In which province and city is Nanzheng District, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province located?

Belongs to: Nanzheng District, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province

Nanzheng District is located in the southwest of Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, at 106°30_--107°22_ east longitude and 32°24_ north latitude -- between 33°7_. The county borders Tongjiang County and Wangcang County of Sichuan Province in the south, with border lengths of 48.7 kilometers, 94.2 kilometers, and 15.8 kilometers respectively; it borders Ningqiang County and Mian County of Shaanxi Province in the west, with border lengths of 37 kilometers and 83 kilometers respectively; It is adjacent to Chenggu County and Xixiang County in the east, with border lengths of 79.3 kilometers and 39 kilometers respectively; in the north, it faces Hanzhong City's Hantai District across the river, with a border length of 40 kilometers, and the total county boundary is 437 kilometers. The longest straight-line distance from east to west of the county is 83 kilometers, and from north to south is 79 kilometers. The total area of ??the county is 2,823 square kilometers. Zhoujiaping Village, Chengguan Town, where the county government is based, is located in the northern part of the county, 12 kilometers northeast of Hanzhong City and 390 kilometers away from Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province (via Foping and Zhouzhi counties). There is the inter-provincial highway Hanzhong~Nanjiang Road passing through the city; it is 13 kilometers away from Hanzhong Railway Station and 10 kilometers away from Hanzhong Airport.

Administrative divisions

Nanzheng County has jurisdiction over 18 towns and 12 townships:

Towns: Chengguan Town, Shengshui Town, Dahekan Town, Xieshui Town , Liangshan Town, Yangchun Town, Gaotai Town, Xinji Town, Lianshui Town, Huangguan Town, Qingshu Town, Hongmiao Town, Moujiaba Town, Fazhen Town, Xiangshui Town, Xiaonanhai Town, Beiba Town, Yuanba Town

Townships: Hujiaying Township, Xiema Township, Guotan Township, Renshui Township, Lianghe Township, Tangkou Township, Xishen Township, Gaojialing Township, Xihe Township, Fucheng Township, Baiyu Township Township, Weijiaqiao Township

Organization History

Nanzheng has a long history and a long history. The Paleolithic and Neolithic relics discovered by archaeologists in the Liangshan area in the north of the county have confirmed that ancient humans lived and multiplied in Nanzheng as early as hundreds of thousands of years ago; during the primitive commune period, there were relatively developed Agriculture, animal husbandry, and handicrafts. Nanzheng is one of the birthplaces of human civilization in the Han River Basin, and traces of the continuation of human society from ancient times to the present can be found here.

Nanzheng was an important town in the middle reaches of the Han River in the Zhou Dynasty, and was established as a county during the Warring States Period. It is one of the earliest counties in Shaanxi. After the Qin Dynasty built the city of Nanzheng in 451 BC, it became the Hanzhong County and Dao Prefecture and attached it to Guoshou County.

When Liu Bang, the emperor of Han Dynasty, was the king of Han Dynasty, he used Nanzheng as his capital; at the end of Han Dynasty, Zhang Lu established a regime integrating Orthodoxy (Five Pecks of Rice and Taoism) here for nearly 30 years;

During the Three Kingdoms period, Shu Han and Cao Wei had a fierce battle in the Nanzheng area;

During the Taishi reign of Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, Nanzheng was the seat of Liangzhou and Hanzhong counties. In the third year of the Western Wei Dynasty (554) when the emperor was deposed, Nanzheng County was changed to Guangyi County, and the administrative seat remained unchanged; in the early years of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty, it was renamed Nanzheng County;

The first year of Wude, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty (618) , Hanchuan County was abolished and Liangzhou was established, and Nanzheng was the state seat; in the first year of Taizong Zhenguan (627), Nanzheng was a county under Liangzhou in Shannan Road;

In the Song Dynasty, Nanzheng was a county under the jurisdiction of the government and Road and government office;

In the Yuan Dynasty (1271~1368), Shaanxi Xingzhongshu Province was established, Nanzheng was governed by Xingyuan Road, and Nanzheng County was officially placed under Shaanxi;

Ming Dynasty During the Qing Dynasty, Nanzheng was governed by the Hanzhong Prefecture. During the late Ming Dynasty, the peasant uprising army left many evocative stories of struggle in the Nanzheng area;

During the Qing Dynasty, Nanzheng was a county under the jurisdiction of the Hanzhong Prefecture of the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province.

