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Basic situation of Ma 'ao Town

Ma 'ao Town is located in the hinterland of xiushui county, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, 37 kilometers away from the county seat, east to Xigang Town, south to Fangcheng Scenic Area, north to Da Chun Township and west to Zhajin Town. It belongs to hilly area, and the terrain inclines from northwest to southeast. The annual average temperature is 16.5℃, and the frost-free period is about 245 days. The total area of the town 154 square kilometers. The second-class highway of Kelong Line passes through the town, and the town government is 37 kilometers away from the county seat, which is a 30-minute economic circle of the county seat. Ma 'ao Town is the seat of the former Ma 'ao District Committee and Government of xiushui county. It has jurisdiction over 19 administrative villages and 1 neighborhood committees, and 254 villagers' groups with a population of 8,900 households with 42,500 people, including 38,500 agricultural people and 4,000 urban people.

Ma 'ao Town is a water resource town. There are abundant bauxite, stone coal, shale, limestone, gold, uranium and other mineral resources. At present, there are 26 three-dimensional lime kilns with an annual output of 40,000 tons and a production history of over 100 years. There are 3 shale brick production enterprises with an investment of more than100000 yuan, which are the main producing areas of Xiushui shale brick. There are abundant hydraulic resources available for development. At present, there are * * small and medium-sized reservoirs 14. It is rich in shale gas energy and is currently being explored.

Ma 'ao Town is an important agricultural town for repairing water. The town covers an area of 27,000 mu of cultivated land, including paddy field 1.9 million mu and dry land of 0.8 million mu. The mountainous area accounts for more than 58% of the land area, and the forest area is148,000 mu, including 59,000 mu of public welfare forest, 70,000 mu of commercial forest, and the standing stock reaches 250,000 cubic meters. This year, the town has cultivated seven industries, namely sericulture, tea, chrysanthemum, cotton, plantain seeds, pig sacrifice and vegetables, and established five professional cooperatives. At present, there are 20,000 mu of high-quality rice, 3,000 mu of sericulture, 2,000 mu of tea, 2,000 mu of chrysanthemum 1500 mu of cotton, 2,000 mu of plantain seeds and more than 40,000 pigs.

Ma 'ao Town is a town with strong water repair economy. Two state-owned enterprises, Jin Dong Power Plant and No.724 Mine, have settled in Ma 'ao, and there are 7 enterprises above designated size. Convenient transportation. The newly-built second-class highway of Kelong Line is 20 kilometers in the territory, which can go directly to the county seat and connect with the infinite expressway. All the administrative villages in 19 in China are connected with cement roads. People rely on limestone, sand and other resources to develop agricultural industry, and their income has increased significantly. In 20 12, the per capita income of farmers was 2 100 yuan, which was seven percentage points higher than the per capita income of farmers in the county (196 1 yuan), and the agricultural savings deposits in the town exceeded 300 million yuan.