Xishui County is located at the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, in the east of Hubei Province and on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Xishui County governs 15 townships (fields) and 1 provincial economic development zones. Land area 1949.3 km2. Total population at the end of the year 1027600. This is the hometown of Mr Wen Yiduo, a famous patriotic poet, scholar and democratic fighter, and also the place where Chen Tanqiu, Dong, Xu, Liu Bocheng, Li Xiannian and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation fought and lived.
Xishui has beautiful mountains and rivers and picturesque scenery. Du Mu, Su Dongpo, Wang Xizhi, Huang Tingjian and other literary giants and poets have visited this place many times, leaving many well-known poems. Xu Shouhui, the leader of the peasant uprising at the end of Yuan Dynasty, built his capital here. Located at the confluence of the Yangtze River and He Sui, the "third spring in the world" was personally identified by Lu Yu, Cha Sheng. Doufangshan Temple, known as the "Holy Land of Buddhism", was founded in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Yuan Dynasty. It still flourished for more than 1000 years. The well-known Triangle Mountain Summer Resort and Bailianhe Scenic Area in Hubei Province have always been ideal places for sightseeing and leisure. The county museum has more than 40,000 online bound ancient books and publications, ranking first among counties and cities in Hubei, which is amazing. In particular, the "Wen Yiduo Memorial Hall", whose name was inscribed by General Secretary Jiang Zemin, has been listed as a patriotic education base by the state, and visitors are constantly coming.
Xishui has a unique geographical location and developed transportation, and has been a battleground for merchants since ancient times. Located in Jiujiang, Huangshi and Wuhan Yangtze River Open Development Zone, the Yangtze River Waterway, Liu Jie Expressway and Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway transit in parallel; Huangshi Yangtze River Bridge directly crosses Xishui and Scattered Flowers, and it takes 20 minutes to reach the county seat. The Beijing-Kowloon Railway runs across the territory, with two passenger and freight stations, forming a network extending in all directions by railway, highway and waterway.
Xishui industry has a strong economic development momentum. There are metallurgy, machinery, chemical industry, medicine, building materials, electronics, food, etc. 14, and more than 50 kinds of famous brand products such as Tianbao wine, double low oil, high agricultural fertilizer, offset paper, low-temperature meat, etc. 150.
Xishui agriculture has a long history, and its excellent farming techniques and characteristic products are well received by the market. Six production bases of commodity grain, commodity cotton, low erucic acid rape, lean pig, freshwater fish and fast-growing and high-yield forest have been built. Oil production is one of the top 100 counties in China. "Sesame Lake Lotus Root" and "lake crab" are tributes in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and they are included in the menu of China. High quality rice, low erucic acid rape, lean pig, fresh fish and green tea are well-known at home and abroad. Vegetables, oranges, chestnuts, tea, sericulture and other products, high quality and low price, are widely welcomed by consumers. Xishui is rich in products and has obvious resource advantages. There are 38 kinds of proven mineral resources, mainly iron ore, yellow sand, granite, marble, potassium (sodium) feldspar, pyrite and so on. Yellow sand is a unique resource with excellent quality, with a static reserve of 650 million tons and an annual output of 50 million tons. Known as the "national food stamp" for building materials. The newly discovered sillimanite ore has a total reserve of more than10 million tons and an economic value of about 30 billion yuan, which is rare in China.
Xishui infrastructure has developed rapidly, and the county has taken on a new look. Urban streets are clean and tidy, roads are spacious, and public facilities are complete. It has won the "Chutian Cup" for county construction in the province. Tanhe River realizes cascade power generation and sustainable development. Program-controlled telephones are integrated into the international network, and mobile phones are spread all over urban and rural areas. The coal yard in the railway station area was put into production, and the railway economy made great strides. The provincial Xishui Economic Development Zone and the Scattered Flower Economic Special Zone are open to the outside world and have a beautiful environment, which is a treasure trove for Chinese and foreign businessmen to invest in home ownership. More than 20 well-known Chinese and foreign enterprises, such as Hubei Yihua Group, have invested more than 654.38+0 billion yuan here, and achieved rich economic benefits.
topographical features
Xishui County is located in the southeast of Hubei Province, on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and at the south foot of Dabie Mountain. Qichun County in the east, Tuanfeng County in the north and Ezhou City and Huangshi City across the river in the west. The northeast is adjacent to Yingshan and Luotian counties. Geographical orientation is 1 15 degrees east longitude to 1 15 degrees 38 minutes, and 30 degrees 12 minutes north latitude to 30 degrees 49 minutes. The county is 61.3km wide from east to west, 68.5km long from north to south, with a land area of1949.3km2. Xishui has been the thoroughfare of seven provinces since ancient times. The county seat is only100km away from the provincial capital Wuhan, and about 300km away from the surrounding provincial capital cities Hefei, Nanchang and Changsha. Bahe, Lanxi and Sanhua three deep-water wharves, the upper part can enter Sichuan and the lower part can enter Shanghai. The Beijing-Kowloon Railway runs through the whole territory and goes directly to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway, Huang Wu Expressway and Great Guang Bei Expressway cross the border.
The terrain of this county inclines from northeast to southwest, with the highest elevation1055m (triangular peak) and the lowest elevation14.5m.. There are three types of land forms in the county: low mountains, hills and plains, and it is known as "three mountains, six hills and one plain, with idyllic water in it". The low mountains are mostly distributed in Xima Town and Triangle Mountain Scenic Area in the east of the county, covering an area of 407.8 square kilometers, accounting for 20.4% of the total area of the county. Qiu Ling and Gangdi are all over the county, covering an area of 1276.4 square kilometers, accounting for 63.9% of the county's total area; Alluvial plain is mostly found in the southwest riverside area, covering an area of 3 14.9 square kilometers, accounting for 15.7% of the total area.
