Customs of Heyuan

1, Heyuan City is a prefecture-level city approved by the State Council 1988 1.7, which governs Yuancheng District, Dongyuan County, Longchuan County, Zijin County, Lianping County and peace county City.

There are 1 19 township and sub-district offices in the city. By September 20th, 2003, the whole city had merged 17 townships as required, accounting for 14.8% of the total number of townships.

There are 98 townships, 4 sub-district offices, 1394 village committees and 149 community neighborhood committees in the city.

2. Heyuan City is located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, in the middle and upper reaches of Dongjiang River.

Its range is from east longitude 1 14 minutes to north latitude 1 15 degrees 36 minutes to 24 degrees 27 minutes.

It borders Meizhou and Shanwei in the east, Huizhou in the south, Shaoguan and Huizhou in the west and Jiangxi Province in the north.

Urban area 1.58 million square kilometers.

Heyuan is the first city in Beijing and Kowloon to enter Guangdong, and it is also the city with the longest railway in Guangdong Province. Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Guangzhou-Meizhou Railway, 105 National Highway, 205 National Highway, He Hui, Hemei Expressway and Guangdong-Jiangxi Expressway have built a transportation network extending in all directions, which is an important transportation hub in northeast Guangdong.

3. Heyuan, which belonged to southern Xinjiang of Yangzhou in ancient times, belonged to Chu in the Warring States Period, and Qin was located in Longchuan County.

In the first year of Qi Yongming in the Southern Dynasties (483), Longchuan was located in Heyuan County, belonging to Nanhai County.

In 503, Nantianliang belonged to Lianghua County, Sui and Tang Dynasties belonged to Zhou Xun, and in the first year of Ganheng in Nanhan (9 17), Zhou Xun was divided into Zhou Zhen and Zhou Xun, and Heyuan belonged to Zhou Xun.

In the fifth year of Song Tianxi (102 1), Zhou Zhen was changed to Huizhou.

In the second year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1369), Zhou Xun was merged into Huizhou, and the Heyuan area was attached to Chaoshun Road in Guangdong Province in 19 13, directly under the Guangdong Revolutionary Dongjiang Management Committee.

After the founding of New China, it successively belonged to Dongjiang Administrative Committee, Dongjiang Administrative Office, Yuedong Administrative Office, Shaoguan District and Huiyang District.

1988 65438+1October 7th, the State Council approved the cancellation of Heyuan County and the establishment of Heyuan City, which governs Yuancheng District, Suburb, Longchuan County, Zijin County, Lianping County and peace county; On March 2nd, 1988, the municipal party committee and the municipal government officially opened for business.

1In August, 1992, Heyuan City was incorporated into the coastal economic open zone with the approval of the State Council, becoming an area that can enjoy preferential policies for both mountainous areas and coastal open zones.

1993165438+1October 8th, the State Council approved the abolition of the suburb of Heyuan City and the establishment of Dongyuan County, with the county party committee and county * * * located in Tangxian Mujing.

Heyuan City is the center of Hakka settlement in Dongjiang River Basin.

During the "Baiyue" period, Vietnamese in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were scattered among ethnic minorities, which played an important role in Guangdong's opening up.

After Qin Ping Baiyue, he moved to Guangdong and Guangxi, settled in Shaanxi and Gansu, and brought the Yellow River culture.

Since then, in the Central Plains war, groups of immigrants have entered Lingnan.

These people who moved to the south assimilated with the local indigenous peoples and gradually formed Hakka civilization iv. At the end of 2003, the registered population of public security in the city was 334 1.300, an increase of 23,900 or 0.72% over the previous year.

The population density is 2 12 people per square kilometer; The birth rate is 1 1.3‰, the death rate is 4.75‰, and the natural growth rate is 6.56‰.

There are five ethnic groups in the city, with the Han population accounting for the vast majority, and a few ethnic minorities such as She, Zhuang and Miao.

There are 470,000 overseas Chinese in Heyuan, mainly living in Southeast Asia, the United States, Canada, Australia and other countries, with 280,000 compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and 6.5438+0.3 million returned overseas Chinese.

Heyuan belongs to subtropical monsoon climate.

Main climatic characteristics in 2003: high temperature, less precipitation and more sunshine.

In the first half of the year, heavy rains caused local flash floods and landslides, causing heavy casualties.

In July and August, rare sunny, hot and rainy weather continued to appear, and the monthly average temperature and extreme maximum temperature approached or exceeded the historical values in the same period.

Due to the general high temperature and little rain throughout the year, there is drought in summer, autumn and winter.

There is little cold air activity in winter, and the influence of light is small, so there is a warm winter phenomenon.

Heyuan city has excellent environmental quality.

The monitoring data show that the overall level of air environmental quality in Heyuan City is maintained at the national first-class standard and continues to maintain an excellent level.

In 2003, the air pollution index in Heyuan urban area was between 15 ~ 70, with an average of 4 1, and the air quality reached an excellent level.

