As of August 2019, there are 16 towns in Gaoyao District.
The 16 towns are: Hetai Town, Lecheng Town, Shuinan Town, Lubu Town, Xiaoxiang Town, Dawan Town, Xinqiao Town, Baizhu Town, Huodao Town, and Liantang Town. , Baitu Town, Huilong Town, Xianggang Town, Jinli Town, Jindu Town, and Jiaotang Town.
In 2015, the State Council approved the adjustment of some administrative divisions of Zhaoqing City by Guangdong Province (Guohan [2015] No. 76). It was agreed to abolish Gaoyao City and establish Gaoyao District in Zhaoqing City. The administrative area of ??the original Gaoyao City will be the administrative area of ??Gaoyao District. The Gaoyao District People's Government will be located at No. 25 Fuqian Street, Nan'an Street.
1. Jindu Town is located in the southeast of Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, closely connected to Gaoyao District in the west, only 5 kilometers away from the center of Gaoyao City, and across the river from Duanzhou District in Zhaoqing City in the north. , bordering Xianggang Town, Gaoyao District, to the east, and Baitu Town, Gaoyao City, to the south. Zhaoqing Bridge, Guangzhao Expressway, Shuangjin Highway, Zhaojiang Highway and the Xijiang River, known as the "golden waterway", run through the territory. It has unique geographical conditions, water and land. The transportation is very convenient.
2. Jinli Town is located in the eastern part of Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province. It is an important gateway connecting Zhaoqing City with the core area of ??the Pearl River Delta and Guangfo.
It faces Sanshui District and Nanhai District of Foshan City across the river to the east, Gaoming District of Foshan City to the south, Duanzhou District of Zhaoqing to the west, and Dinghu District to the north. It is 45 kilometers away from Guangzhou City. 35 kilometers from Zhaoqing city.
Jinli has a total area of ??162 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 19 village committees, 109 natural villages, and 13 community neighborhood committees. Jinli Town is a national key town, a central town in Guangdong Province, a strong economic town in Zhaoqing City, and a pilot town for professional and technological innovation.
Guangzhou-Kunming Expressway (G80) and G324 National Highway (formerly S362 Provincial Highway) run through the entire territory, and the golden waterway of the Xijiang River flows through the town. It is one of the two sub-centers in Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City (Jinli Town, Lubu Town).
3. Xianggang Town is a town under the jurisdiction of Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province. It is located in the east of Gaoyao City, bordering Jinli Town to the east, Baitu Town and Huilong Town to the south, and Jindu Town to the west. The town is adjacent to Shapu Town in Dinghu District to the north, 60 kilometers from Guangzhou City to the east, and 15 kilometers from Zhaoqing City to the west. The total area of ??the town is 96.6 square kilometers.
As of 2019, Bengang Town has 11 villages under its jurisdiction (Xianyi Village, Xianer Village, Xiansan Village, Fujin Village, Fufo Village, Fanshan Village, Balian Village, Gujing Village, and Nancun Village). , Fuluo Village, Ducun Village), 1 community, and 43 villager groups. The total population is 34,000, mainly Han, with ethnic minorities such as Zhuang, Yao, and Uyghur.
4. Baitu Town, a town under the jurisdiction of Xiao County, Anhui Province, was named because the underground contains rich clay for white porcelain. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was an important town for exchanges between the north and south China's porcelain industry. It is located in the southeast of Xiao County, 13 kilometers away from the urban area of ??Xiao County, and adjacent to Tongshan District of Xuzhou in the north.
As of 2019, Baitu Town has a population of 27,611, a total area of ??58.56 square kilometers, and jurisdiction over seven administrative villages.
Baitu Town is the third batch of thousand-year-old ancient towns in Anhui Province. It has Tianmen Temple, Xiao Kiln Ruins, Huajia Temple Ruins, Feicun, Fenglou Han Tomb Ruins, Western Region Ruins, Song Tomb Ruins, and Su Shi’s Charcoal Song Attractions everywhere.