There are five major water systems in the county, namely, Xi, Ba, Qi, Ce and Hu, all of which belong to the Yangtze River water system. The Yangtze River enters from Bahekou, passes through Bahe, Lanxi, Daijiazhou and Sanhua to Maoshanzha, and leaves Qichun County with a transit section of 4 1km. The total length of the Xiyang River is133.5km, of which 72.5km is within the territory and the drainage area is 816.5km2.. Bahe River is the boundary river between this county and Luotian and Tuanfeng counties, with a total length of 1, 5 1 km and a drainage area of 579.93 square kilometers. Qihe River, there are three rivers in the territory, and the basin area belongs to Qihe River Basin. One is Xima River, which is19.8km long; Second, the Liu Pu River, 9.5 kilometers long; The third is Longtan River, which is 8 kilometers long. The above three major river basins cover an area of 259.2 square kilometers, all of which belong to mountain streams. Cehu Lake is the largest lake in the county, located 40 kilometers south of the county seat, with a water surface of about 1.35 million mu. Wangtian Lake is located in the northeast of Bahe Town, near the Yangtze River, 25 kilometers away from the county seat. The area is about 10000 mu.
administrative division
County * * * governs 12 town (qingquan, Bahe, Zhuwa, Wanggang, Tuanpi, Guankou, An Baili, Caihe, Xima, Dingxi _, Lanxi and Sanhua) 1 township (Lv Yang) 2 district (Xishui Economic Development Zone and Triangle Mountain Scenic Area) and
The development of history
It has a history of 1500 years since the county was founded in the 25th year of Yuanjia in Liu Song Southern Dynasties (AD 448). Formerly known as Xishui, it was changed from Xishui to Xi in the first year of Nanliang (520). The county name "Xishui" began. During the Liang and Chen Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties, the local area was briefly occupied by the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and most of them followed the former residence of the Southern Dynasties.
Sui dynasty learned water.
In the fourth year of Tang Wude (62 1), Xishui County was changed to Lanxi County, and Luotian County in the province entered Lanxi County. In the first year of Tianbao (742), Lanxi County was changed to Qishui County, and together with Qichun County, it was placed in qi zhou of Huainan Road. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Qishui County and Qichun County belonged to Yang Wu. Southern Tang Dynasty and the later Zhou Dynasty, countries such as the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Qishui County and Qichun County began to move to Huainan Road to qi zhou. In the fifth year of Xining (1072), Huainan Road was divided into east and west roads, and Qishui and Qichun counties were placed under qi zhou (defensive state) of Huainan West Road. In the Yuan Dynasty, Qi Shui and Qi Chun moved to qi zhou Road, Jiangbei Road, Henan Province. In the 11th year of Zheng Zheng (135 1), Xu Shouhui (Luo Tianji) rose up against the Yuan Dynasty, called the Red Scarf Army, and established political power. The title is finished, and the title is flat. The founding of the People's Republic of China is in Qishui County, which governs northeast Qingquan Temple. In Qishui County, Liantai Province (the function is equivalent to Zhongshu Province in Yuan Dynasty) was established, with a total of 100 officials in charge of administration. In twenty years, Chen Youliang killed Xu Shouhui and changed his country name to Han. In twenty-four years, Zhu destroyed the Han Dynasty and was diverted to the government, which governed Qichun, Guangxing Province, Li Hu, and Qishui County was under its jurisdiction. The east of Xihe River (now east of this county) was separated from Qichun County and merged into Qishui County. In the 11th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1378), Qishui County was placed under Huangzhou Prefecture. In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), the county seat was still occupied by the anti-Qing army. In the second year of Qing Shunzhi (1645), in December, Huangzhou, Hanhuangde Road, Lihu Guang Province, was the county. In the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729), it was changed to Wuhan Huangde Road.
Autumn waters in the Republic of China
In the third year of the Republic of China, observers were withdrawn, and Daoling County was established in the province, and Qishui County was placed under Jianghan Road in Hubei Province. 15 years, the road was revoked and the county was directly under the province. In 2 1 year, an administrative supervision area was established between provinces and counties, and Qishui County was placed under the third administrative supervision area of Hubei Province. In June 22, the county was changed to "Xishui". In April, 2005, Hubei provincial government adjusted the administrative supervision area, merged the original third and fourth administrative supervision areas into the second administrative supervision area, and the office of the Commissioner of the supervision area moved from qi zhou to Huangzhou the following year. Xishui county is one of the counties under its jurisdiction. In 28 years of the Republic of China, the Commissioner's Office of the Second Administrative Inspector District was changed to the East Hubei Administrative Office, acting as the provincial government (because the provincial government moved to Enshi). The administrative office of eastern Hubei is located in Sanlifan, Luotian County today. Xishui county is one of its leading counties. In 34 years of the Republic of China, after the victory of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the administrative office was revoked and the administrative supervision area was restored. Huangzhou was under the jurisdiction of the district, and Xishui County was still under its jurisdiction. On April 8 1949, Xishui county was liberated; In May, the county people's democratic government moved to the county seat; In June, 5438+00, the county people's democratic government was changed to the county people's government, which was placed in Huanggang area of Hubei Province. 1968, Huanggang area was changed to Huanggang area, and the county was still under its jurisdiction. Huanggang area 1996 was changed to Huanggang city, and the county is still under its jurisdiction.
In June 2020, Xishui County was included in the second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization counties (Hubei, Henan and Anhui regions).
From 2065438 to March 2009, Xishui County was listed in the first batch of counties (Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi) for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics.
In February of 20 17, Xishui county was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in China in 20 16.
In 2005, Xishui County ranked 96th among the top 100 oil-producing counties in China.