The annual average values of total suspended particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide in the air are 0.082 mg/m3, 0.009 mg/m3 and 0.0 1.2 mg/m3 respectively. The average annual dust fall is 5.42 tons/km2? Month, in line with the provincial recommended standards (8.0 tons /km2? Month); The frequency of acid rain is 0.

The quality of water environment maintained a good level.

The water quality of the source section of Dongjiang River meets the Class II standard of National Environmental Quality Standard for Surface Water; The water quality of the main drinking water source in the urban area (Xinfengjiang Reservoir) reaches the national Class I standard for surface water; The water quality of the national control section (Longchuancheng Railway Bridge) meets the national Class I standard for surface water; The water quality of the junction section between Heyuan City and Huizhou City (Jiangkou Section) meets the second-class requirements of Guangdong Province Border Water Quality Control Index.

The quality of urban acoustic environment is good.

In 2003, the regional environmental noise in Heyuan City was 50.9 dB, which was in line with the first-class standard (55 dB) of the National Urban Regional Environmental Noise Standard. The noise of urban traffic trunk lines is 66.6 decibels, which meets the national standard (70 decibels).

The regional environmental noise is 0.5 dB higher than that in 2002, and the urban traffic trunk noise is 0.5 dB lower than that in 2002.

6. Land Resources The total land area of Heyuan City is 6.5438+0.58 million square kilometers, of which the total cultivated land area is 6.5438+0.96268 million mu, and the per capita cultivated land is about 0.62 mu.

It is located at the junction of the northern mountainous area of eastern Guangdong and the plain area of the Pearl River Delta, and belongs to mountainous and hilly areas.

Mountains and basins alternate with each other, and the terrain in the territory inclines from northeast to southwest, and Dongjiang and Xinfeng rivers run through the whole territory.

There are alluvial plains and wide valleys in mountainous areas and along the Dongjiang River, with deep soil layers and fertile soil, which are suitable for planting food crops, vegetables, sugar cane and subtropical fruits.

Heyuan, a mineral resource, is known as the treasure house of eastern Guangdong.

Fifty-six kinds of mineral resources have been discovered, which are characterized by many kinds, wide distribution, high grade and large scale. Among them, iron, titanium, tungsten, tin, rare earth, fluorite, kaolin, ceramic clay, mineral water and geothermal water are the dominant mineral resources in Heyuan City.

The main producing areas of iron ore are Li Anping Dading, Zijin Zhang Baoshan and other places; Dading Iron Mine is the largest iron mine in Guangdong Province, and it is also a rare iron mine area with large quantity, good quality and easy mining and dressing in China, with a total reserve of over 654.38 billion tons.

Tungsten ore is mainly distributed in Lianping County and Zijin County. Shawankeng tungsten mine in Li Anping is the current water source. Heyuan City is located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, in the middle and upper reaches of Dongjiang River, only100km away from Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and other big cities. It is the drinking water source in the downstream area, with lush vegetation, long-flowing green water, fresh air and beautiful environment, and is known as the "green pearl" along the Dongjiang River.

Heyuan city is rich in water resources and is known as the "treasure house of eastern Guangdong". Xinfengjiang Reservoir is the largest reservoir in South China, with a storage capacity of 654.38+03.9 billion cubic meters and a reservoir area of 370 square kilometers.

Because the Heyuan Municipal Party Committee and the city * * * attach great importance to environmental protection, the reservoir water has been kept in the national Class I standard for surface water, which is a rare high-quality fresh water resource in China.

The reservoir has become the most important drinking water source in Hong Kong and major cities in the Pearl River Delta.

Heyuan City is rich in hydraulic resources, with a theoretical reserve of 6.5438+0.499 million kilowatts, accounting for 654.38+08% of the whole province, of which the exploitable amount is 654.38+0.10.43 million kilowatts. By the end of 2003, the city has developed an installed capacity of 710.04 million kilowatts, and the available hydropower resources are still 432.6 million kilowatts.

In addition, the existing ponds and reservoirs in the city have 39,200 hectares of water surface for development and breeding.

At present, Heyuan city has initially formed a multi-functional water conservancy service system such as flood control, irrigation and drainage, power generation and water supply, which has provided water source protection and flood control safety for the city's reform and opening up and promoted the development of the national economy.

Biological resources Heyuan city is rich in animal and plant resources.

There are 200 species of animals, including water deer, Sumen antelope, silver pheasant, pangolin and other national second-class protected animals.

There are nearly 1000 species of plants, and the main wild plants in China are arbor, mangosteen, economic forest, flowers and herbs.

Heyuan is one of the key forestry bases in the province. In addition to pine and fir trees, there are precious timber forests in the city, such as pepper, thyme, white domain, yellow domain, camphor tree and Dushan cherry.

Xinfengjiang Reservoir Area has a famous forest gene bank and a national nature reserve for rare animals-Dayeshan Nature Reserve, covering an area of nearly 1.45 million hectares. 1993, the State Council approved the establishment of Xinfengjiang National Forest Park here.

Reference: heyuan.gov/websi.