Hekou Town, Luhe County, Shanwei City, Guangdong Province

Hekou town

Hekou Town, a town under the jurisdiction of Luhe County, Shanwei City, Guangdong Province, is located in the north of Shanwei City and the south of Luhe county. It is 13 kilometers away from Luhe county. It is adjacent to Puning in the East and Lufeng in the south. It is the junction of coastal and mountainous areas. Because Beixi River, Nanxi River and Luohe River meet here, it is called Hekou, with a total area of 169 square kilometers. At the end of 2018, the total population of Hekou town registered residence was 61 thousand and 700. As of October 2019, Hekou town has jurisdiction over 18 administrative villages and 1 community.

Hekou town has about 35000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Every year, there are about 20000 migrant workers and businessmen, and about 5000 immigrants (including the park). Hekou town has always been the transportation center of Luhe county.

In 2018, there were 8 industrial enterprises in Hekou Town, and 70 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

Historical evolution

In 1958, Hekou people's commune was established.

In 1984, the commune system was abolished and Hekou township was established.

In 1987, Hekou town government was established.

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administrative division

As of October 2019, Hekou town has jurisdiction over 18 administrative villages and 1 community.

geographical environment

Location context

Hekou town is located in the north of Shanwei City and the south of Luhe County, 13 kilometers away from Luhe County, adjacent to Puning in the East and Lufeng in the south, with a total area of 169 square kilometers.

topographic features

Hekou town is the junction of coastal and mountainous areas. Surrounded by mountains, Hekou town is in the middle of hilly area with low slope, which is roughly the intersection of plain and hilly area.

climate

Hekou town has a subtropical climate. The annual temperature is 21.5 ℃, and the annual rainfall is more than 1300 mm, and the seasonal distribution is even.

hydrology

Hekou town has Luohe, Nanxi and Beixi rivers running through the town.

land resource

Hekou town has 42.25 square kilometers of cultivated land, including 21.46 square kilometers of paddy field, 126.75 square kilometers of mountainous area, and 89 square kilometers of forest land.

population

By the end of 2018, the total population of Hekou town registered residence was 61 thousand and 700.

Economics

The main economic crops in Hekou town are: green plum, litchi, longan, Huanglan, Yougan, Jiaoli, etc.

In 2006, Hekou town achieved a GDP of 457 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17%, and a total industrial and agricultural output value of 346 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28%, including 157 million yuan of agricultural output value, a year-on-year increase of 5%, 189 million yuan of industrial output value, a year-on-year increase of 42%, 3979 yuan of rural per capita annual net income, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%, and 900000 yuan of town level fiscal revenue, a year-on-year increase of 10%.

In 2018, there were 8 industrial enterprises in Hekou Town, 4 Enterprises above Designated Size, and 70 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

social undertakings

education

In 2006, there were 2 middle schools and 19 primary schools in Hekou town. Through the efforts of the "dangerous project" and "thin project", all the primary and secondary schools in the town have realized building construction. Hekou middle school raised 4.8 million yuan to build an office building and two teaching buildings a and B. the teaching buildings of Jianmen, Xinhua, Yingxia, Beizhong, Beier and Hekou Tun primary schools have been put into use. Hekou middle school got the third batch of 46 people above the a line in the college entrance examination, 19 in the undergraduate line, including one in the key undergraduate line, and 64 in the key line of Hetian middle school.

social security

In 2006, 353 people with five guarantees and 4488 family members with minimum living allowances participated in rural cooperative medical system with financial support.

Legal system construction

In 2019, Hekou town judicial office accepted 25 cases of 80 people's visits, and completed 23 cases, with a completion rate of 93%. A total of 32 cases of contradictions and disputes were accepted by the village level mediation committee, and 32 cases were settled, with a settlement rate of 100%.

traffic

Hekou town has Chaohui expressway, national highway 235, provincial highway 240 and 238 passing through.

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History and culture

Shanwei salty tea

Salty tea, popular in Shanwei City and Jieyang City, as well as parts of Guangxi and Western Hunan, is one of the grand and economic ways to receive guests in the old days. The method of making tea is to put tea into a dental bowl (a kind of special pottery with serrated inner wall), wet it, then use hard wood such as pomegranate or litchi wood to make a 3-foot-long hammer (wooden pestle) to stir and pound it back and forth, and then put cooked peanuts, sesame, mint leaves into the dental bowl one after another to form a paste, put in an appropriate amount of salt, and then pour boiling water into it Tea.

famous scenery

There are many tourist resources in Hekou Town, including xiefei's former residence, angtang shiyonglou, Beizhong "Red Village", one of the eight scenic spots of Luhe, "Nanping lion", Jianmen Forest Park, beilongmeiyuan, TianDun Yougan base and other tourist attractions.

Famous people

Xie Fei (November 1932 - October 27, 1999), a native of Luhe, Shanwei, Guangdong Province, joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in November 1947 and July 1949. He is an alternate member of the 12th CPC Central Committee, a member of the 13th, 14th and 15th CPC Central Committee, a member of the Political Bureau of the 14th and 15th CPC Central Committee, and a deputy to the 7th to 9th National People's Congress (Guangdong).

Honorary title

On December 24, 2019, Hekou town was selected into the list of national rural governance demonstration towns.