5. Huilong Town is located in the southeast of Gaoyao District, more than 20 kilometers away from Gaoyao City and adjacent to Gaoming District, Foshan City. With a total area of ??113.87 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 14 village committees (34 natural villages, 120 villager groups) and 3 community residents' committees.
The town has a total number of 7,623 households, a population of 26,738, and a migrant population of 2,300. There are 35,000 overseas Chinese living in Australia, making it a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in Gaoyao District. Huilong Town won the Outstanding Achievement Award in Gaoyao District's "2013 Annual Assessment of the Implementation of the Scientific Outlook on Development".
6. Jiaotang Town is located in the southeast of Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, adjacent to Gaoming District of Foshan City to the south, Huilong Town to the east, Huodao and Liantang Town to the west, and Baitu Town to the north. .
It is only a 10-minute drive from the Baitu Exit of the Guangzhao Expressway and 28 kilometers away from the urban area. The first-class cement road of the Zhao (Qing) Jiang (Men) Line of the Provincial Highway runs through the whole town, and the Xinjiao Line Cement Road The road connects the north and south wings of Gaoyao City. The provincial highway Zhaojiang Highway runs through Wei Town. There are more than 100 kilometers of rural cement roads, making every village connected to cement roads.
The town has implemented program-controlled telephones and digital communications. The mobile phone network covers the entire town and a 110 kV substation has been built. In 1994, it was approved by the Zhaoqing Municipal People's Government as an old revolutionary base town.
The terrain of the town is higher in the west and lower in the east. The west is a semi-mountainous area, and the central part is plain and partly hilly. Streams and rivers run through the territory.
The town has a total area of ??129.9 square kilometers, of which the town area is 6.5 square kilometers. The mountain area is 8,000 hectares and the cultivated land area is more than 2,000 hectares. It has jurisdiction over 20 administrative villages and 1 community, 66 natural villages, and 169 villager groups. The total population is more than 30,000. With a migrant population of 8,500 and over 3,600 overseas Chinese, Gaoyao City is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese.
7. Liantang Town is affiliated to Nanchang County, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. It belongs to the Changnan area of ??Nanchang City’s “One Core and Five Areas”. It is known as the “Southern Gate” of Nanchang City and is 15 kilometers away from the center of Nanchang. , is the political, economic, cultural and information exchange center of the county.
Liantang Town covers an area of ??253 square kilometers, of which the urban area is 12 square kilometers. The town has a cultivated land area of ??10,878 acres and a population of 101,190 people.
8. Huodao Town is located in the south of Gaoyao City, at the junction of Xinxing County, Yuncheng District, and Gaoming District. It is adjacent to Jiaotang Town and Liantang Town to the east and Xinxing and Yuncheng to the west. It borders Gaoming to the south, Baizhu Town and Xinqiao Town to the north, and is 23 kilometers away from the urban area.
The total area of ??the town is 231.06 square kilometers, and the town area is 2 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 1 Wei town community, 33 administrative villages, and 126 natural villages. The total population of the town is 38,577 (2017). The main surnames include Li, Yao, Wu, Lu, Yu, etc. The dialects are Cantonese and Hakka.
9. Xinqiao Town is located in the southwest of Gaoyao City, Zhaoqing City, adjacent to Liantang Town in the east, Huodao Town in the south, Baizhu Town in the west, and Nan'an Street in the north. During the Yongle period, Jinshan Wei City was formed within the dike, and a wooden bridge was built over the Wei City stream to facilitate pedestrians.
A new stone bridge was built during the Wanli period. After that, people gradually moved to sell goods near the new bridge, and the fair was renamed Xinqiao Fair. It is 8 kilometers away from the urban area of ??Gaoyao City. It has jurisdiction over 10 administrative villages and 2 communities, with 136 villager groups and 63 natural villages.
