong village ~ 206 Xinzhuang village ~ 207 gongwan village ~ 208 Hanzhuang Village

Historical evolution

Shutai township was established in 1952, commune in 1958, and township in 1984. In 1997, it covers an area of 454.2 square kilometers and has a population of 22000. It governs nine administrative villages, namely Shutai, 200hu, Langtang, Hongjing, Dazui, Xiangtong, Xinzhuangzi, shaiwan and Hanzhuang.

social development

The population of the township was 21324 (2017). It is a town where all nationalities in the county blend with each other. The construction of rural roads in Shutai is "palm shaped". Nine administrative villages are respectively distributed above the five fingers. The township government is located at the lower end of the palm, and the Xiaohong highway runs through it. There are 11 party branches in Shutai Township, with 476 party members, including 398 peasant party members, accounting for 83.6%, 307 minority party members, accounting for 64.5%, and 50 female party members, accounting for 10.5%. There are 35 schools and 67 religious places in the township. the local area has high altitude, low temperature and short frost free period, with an average altitude of 2256m, an annual average temperature of 5.5 ℃ and a frost free period of 125 days. The average annual precipitation is only about 320mm, mostly concentrated in July, August and September. Natural disasters are frequent, including drought, sandstorm, hail, frost and flood. Among them, drought is the most serious, with the frequency of 57% in spring, 50% in summer and 18% in autumn. The main mineral resources are gypsum, but the reserves are small and the mining value is not high. There are more than 800 species of wild plants, including Pteridium aquilinum, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Nostoc flagelliforme, Vallisneria, etc., which belong to more than 90 families, 400 genera, but they have not formed a considerable scale of product advantages. The main crops are potatoes, peas, buckwheat, flax, wheat and so on.