Fucheng Town, Fengyang County, Anhui Province

Fucheng town

Fucheng Town, subordinate to Fengyang County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province, is the seat of Fengyang county Party committee and county government, and the political, economic and cultural center of the county. The total area of the town is about 174.72 square kilometers, and the urban area is 10.8 square kilometers. On July 21, 2014, the Ministry of housing and urban rural development and other seven ministries and commissions announced the notice of the Ministry of housing and urban rural development and other departments on publishing the list of national key towns, and Fu town was selected as the national key town.

General situation of villages and towns

Fucheng town governs 30 administrative villages, 6 neighborhood committees, and has a permanent population of 110235 (in 2017). It has 110000 mu of cultivated land, 8300 mu of mountain farms, 9000 mu of forest land, and 12000 mu of water surface. In 2007, the government invested 140 million yuan in urban fixed assets. The town's GDP was 1.28 billion yuan, and its fiscal revenue was 38 million yuan. The disposable income of urban residents was 10100 yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 3600 yuan.

Historical evolution

Fu town has a long history. In the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, it was the territory of Zhongli state. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was under the jurisdiction of Haozhou Prefecture. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang originally planned to build the capital here, and built the world-famous central capital city. Since then, Fu town has been the local government, Dao and county administration. After the founding of the people's Government of Fengyang County. The historical Fucheng was built in the 20th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. The Fucheng was built in front of Fenghuang Mountain by erong'an, governor of the two rivers. The construction started in the 20th year of Qianlong reign and was completed in the 21st year. Later, it was rebuilt in the 5th year of Tongzhi because of the serious damage caused by the war. There are many places of interest and historical sites in the town, especially rich in tourism resources. For example, Longxing Temple, which is located in the northeast of Fucheng, is an important Buddhist holy land in the area of Jianghuai, and is the place where Zhu Yuanzhang relied on Buddhism when he was young. Standing in the center of the town is the Drum Tower of mingzhongdu, which is the crown of qiaolou in China. The Jiuhua barrier, which is the second of Fengyang's eight sceneries, is located in the northwest of the town 100 meters to the west is known as "Oriental Babylon, the first class of Ming Dynasty" in the Ming Dynasty. These scenic spots attract a large number of foreign tourists every year.

On May 10, 2007, the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs approved Fengyang County to merge 26 towns into 14 towns and 1 township. Among them, Chengxi Township, mentaizi town and Fucheng town were reorganized, and shanhoujie village committee and FuZiying village committee of linhuai town were merged to establish new Fucheng town.

Get honor

On September 11, 2019, Fucheng town was selected as one of the "top 100 comprehensive competitiveness of towns in Central China in 2018".