Potou Township, Yonghe County, Shanxi Province

Potou Township

Potou township is located 10 kilometers north of Yonghe County, adjacent to sangbi town in the East, Xi county in the north, Shilou in the West and Zhihe town in the south. It is the only way for 328 provincial highway to enter Yonghe County, known as the "North Gate" of Yonghe county.

The total area of the township is 204.08 square kilometers, with a large drainage area, many mountains and deep ditches. The area of ditch and dam is relatively large, with 3624 hectares of cultivated land, including 1958 hectares of basic farmland. The whole township has a semi-arid and semi humid continental monsoon climate with mild climate and four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 9.5 ℃, the annual rainfall is 400-500mm, and the annual average sunshine hours is about 2500 hours. The annual minimum temperature appears in January, according to the data, which is - 22.5 ℃, and the annual maximum temperature is from July to August. According to the data, the extreme maximum temperature is 37.3 ℃, and the annual frost free period is about 182 days. The township governs seven administrative villages (Potou village, suotou village, Renjiazhuang village, Chakou village, Sunjiazhuang village, hujiazhuang village and baijiaya Village), 30 villager groups and 32 natural villages, with a total of 1183 households and 4724 people (2017), and 1212 rural labor force. The climate of the whole town is full of light, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. Fertile land, ditch dam land, Sichuan land more, the production of corn, millet, potatoes, oil. The forest coverage area of the township is large. There are Chakou state-owned forest farm, and a large area of natural forest, protective forest and economic forest.