General situation of Shitang town

Shitang Town, one of the four ancient towns in quanzhou county, is located in the south of quanzhou county, 24 kilometers away from the county seat and only 100 kilometers away from downtown Guilin. Convenient transportation and highways extend in all directions. Guanbai secondary road connected with National Highway 322 passes in front of the town government. Shitang Town is the transportation hub in southern Quanzhou and the throat of Guangxi leading to Hunan and Qiongzhou provinces. At the same time, it is also the distribution center of agricultural and sideline products in Quanzhou, Xing 'an, Guanyang, Dong 'an and Daoxian in southern Hunan and Guangxi provinces, as well as Shitang, Lianghe, Anhe, Fenghuang and Jiaojiang towns in the county. It is a comprehensive central town in southern quanzhou county and an important distribution center for agricultural and sideline products in northern Guangxi.

Shitang Town has a total area of 27 1.4 square kilometers and an urban area of 4.5 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 32 village (neighborhood) committees with a total population of 87,000 and a permanent population of 20,000 in cities and towns. Shitang Town belongs to subtropical humid monsoon region, with warm climate, abundant rainfall, distinct seasons, abundant sunshine, fresh air and pure water quality. Flat terrain, red and yellow loam, unique agricultural production conditions. The town mainly grows rice, as well as miscellaneous grains such as sweet potato, corn and barley. The cash crops are ginger, taro, peanut, pepper, rape, lily and sweet potato, and the fruit production is mainly citrus, peach, plum and grape. Among them, ginger, lobster sauce, yam and betel nut taro are known as "Four Treasures of the Study" in Shitang, enjoying high reputation both inside and outside the region.