Brief Introduction of Zhang Bu Township, Pingtang County, Guizhou Province?

1. Geographical overview Pingtang is located in the middle of the southern margin of Guizhou, bordering dushan county in the east, Nandan County in Guangxi in the south, Huishui County and Luodian County in the west, and Guiding County and duyun city in the north. The county seat is located in Pinghu Town in the east of the county seat, with an altitude of 7 10/0m, 36km from Dushan, 66km from Duyun, 22km from Luodian193km from Guiyang193km from Guixin Expressway. Located in the middle subtropical karst area, the southeast slope of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is in the transition zone to the hills of Guangxi, with longitude and latitude of10640' 29 "-10726'19" and latitude of 25 29' 55 "-26 06' 4L ". The vegetation in the territory is well protected, with a forest coverage rate of 42% and beautiful natural landscape. The county is mainly mountainous, with high terrain in the northwest and low terrain in the southeast, with a relative height difference of 1000 meters.

2. Historical Evolution There is no conclusive text in the history of Pingtang County before the Tang Dynasty. The establishment of Jimi House began with the implementation of Jimi policy in Tang and Song Dynasties. The Yuan and Ming Dynasties implemented the Tusi system, which was managed by hereditary Tusi. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, officials were sent to govern. The rule of "soil flow" was gradually implemented, and in the Qing Dynasty, the privilege of chieftain was revoked by "changing soil into flow". Zhou Jianping and Datang counties were established in Pingtang area in the third year of the Republic of China (19 19), and merged into Pingtang county in the thirtieth year of the Republic of China. After the founding of New China, the administrative divisions changed slightly. 1958 abolished Pingtang county, with Caodu River as the boundary, Luodian in the north of the river and dushan county in the south. 196 1 year restored Pingtang county.

3. Administrative Divisions The county governs 9 towns, 10 townships, 12 1 administrative villages and 183 1 villagers' groups. These nine towns are Sizhai Town, Zhemi Town, Pinghu Town, Bairu Town, Yazhou Town, Tongzhou Town, Kedu Town, Tangbian Town and Datang Town. 10 townships are Karp Township, Miaoerhe Township, Bailong Township, Ganzhai Township, Kaluo Township, Gudong Township, Xiliang Township, Rat Farm Township, Qiangtang Township and Zhang Bu Township.

4. Area population The total land area of the county is 28 15 square kilometers, with the distance from east to west of 76.3 kilometers and the distance from north to south of 67.7 kilometers. There are more than 300,000 people from 24 ethnic groups including Han, Buyi, Miao and Maonan. Among them, the minority population accounts for 59.8% of the total population.

5. Climatic conditions Pingtang is located in the humid climate zone of the mid-subtropical monsoon, with no heat in summer, no cold in winter, sufficient heat, abundant rainfall and long frost-free period. Annual average temperature 17~C, frost-free period 3 12 days, annual average rainfall1259 mm. This climate is very conducive to the growth of all kinds of animals and plants, and our county has unique conditions for developing eco-tourism and eco-agriculture.

6. Land resources The total land area of the county is 4,237,500 mu, and the per capita land is 14438+0 mu. Of the total land area of the county, 2,533,500 mu can be used, accounting for 59.8% of the total area. Among them, the forestland area is nearly 700,000 mu, the exploitable barren hills and slopes are nearly 6,543,800 mu, and the effective cultivated land area is 550,000 mu.

7. The water resources rivers in the county belong to the Hongshui River system in the Pearl River Basin. There are 32 Pingzhou River, Caodu River, Wang Ba River and their tributaries, with a total length of 466.3km and a river network density of 0.17km/km2. The theoretical reserve of hydropower is 268,000 kilowatts, which can be developed and utilized 10.5 million kilowatts. There are 27 underground rivers in the county, with a main stream of ***220.9 kilometers.

8. Bio-mineral county is rich in biological resources, including dozens of rare animals such as giant salamander and more than 200 kinds of precious wild Chinese herbal medicines such as gastrodia elata. The underground mineral resources in Pingtang have been identified as coal, marble, silica, electric limestone, flower stone, purple sand and kaolin. Among them, the reserve of flower stone is about 210.7 million cubic meters, and its delicate stone and peculiar natural patterns make it a handicraft with high appreciation and collection value.