Shuitou Town, Fogang County, Guangdong Province

Shuitou Town

Shuitou Town is located in the east of Fogang County, 113 ° 40 ′ E and 23 ° 53 ′ n, bordering Conghua City in the southeast, Yangjiao mountain in the southwest, Jingtou town in the north, Gaogang town in the northwest and Shijiao town in the west, 11 km away from Fogang County. The total area of the town is 146.21 square kilometers, including 174   313 mu of mountainous area, 15   219 mu of cultivated land, and 11   616 mu of paddy field. The town government is located in shuitouwei, which has jurisdiction over 10 administrative villages including Tandong, Xitian, Shitan, Guitian, Guiyuan, Xinlian, Tongxi, Wangtian, Xindi and lianyao, and 1 community in Shuitou. There are 135 natural villages and 195 villager groups in the town, but there is no resident group. 24740 (2017), with an urbanization rate of 5.3%.

With convenient transportation, it is only 10 kilometers away from the county seat and Fogang exit of Jingzhu expressway. The territory is surrounded by mountains, streams and rivers, with beautiful scenery, pleasant climate, convenient transportation and rich mineral resources. The places of interest include Cui Xian temple in Song Dynasty and Huang's Dongkeng temple in Ming Dynasty. Population data (fifth census data)

Evolution of organizational system

The town is the source of Shujiang River, so it is called Shuitou. Shuitou has a long history. In 1813, it belonged to tingjihe township of Fogang County. During the period of the Republic of China, it belonged to Tianshui township of first district of Fogang County. After the founding of new China in October 1949, it belonged to Shuitou township of Second District of Fogang County. Shuitou district was set up in 1955 and changed to township in 1957. In October 1958, it belonged to Shuitou brigade of Fogang people's commune of Conghua County. In May 1961, it belonged to Shuitou commune of Fogang County In January 1997, the district was removed and the town was built, which is called Shuitou Town.

geographical environment

Shuitou Town has 373 County Road across the town. Shuitou Town is a low mountain and hilly area with high terrain in the East and low terrain in the West. Tongtian candle mountain in the east of the town is 1047 meters above sea level, the second highest peak in the county. Shuitou Town has a subtropical climate. The annual average temperature is 20.6 ℃, higher than 10 ℃, the annual accumulated temperature is about 7519 ℃, the annual average rainfall is 2206.8 mm, and the annual frost free period is about 266 days. It is rich in geothermal mineral water (i.e. hot spring). The water temperature is kept between 37 ℃ and 38 ℃ all the year round, and the daily flow is 1500 cubic meters. The natural soil is mainly red soil developed from granite, which is deep and fertile.

natural resources

It is rich in forest resources, with a forest coverage of 16400 Mu and a broad-leaved forest accumulation of more than 50000 cubic meters. Shatangju and tea are widely planted in hilly areas. Wild animals include wild boar, yellow mongrel, pangolin, beaver and so on. Mineral resources mainly include copper, graphite, coal, lead and zinc, iron ore, refractory clay, etc., which are concentrated in Tongxi, Shitan, Xindi and other places. There are abundant water resources, such as Shujiang River, which originates from Tongtian candle (mountain name) in Shuitou, Tongxi River, a tributary of Shujiang River, and huangtang Wudong water. Shujiang river flows through the town from east to west after it originates from shangtan cave in the town.

Demographic situation

24740 (2017).

Economic situation

Industry is the pillar of economic development in Shuitou Town. In 2003, there were 505 small and medium-sized township enterprises in the town, including 5 medium-sized industrial enterprises, including daily plastic, food processing, bamboo and rattan technology, printing, textile, electric power, mining, cotton processing, paper tube processing, graphite processing, brick and tile production and industry. In 2002, the total business income of township enterprises was 89.75 million yuan, and the total profit was 5.58 million yuan. There were 206 individual businesses, and individual business outlets were all over the towns and villages. The township enterprises were mainly mining, transportation and catering services. It has a comprehensive market with the market period of 3, 6 and 9 days and annual sales of more than 6 million yuan. There are 8 small hydropower stations in the town with an installed capacity of nearly 2000 kW. It has entered the high-voltage power grid of 110000 V, and 6 of them have been put into operation with an annual power generation of 5 million kwh.

The town mainly produces rice, peanuts, fruits and so on.