Mengjiang Township, Jingyu County, Baishan City, Jilin Province

Mengjiang Township

Mengjiang township is located in the southwest of Jingyu County, 126 ° 30 ′～ 126 ° 56 ′ e, 42 ° 10 ′～ 42 ° 32 ′ n, adjacent to sandaohu town and Yanping Township in the East, Jiangyuan County in the south, Liuhe County and Huinan County in the west, Longquan Town, Jingshan Town and Chisong Township in the north.

General situation

It is 38.5 km long from east to west and 34.5 km long from north to south. There are 18 administrative villages and 34 natural villages in the township. The permanent resident population is 8864 (in 2017), and the cultivated land area of the township is 23558 mu. The township government is located in the west of Baoan village, Jingyu town.

geographical position

The geographical environment of Mengjiang township is very superior. Most of the trees are coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest. The 18 administrative villages of the township surround the county seat, forming an urban economic circle relying on the county town radiation.

natural condition

Mengjiang township is a cold and humid area with an average annual temperature of 3 ℃ and a frost free period of about 110 days. The main crops are corn, soybean and millet, and the main economic crops are ginseng, American ginseng, Fritillaria, asarum and edible fungi. abundant forest resources. The total forestland area of the township is 8740 hectares, with a forest coverage rate of 72.5%. There are 605 hectares of artificial forest and 281 hectares of collective forestland. there are abundant wild animal and plant resources. There are more than 300 kinds of wild animals, such as roe deer, roe deer, sable, forest frog, more than 200 kinds of wild edible plants, such as Auricularia auricula, mushroom, Osmunda japonica, Vitis amurensis, more than 700 kinds of wild medicinal plants, such as ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, Gastrodia elata, Fritillaria, Schisandra chinensis, etc. Abundant water resources. There are 9 rivers, 4 reservoirs and 2 township level power stations with a total installed capacity of 1010 kW and an annual power generation of 1.2 million kwh. grassland resources are vast. There are many mountains and forests in the administrative area of the township, and there is a large area of grassland in the forest, which is suitable for the development of animal husbandry based on herbivorous animals. large mineral reserves. The mineral resources discovered in the township include coal, iron ore, silica, limestone, volcanic slag, diatomite, mineral water and so on. It has great potential for the development of industrial enterprises and private economy.