In the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), Hanzhong Road was abolished and Nanzheng County was directly under the jurisdiction of the province. In the early 1930s, Nanzheng County was an important part of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base created by the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. On December 6, 1949, Nanzheng County was liberated by the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and Nanzheng was immediately divided into Nanzheng County. and Nanzheng City. Nanzheng County moved its administration to Shibalipu, east of Hanzhong City. Except for Hanzhong City and its suburbs, which were returned to Nanzheng City, the remaining market towns and villages were still under the jurisdiction of Nanzheng County.

At the end of 1954, Beiba District in Tongjiang County, Sichuan Province was placed under Nanzheng County. At the end of 1958, Nanzheng County was abolished and its jurisdiction was merged into Hanzhong City. In September 1961, counties and cities were divided into five districts south of the Han River: Lengshui, Hanshan, Hongmiao, Nanhai, and Beiba under the jurisdiction of Nanzheng County; Gaotai, Xinji, and Huangguan districts under the jurisdiction of Baocheng County; and the former Liping Center. Part of the district is Nanzheng Xinzheng District.

Today's Nanzheng County is actually an old-name new county composed of four counties (districts) in the two provinces. It is a county under the jurisdiction of Hanzhong City (prefecture level) in Shaanxi Province.

In June 1996, with the approval of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, districts were removed and merged into townships, and the original 9 districts, 10 towns, and 58 townships under the county's jurisdiction were merged into 19 towns and 19 townships; in November 2001, with the approval of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, the villages and towns were merged. The county governs 18 towns and 12 townships. There are 501 administrative villages below townships and 3,805 village groups below villages. In April 2002, 14 community residents' committees were established.

Topography

Nanzheng is part of the mountainous area of ??southern Shaanxi in the landform division of Shaanxi. The Micang Mountains that run across the territory form the skeleton of the landscape, and the Han River surrounds the northeast. The terrain is higher in the south and lower in the north, with a ladder-like distribution. From north to south, the county is divided into plain areas (part of the Hanzhong Plain), low mountain and hilly areas (part of the low hills and mountains of Daba Mountain), and Zhongshan District (part of the Micang-Daba Mountain tectonic denudation mid-mountain). The areas of the three main landforms account for 11.8%, 22.5% and 65.7% of the county's total area respectively. The lowest point in the county is the Han River beach in the east of Shengshui Town, with an altitude of 484 meters; the highest point is Tiechuan Mountain at the junction of Beiba Town and Sichuan Province in the south, with an altitude of 2,468 meters; the relative height difference is 1,984 meters.

River Hydrology

There are 9 main rivers in the county. Except for the Han River crossing the border, it is bounded by the main ridge of Micang Mountain. On the north slope are Lianshui River, Lengshui River and Yangshui River. The river merges into the Han River; on the south slope, there are Xiliu River, Beiba River, Hou River, Changtan River and Jiaojia River which merge into the Jialing River in Sichuan Province. The total length of the river is 365.4 kilometers. There are 65 tributaries with a drainage area of ??more than 10 square kilometers and a total length of 886 kilometers. The river network density is 0.46 kilometers per square kilometer. The annual runoff depth of the river is 835.14 mm, and the total runoff volume is an average of 235.2 billion cubic meters over the years. The distribution within the year is highest from July to October, accounting for 53.7% of the whole year; the runoff in May and June only accounts for 16% of the whole year. This has caused difficulties in using water for rice transplanting in some areas in summer.

[Commentary on Meteorological Elements]

The temperature was the highest in 2002. There was no severe cold in winter and extremely hot summer. The temperature in winter, summer and autumn continued to be high. The average temperature of the year before last was 15.1, which was higher than normal. It was 0.9 higher, the highest on record.

