Where is Daocheng?

Daocheng County is located in the southwest edge of Sichuan Province in China, south of Ganzi Prefecture. Located in the southeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, east of Hengduan Mountains. Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture belongs to Kangba Tibetan area. Daocheng County spans 27 58' ~ 29 30' north latitude, 99 56' ~ 65 438+000 36' east longitude, with a length of 174 km from north to south and a width of 63 km from east to west. It is bordered by Jiulong County in the east, Xiangcheng County in the west, Litang County in the north, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County in the south and Yunnan in the southwest.

By the end of 20 1 1, Daocheng County covers an area of 7,323 square kilometers, governing 12 townships, 2 towns, 2 communities and 124 villages. 20 1 1 The total population at the end of the year was 32,450, of which Tibetans accounted for more than 96%.

Daocheng, called "Daoba" in ancient times, means an open place at the mouth of the valley in Tibetan.

The Eastern Han Dynasty was the land of the White Wolf and Qiang people.

Tang belongs to Tubo.

Yuan belongs to the propaganda department of Tubo and other provinces.

Ming dynasty belongs to dogandus.

Qing belongs to Litang Tusi. In the thirty-third year of Guangxu, Daocheng County was officially approved and placed under Kangding Prefecture. "Xikang Tujing" records: "In the thirty-third year of Guangxu, rice was planted here, so it was renamed Daocheng County, and I wish it success."

In the 28th year of the Republic of China (AD 1939), Xikang Province was established and renamed Daocheng County, which belongs to the fifth administrative supervision area of Xikang Province.

1950 65438+February belongs to Xikang Tibetan Autonomous Region. 1955, belonging to Xikang Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture; 1955 belongs to Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

On June 25th, 2002, at 65438, Ziwa Township was renamed Shangri-La Township.

On February 10, 2009, the Sichuan Provincial People's Government (Chuanfu Civil Affairs [2009] No.6) agreed that Daocheng County should withdraw from Shangri-La Township to build a town. Cancel Shangri-La Township, build Shangri-La Town, and the people's government of the town is located in Xia Yong Village, which governs the original administrative area of Shangri-La Township.

administrative division

In 2007, the county administered 65,438+0 towns and 65,438+03 townships: Zhu Jin, Sangdui, Shengmu, Riverside, Sela, Julong, Dengbo, Mula, Songka, Shangri-La, Mengzi, Geka, Xia Ji and Eya.

Split evolution

20 19 12. The Sichuan Provincial People's Government approved Ganzi Prefecture to adjust the administrative divisions of some towns and villages in six counties (cities) such as kangding city, and some towns and villages in Daocheng County were adjusted: Sela Township and Binhe Township were abolished and Gatong Town was established. The original administrative areas of Sela Township and Binhe Township were Gatong Town, and Gatong Town People's Government was stationed in Group 2 of Zhongdui Village.

Population and nationality

According to the data of the sixth census in 20 10, the total population of the county is 28,228, of which 26,954 are Tibetans, accounting for 94%. The agricultural population is 25,455, accounting for 88.8%.

20 1 1 At the end of the year, the total population of Daocheng County was 32,450, with a natural population growth rate of 5.8‰.

The ethnic groups in Daocheng County are mainly Tibetans, accounting for more than 96%, as well as Yi, Han, Qiang, Miao, Hui, Mongolian, Tujia, Lisu, Manchu, Yao, Dong, Naxi, Buyi, Bai, Zhuang and Dai.

geographical environment

Location context

Daocheng County is located in the southwest edge of Sichuan Province, southwest of Ganzi Prefecture, southeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and east of Hengduan Mountains. Daocheng County spans 27 58' ~ 29 30' north latitude, 99 56' ~ 65 438+000 36' east longitude, with a length of 174 km from north to south and a width of 63 km from east to west. It borders Jiulong County in the east, Xiangcheng County in the west, Litang County in the north, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County in the south and Yunnan Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the southwest, covering an area of 7,323 square kilometers.

topography

Daocheng County is high in the north and low in the south, high in the west and low in the east. The highest elevation in the territory is 6032 meters, the lowest elevation is 2000 meters, and the vertical height difference is 4032 meters.

The northern part of the plateau is a wide valley area, in which Haizishan is the largest ancient ice body relic on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is known as the "Daocheng ancient ice cap". Its ice erosion surface is fully developed, and ice erosion rock basins are scattered all over. There are large and small Haizi 1 145 in more than 3200 square kilometers. The central part is the mountain plain area, including Chushan and Dongyi River.

land

Daocheng County has a total land area of 7,323 square kilometers, including 965,648,372 mu of natural soil, accounting for 99.36% of the county's total land area. Because the county is located in the high mountain area, mountain plain area and hilly plain area of the plateau, there are many canyons and gullies. Flat dam, with complex rock strata, diverse parent materials and obvious vertical zoning. Most of the soil in the county is physically weathered soil, with poor texture, many rock fragments, large lime soil area, generally sandy soil, thin soil layer, lack of phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium, and lack of nutrients.

According to the results of soil survey in Daocheng County, there are 12 soil types, 15 subcategories, 18 soil genera and 27 soil species in the county.

hydrology

There are three rivers in Daocheng County-Daocheng River, Songka River and Dongyi River. The tributaries are Julong River and Echu River, all of which flow into Shuiluo River in Muli County and into Jinsha River, belonging to Jinsha River water system. The source of Daocheng River is located at the southern foot of Haizi Mountain, with developed tributaries, wide terraces and long flow 104 km. At the northern foot of Apollowa Mountain at the source of Songkhla River, the flow length is121km; Dongyi River originates from the southern foot of Chushan, with a total length of11km.

climate

Daocheng County is located in the subtropical climate zone. Influenced by the complex topography of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it shows the characteristics of plateau climate and continental climate, belonging to plateau monsoon climate. The weather is clear and sunny most of the year, and the annual effective light reaches about 1750 hours. It is rainy and foggy in summer and rainy in the afternoon. Even in rainy and snowy weather, it often lands at night. Daocheng county plateau,