Dongping Town, Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province

Dongping town

Dongping Town, a town under the jurisdiction of Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, is located in the northwest of Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, 14 kilometers away from the county. The town covers an area of 332.97 square kilometers, integrating Yao District, mountainous area, reservoir area and ecological development area. In 2018, Dongping town had 12914 registered residence population. As of June 2020, Dongping town has 1 community and 10 administrative villages.

Dongping town was formed by the merger of Longnan town and Dongping town in May 2005. Dongping town is one of the three Yao towns in Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County. The Yao population accounts for 54.99% of the total population. Beijing Zhuhai Expressway, national highway 323, provincial highway S258 and pingru highway run through.

In 2018, Dongping town had 31 industrial enterprises and 4 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

Historical evolution

In 1983, it was Dongping district and Longnan District.

In 1986, it was changed to Dongping Township and Longnan township.

In 1993, Longnan withdrew the township and built a town.

In 1994, Dongping town was built from township.

It was abolished and merged into Longping town in 2005.

administrative division

In 1996, Dongping town governed Changxi, Dongtian, Xincun, Chaping and Xiazhai; Longnan town governed Fangwu, nanshai, tangpen, Xinjian and Tixia.

As of June 2020, Dongping town has 1 community and 10 administrative villages: Longhu community, Dongtian village, Changxi village, Xincun village, Chaping village, Xiazhai village, nanshai village, Fangwu village, tangpen village, Longxi village and Tixia village.

geographical environment

Location of context

Dongping town is located in the northwest of Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, with an administrative area of 332.97 square kilometers. Dongping town nestles on the Bank of nanshai lake, the third largest reservoir and famous scenic spot in Guangdong Province. It has a strip of water in the East with Bibei and Youxi towns, Rucheng town in the south, Luoyang Town in the West and Daqiao town in the north.

topographic features

Dongping town is a typical mountainous landform, known as "eight mountains, one water and one land".

climate

Dongping town has a subtropical monsoon climate.

hydrology

Located in Dongping Town, nanshai reservoir is the third largest artificial freshwater lake in Guangdong Province. In September 1998, with the approval of the people's Government of Guangdong Province, all the waters of nanshai reservoir were designated as the first-class drinking water source protection zone, and the rain collection area within 80 km of the reservoir area was designated as the second-class drinking water source protection zone, which was also listed as the second-class drinking water source by Shaoguan City.

natural resources

The per capita cultivated land area of Dongping town is only 0.4 mu, and the forest coverage rate is 93%.

population

In 2017, there were 9099 permanent residents in Dongping town.

In 2018, Dongping town had 12914 registered residence population.

Dongping town is one of the three Yao towns in Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County. The Yao population accounts for 54.99% of the total population.

Economics

In 2018, Dongping town had 31 industrial enterprises and 4 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

traffic

Dongping town traffic is more developed, Beijing Zhuhai Expressway, national highway 323, provincial highway S258, pingru highway run through.

Specialty food

Nanshui Megalobrama amblycephala

In Dongping Town, high quality fish such as Megalobrama amblycephala are cultivated. Nanshui Megalobrama amblycephala is a special product of Ruyuan County in Shaoguan City. It is produced in Nanshui reservoir and Hengxi reservoir of Ruyuan County in Shaoguan City. It is a high-quality freshwater fish introduced and domesticated by the Department of biology of South China Normal University and the Fisheries Bureau of Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County from 1989 to 1991. The Nanshui reservoir and Hengxi reservoir in Ruyuan County have sufficient water resources, fresh water quality and no pollution, which meet the national fishing standards and are suitable for the cultivation of Megalobrama amblycephala. Nanshui trigonal bream belongs to the genus Megalobrama of Cyprinidae. It is a kind of omnivorous fish in the middle and lower layers of the water body. It feeds on Cladocera. The adult fish mainly feeds on aquatic plants such as Vallisneria and Hydrilla verticillata. At the same time, it also feeds on molluscs such as freshwater shell vegetables and aquatic insects. It can also feed commercial fish with high requirements for water quality. Fresh water quality and high dissolved oxygen are the necessary conditions for its life. Nanshui Megalobrama has the characteristics of large body, thick meat, small head, short body, less bone spines, tender and smooth meat, and delicious taste, which is a treasure of freshwater fish.

Megalobrama amblycephala can breed naturally in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and other waters to form a population. It grows fast, has good meat quality, is easy to catch, and has high value. It has become an excellent species for fish breeding in inland waters. Nanshui Megalobrama amblycephala

famous scenery

Nanshaihu National Wetland Park in Ruyuan, Guangdong

Guangdong Ruyuan nanshai Lake National Wetland Park is located in Dongping Town, 16 kilometers southwest of Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, mainly including nanshai lake and its surrounding areas, with a total planning area of 6283.7 hectares. On August 8, 2012, the Management Office of Ruyuan nanshaihu Wetland Park in Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County was officially put into operation. The water area of nanshai reservoir in the wetland park is 57000 mu, with a storage capacity of 1.25 billion cubic meters. The average water depth is 45 meters, and the deepest reaches 120 meters. It is the third largest man-made lake in Guangdong, with excellent water quality, and belongs to the first-class drinking water source protection zone in Guangdong. Wetland park is rich in wetland resources and diverse in types. The complex wetland ecosystem composed of river wetland, Lake wetland, swamp wetland and forest is the main body, which is typical and representative in China. There are 983 kinds of plants, including 9 National Rare and protected plants, 235 wild vertebrates and 487 non vertebrates, including 23 national key protected animals and 13 Guangdong key protected animals.