Mineral Resources

The county is relatively rich in mineral resources, with large reserves and high taste. There are 24 types of mineral resources discovered and 139 mineral deposits. After varying degrees of exploration, there are 10 minerals with proven basic reserves and resources, and 24 mineral origins. Among the mineral resources, there are 8 types of metals: iron, titanium, vanadium, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, and cobalt; 16 types of non-metals: dolomite, quartzite, quartz sandstone, basalt, feldspar, pyrite, phosphorus, limestone, kaolin, brick clay, marble, granite, crystal, barite, coal, mineral water, etc. Metal minerals are mainly distributed in the Beiba area, while non-metallic minerals are distributed in shallow hills and hills. Among the mineral deposits, limestone, granite, quartz sandstone, dolomite, kaolin, etc. occupy an important position in Hanzhong. In particular, the limestone distributed in Shang and Xialiang Mountains has large reserves, reaching 126.13 million tons, and is of high grade and easy to mine. Silicon ore reserves are approximately 10 million tons. There are 8.82 million tons of iron ore, and the potential economic value of mineral resources with proven reserves (at constant prices in 1990) is estimated to be about 75.4 billion yuan. At present, except for the 14 minerals that have been or are initially mined, the rest are yet to be developed and utilized.

Biological Resources

Nanzheng is located in the transitional area between north and south, which is suitable for the growth and reproduction of a variety of animals and plants. Artificially cultivated plants mainly include rice, wheat, corn, potato, sweet potato, rape, tobacco leaves, peanuts, etc. The main vegetables include 34 kinds of radish, cabbage, tomato, cucumber, bitter melon, eggplant, yam, melon, etc. In addition, aquatic economic crops such as lotus root are spread throughout rivers and ponds. The wild plants are mainly trees, shrubs, Chinese medicinal materials, flowers and grasses. There are 57 families and 164 species of trees and shrubs known, mainly including Pinus tabulaeformis, Bashan pine, Masson pine, lacquer, fir, cypress, toon, bamboo, etc.; there are also tung trees, camellia oleifera, tea, tangerines, tangerines, palms, and bamboos. and other subtropical tree species; medicinal tree species mainly include Eucommia ulmoides, Magnolia officinalis, and camphor; rare tree species mainly include fir, ginkgo, Torreya, Liriodendron tulipifera, etc. There are about 14 families and 18 species. There are many varieties, good quality and large quantities of plants used in Chinese herbal medicine. There are 661 types in total, 169 of which have been developed. The bulk medicinal materials mainly include Eucommia ulmoides, Gastrodia elata, turmeric, Wuyao, Codonopsis pilosula, Yuanhu, gardenia, asarum, honeysuckle, etc. The precious medicinal materials include musk, bear bile, bezoar, coptis, etc. Among them, Codonopsis pilosula, Gastrodia elata, Polygonum multiflorum, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, etc. are widely distributed and produced in large quantities, and are traditional exported medicinal materials.

The county has more than 180,000 hectares of forestry land, with a forest coverage rate of 61.18% and a total reserve of standing trees of 11.88 million cubic meters. The county has nearly 32,600 hectares of grassland, with an available area of ??30,600 hectares, of which 23,000 hectares have been utilized, accounting for 75% of the available area, including 33 large grasslands of more than 300 acres. There are as many as 600 species of grassland plants in 56 families, and more than 500 species can be used as forage.

[Animal Resources]

5 orders, 11 families, and 18 species of mammals have been discovered, 9 orders, 22 families, and 81 species of birds; 3 orders and 7 families of amphibians and reptiles have been discovered , 14 species.

[Water resources]

The county is densely covered with rivers and has abundant water. The total amount of water resources is 2.44 billion cubic meters, of which 2.35 billion cubic meters are surface water resources. The per capita amount of water resources is 4,527 cubic meters, which is 55% higher than the 2,685 cubic meters per person in the whole vehicle; the cultivated land occupies 79,707 cubic meters per hectare, which is higher than the per capita occupancy in Shaanxi Province and the country.

Tourism resources

Nanzheng is located between Qinling Mountains and Bashan Mountain. The ups and downs of mountains and rivers and the warm and humid sea and land climate have formed the unique natural scenery and scenery of lakes and mountains in the Qinba Mountains of southern Shaanxi.

On November 12, 2019, the Ministry of Water Resources announced the second batch of counties (districts) that have met the standards for water-saving society construction, and Nanzheng District was on the list.

In March 2019, Nanzheng District was included in the first batch of counties and counties for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics (Sichuan-Shaanxi area).

On February 21, 2017, Nanzheng District was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in the country in 2016.

On March 10, 2015, Nanzheng District won the honor of the third batch of advanced units in the national rule of law county and city creation activities.