What is Pucheng?

Pucheng County, located in the northernmost part of Fujian Province, is the junction of seven counties in Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces. It borders Jiangshan City, Suichang County and Longquan City in Zhejiang Province in the north, northeast and east, Guangfeng County in Jiangxi Province in the northwest, and Songxi County, jianyang city City and Wuyishan City in the province in the southeast, south and west. The whole territory is located between east longitude1181'-11849' and north latitude 27 32'-28 22'. The county seat is located in Nanpu Town, between east longitude11831'-11833'. The county seat is 218km away from Fuzhou, the provincial capital, 50km away from Nanping150km away from Shaowu123.5km away from Wuyishan, 54km away from Saiqi Port (the nearest port to Pucheng)155km away from Fuan County. It is 302 kilometers away from Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, 89 kilometers away from Jiangshan, 20 kilometers away from Quzhou/KLOC-0 and 207 kilometers away from Wenzhou. 27 1 km from Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province; 80 kilometers away from Shangrao city; It is 464 kilometers away from Shanghai.

According to the data before 10 in 2000, the county is 6 1 km wide from east to west and 87 km long from north to south. The county's land area is 3383.02 square kilometers, accounting for 2.73% of the total land area of the province124,000 square kilometers, and its jurisdiction area is 3387.02 square kilometers (the land area minus the flower arrangement area of other counties, plus the flower planting area of other counties). At the end of June 5438 +2000 10, the legal boundary line was drawn. According to the new demarcation, the county administrative boundary line is 455.55 kilometers long. Among them, the provincial boundary is 240.95 kilometers, and the county level in the province is 2 14.6 kilometers.

The basic situation of Pucheng County can be summarized as follows:

1. One of the earliest five counties in Fujian Province. Pucheng is the birthplace of ancient Fujian-Vietnam culture, and there were human activities in the Neolithic Age. In 2005, it was rated as one of the top ten newly discovered Maoerlong ancient kiln sites in Shang Dynasty in China, which provided extremely valuable information for studying the history of early pottery making in China. Pucheng county was founded in the early years of Jian 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 196), and it has been181year. There have been 8 prime ministers, 20 ministers, 4 champions and 172 scholars in history. There are beautiful scenery and rich tourism resources in the county, including Fugai Mountain, Kuangshan Mountain and Jiudu Poetry. Jiang Yan, Lu You, Zhu, Xu Xiake, Lin Zexu and other famous historical figures have all worked and lived in Pucheng, and written a large number of outstanding works that have been widely circulated.

Two, three provinces and seven counties. Pucheng is the "North Gate" of Fujian. Since ancient times, it has been the first pass for the Central Plains to enter Fujian. It borders Jiangshan City, Longquan City, Suichang County and Guangfeng County of Jiangxi Province respectively, and borders jianyang city, Wuyishan City and Songxi County of this province. The county governs 19 townships (streets) and 296 villages (residences), with an existing population of 407,900.

Third, "eight mountains, half water and half fields". The county covers an area of 3,383 square kilometers, which is the third largest county in our province, including 4.374 million mu of mountainous area, 554,700 mu of cultivated land and 6.5438+0.5 million mu of river water area. It is the earliest commodity grain base county in China and even in the whole province. The forestry land area is 4.079 million mu, the forest coverage rate is 7.365438+0%, and the forest volume is 9.865438+0 million cubic meters. It is a key forestry county in southern China. Fourth, the mountain extends two veins, and water is injected into three rivers. The northwest of the county is an extension of Wuyi Mountain Range, and the northeast is an extension of Xianxia Mountain Range. Pucheng is one of the sources of the Three Rivers, with streams flowing into the Minjiang River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River respectively. National Highway 205 runs through nearly 100 kilometers from north to south, provincial highway Huachong runs through the east and west, and Xiaopu Line and Gu Second Line connect the northeast and northwest. The Punan Expressway under construction is the first stop for Beijing-Taiwan Expressway to enter Fujian, and it is an important transportation hub connecting Haixi District with the Yangtze River Delta.

Four, except for Shibei Town, which uses Minbei dialect, Pucheng dialect, that is, Wu dialect, is used in most other areas.