The main tourism resources include Liang Hancao’s former residence in Daoyue Village, Tiaolou in Beizhai Village and Qilou Street in Zhencheng District. The bamboo weaving industry is a traditional craft industry in Xinqiao, and local products include foreign baskets, rain hats, etc.
10. Baizhu Town is located in the southwest of Gaoyao District, bordering Xinqiao Town and Nan'an Street to the east, facing Huodao across the Xinxing River to the south, and bordering Silao Town, Yuncheng District, Yunfu City to the west. It is bounded by the West Village of Dawan Town in the north. The transportation in the town is convenient.
National Highway 324 and the Sanmao Railway run through the town, and the Guangwu Expressway has an entrance and exit in Baizhubuyuan Village. The total area is 127.48 kilometers, and the total registered population is about 42,000, including 39,905 agricultural people. It has jurisdiction over 22 villages and 1 community, and 207 villager groups. The main surnames are He, Chen, Liang, Mo, etc., and vernacular is the main dialect.
11. Dawan Town is located in the central and western part of Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, across a river from the urban area of ??Zhaoqing City. It borders Xijiang River in the east, Baizhu and Xinqiao in the south, Yunfu City in the west, and Yunfu City in the north. It is adjacent to Xiaoxiang Town, 7 kilometers from Zhaoqing City, 3 kilometers from Gaoyao City, 18 kilometers from Silao Town, Yunfu City, and 5 kilometers from the entrance and exit of Guangzhou-Zhao Expressway (Ma'an Section). The passenger terminal shuttles between Zhaoqing and Gaoyao. The two places have extremely convenient transportation by land and water.
Dawan Town is named after its low-lying terrain, facing water on one side, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and an open depression in the middle, forming a "Dawan shape".
12. Lubu Town belongs to Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province. It is located in the northwest of Gaoyao and on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Xijiang River. It is at the junction of the three counties (cities) of Deqing, Yunfu and Gaoyao. The most important town in the northwest wing. Lubu Town was built during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. It was named after it was only Liufu Road (Yifu Road is 5 kilometers) away from the ancient city of Zhaoqing, and was later called "Lubu".
Lubu Town is a national key town and one of the two sub-centers planned by Gaoyao District (the "second deputy" refers to the two sub-centers of Jinli Town and Lubu Town).
Lubu Town has very convenient land and water transportation. Along the golden waterway of the Xijiang River, it leads to "province, Hong Kong and Macao" and to "Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou". The land road is 321 National Highway and the Provincial Highway Shilu Road. , Luren Line runs through it, 26 kilometers away from Yuecheng Longmu Temple, 25 kilometers away from Zhaoqing, and 130 kilometers away from Guangzhou.
There is the Guangzhou-Foshan-Zhaozhou Expressway S8 along the Lubu Town, which can directly connect to Guangzhou-Foshan and other core areas of the Pearl River Delta and the Shantou-Zhan Expressway under construction (opened in 2019).
Lubu Town is a typical resource-based mountainous town. The main mineral resources are limestone. The agricultural specialties include Xijiang cinnamon, rosin, rock vine, Shuangma pineapple, Zhanglu tribute tangerine, etc.; the main industries include new Building materials, petrochemicals, leather products, knitting and other industries.
13. Xiaoxiang Town is located in the northwest of Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, in the middle and lower reaches of the Xijiang River, bordering Mugang Street, Duanzhou District, Zhaoqing City to the east, Jilong Mountain and Fenghuang Town, Dinghu District, Zhaoqing City to the northeast It borders Shiniutou Mountain to the north and Shuinan Town, Lubu Town to the west, and Yuncheng District and Dawan Town of Yunfu City to the south.
8 kilometers away from the central area of ??Zhaoqing, it is a forest products and chemical industry professional town and "Winter Melon Town" in Zhaoqing City. Xiaoxiang Town has a mild climate, abundant rainfall, sufficient land resources and abundant products.
