What are the characteristics of the geographical environment, history, culture and customs of ningqiang county, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province?

Ningqiang county is located in the southwest corner of Shaanxi Province, bordering Sichuan in the south and Gansu in the west. From north to east, it is adjacent to Lueyang, Mianxian and Nanzheng in turn. Qinling mountains run across the north and Bashan mountains run across the south. It is a mid-level county, where the north meets the south, and the dragon replaces Shu, which is the land of "eight mountains-land and water division". Geographical coordinates are: east longitude10520'10 "~10635'18", north latitude 32 37' 06 "~ 3312' 42", which is the highest elevation in the county. It has jurisdiction over 2459 villagers' groups in 32 townships (including 1 1 townships) and 366 administrative villages with a total population of 326,300 people, mainly Han, Hui, Manchu, Zhuang and Bai1kloc-0/ethnic minorities. There are 440,000 mu of cultivated land, including 76,000 mu of paddy fields, and the per capita cultivated land is 1.48 mu.

The climate is mild and the rainfall is abundant. Biology, minerals and hydropower resources are the three dominant resources of Ningqiang. The county is rich in forest resources, with a total of 282 species of trees, including 7 species of Linderae and Eucommia ulmoides, which are under national key protection. The forest land is 310.6 million mu, the forest coverage rate is 49.8%, and the total volume reaches 410.98 million cubic meters. There are two forest farms, namely Wudingguan and Shishi. Seven production bases, such as Eucommia ulmoides Oliv., Gastrodia elata and Panax quinquefolium, edible fungi such as auricularia auricula and Lentinus edodes, and dried and fresh fruits such as walnuts and persimmons, have been initially formed. Raw lacquer and tung oil are traditional projects of Ningqiang with a long history. Famous teas such as "Ningqiang Que Tongue" and "Jinniu Jujube" are famous at home and abroad. There are 142 species of wild animals, belonging to 18 orders, 50 families and 50 species of national first-class and second-class key protected animals. Ningqiang grassland is rich in resources and suitable for breeding. Cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry have become the leading industries in the county. Ningqiang is located in the triangle of Ningluemian, with superior metallogenic conditions and rich mineral resources, ranking second in Hanzhong City. There are 3/kloc-0 kinds of metallic and nonmetallic deposits, with an ore volume of 268.4 million tons and a potential value of 6543.8+0.32 billion. Among them, there are 5 kinds of metal deposits with 42 occurrences, mainly including iron, copper, manganese, zinc and gold. After preliminary verification, the single gold reserve is more than 30 thousand kilograms. Non-metallic mineral deposits account for 94% of the county's mineral deposits, which constitute the main body of the county's mineral deposits, mainly including asbestos, phosphorus, sulfur, barite, marble, granite, sepiolite and chrysanthemum stone. There are two major water systems in the county, Jialing River and Hanshui River, which contain hydropower resources of174,600 kilowatts. The total installed capacity of developed small hydropower stations is 1.23 million kilowatts. Erlangba Hydropower Station, a provincial key construction project under construction, is planned to have an installed capacity of 50,000 kilowatts and an annual power generation capacity of 200 million kWh.

Ningqiang is located at the eastern end of the national key scenic spot "Jianmen Shudao", with mountains and Cui Wei, majestic caves and valleys, falling snow, lush trees and beautiful scenery of Qinba, which makes history in an instant. There are three famous soldiers, Zhao Yun, stationed in Zi Long Mountain, Wang Yu Monument, where Dayu is said to have been to the source of Hanshui River, Longmen Cave where Lu You wrote poems, and the remains of the ancient road, Jinniu Gorge, Wudingguan and the First Pass of Western Qin, still exist. Zhuge Liang set out for the Northern Expedition, and Tang went through the customs and left for Shu. In the early Qing Dynasty, Shaanxi Governor Wang Zaiqiang launched an anti-Qing mutiny. Famous poets of past dynasties wrote immortal poems about Ning Qiang. Many slogans and other precious revolutionary cultural relics left by the Red Army during the Long March are rare revolutionary traditional education materials.