Introduction to Minle Town, Huayuan County, Hunan Province

Minle Town is located in the west of Huayuan County, 37 kilometers away from the county seat. It borders Chadong Town, Maoer Township, Paiwu Township and Lianghe Township respectively, and borders Guizhou in the west, with a total area of ??49.37 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 12 administrative villages, 2 neighborhood committees, and 118 villager groups, with a total population of 2,807 households and 13,388 people, of which the Miao population accounts for more than 90%, and the natural population growth rate is 7‰. The highest altitude is 850 meters, the lowest altitude is 310 meters, and the average altitude is 546 meters. It is a typical mountainous and hilly landform. The existing cultivated land area is 13,015.5 acres, including 8,200.5 acres of rice fields and 4,815 acres of dry soil. The forest coverage rate is 47%. The main rivers are Qingshui River, Bawu Creek, Minle Creek, Shuitian River and Chaoshui Creek. Among them, Chaoshui Creek has three tides a day, with pleasant scenery and great potential for tourism development. The climate is mild all year round, with four distinct seasons and a subtropical monsoon climate. Most of the soil is acidic soil, which is suitable for the growth of mid-late rice, corn, red sweet potato, pepper, rapeseed, peanut and other crops. At present, 8,900 acres of farmland have been converted into forests, including 6,800 acres of farmland and 2,100 acres of barren hills. 2,000 acres of golden autumn pear base and 1,000 acres of high-quality chestnut base have been built. The territory is rich in mineral resources, with proven reserves of manganese ore exceeding 20 million tons, ranking third in the country, and is known as the "Oriental Manganese Capital". There are currently 16 manganese ore mining companies, 30 rough processing companies, and 4 deep processing companies, with an annual mining capacity of 400,000 tons of manganese ore and an annual output of 30,000 tons of electrolytic manganese metal. The mileage of roads leading to villages is 40 kilometers, basically realizing "connection to every village". In 2003, the regional GDP was 93 million yuan, including 65 million yuan in industrial output, 22 million yuan in agricultural output, and 6.6 million yuan in the tertiary industry. The fiscal and tax revenue was 8 million yuan, the total grain output was 3.267 million kilograms, and the per capita net income of farmers was 1,310 yuan. Yuan.