The town has 16,851 acres of cultivated land and 244,880 acres of mountainous land (including 200,000 acres of forest land). Its specialty agricultural products include winter melon, cinnamon, rosin, sugar oranges and turtles, among which the black-skinned winter melon is of excellent quality. And enjoys the reputation of "Winter Melon Town", Xiaoxiang Winter Melon Base has obtained the national pollution-free origin product certification.
14. Hetai Town is located in the northwest of Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, adjacent to Lecheng Town in the east, Lubu Town in the south, Deqing County in the west, and Guangning County in the north. It is 57 kilometers away from Zhaoqing Railway Station. , Lubu Wharf is 30 kilometers away, roads to towns and villages extend in all directions, and the traffic conditions are good.
The town has a total area of ??148.05 square kilometers and governs 19 administrative villages, 2 communities, 140 natural villages, and 218 villager groups. In 2013, the total population of the town was 41,116, including 1,571 non-agricultural population and 551 temporary residents. The main surnames are Liang, Song, Mai, Chen, Huang, etc.
15. Lecheng Town is located in the northwest of Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, at the intersection center of Gaoyao, Deqing and Guangning counties, 54.56 kilometers east of the city, and the provincial road Shilu Line and Lenen Line cross the town and it is a famous old district town during the Great Revolution.
The town has a total area of ??94 square kilometers, with 14 administrative villages and 1 community under its jurisdiction, 181 villager groups, and a total population of 30,504, including 1,008 residents. The main surnames include Liang, Lai, Chen, Li, Wu, Lu, etc. The dialects are mainly Cantonese and Hakka.
16. Shuinan Town is located in the northwest of Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, adjacent to Guangning County and Sihui City in the north, Xiaoxiang Town in the south, and Lecheng and Lubu Town in the west.
County roads 435 and 415 run through the town, 40 kilometers away from Zhaoqing urban area, 45 kilometers away from Gaoyao urban area, 20 kilometers away from Dinghu Mountain, and 50 kilometers away from Deqing Longmu Temple. , 40 kilometers away from Guangning Zhuhai Grand View Tourist Area, 20 kilometers away from National Highway 321, 20 kilometers away from the Guangning Binkeng entrance and exit of Guanghe Expressway, Xijiang and Suijiang are located about 20 kilometers on both sides of the town, respectively. The transportation is very convenient.
The town has a total area of ??110.69 square kilometers, and has 14 administrative villages and 1 community, 92 natural villages, 129 villager groups, and 2 resident groups. The total population is more than 16,000, 90% of which are Hakkas, of which the permanent population is about 10,100 and the migrant population is more than 80. The main languages ??are local dialect (Cantonese) and Hakka.
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Division history of Gaoyao District:
In 2000, Gaoyao governed 19 towns: Nan'an Town, Baitu Town, Baizhu Town, Dawan Town, Huodao Town, Huilong Town, Xiaoxiang Town, Hetai Town, Jiaotang Town, Jindu Town, Jinli Town, Lecheng Town, Liantang Town, Lubu Town, Ma'an Town, Shuinan Town, Sun Wei Town, Xianggang Town, Xinqiao Town.
In 2002, Gaoyao governed 19 towns (Nan'an, Jindu, Jinli, Xianggang, Baitu, Huilong, Jiaotang, Liantang, Huodao, Xinqiao, Baizhu, Ma'an, Da Wan, Lubu, Sunwei, Xiaoxiang, Hetai, Lecheng, Shuinan
On April 18, 2003, Ma'an Town was abolished and merged into Nan'an Town, and Gaoyao consisted of 19 towns. It was reorganized into 18 towns.
In March 2004, Gaoyao adjusted the administrative divisions of some towns: abolished Sunwei Town and merged its administrative divisions into Xiaoxiang Town; abolished Nan'an Town and established Nan'an Subdistrict 3. On March 8, the Nan'an Subdistrict Office was established and the opening ceremony was held. The Nan'an Subdistrict Office has jurisdiction over the former Nan'an Town District
Gaoyao District People's Government—Administrative Division
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