Gaozhou is a famous historical and cultural city with a history of 1400 years. All previous dynasties were political places of counties, prefectures, prefectures, roads, special agencies and counties. Known as the first of the four lower prefectures in Guangdong, it is the political, economic, cultural and military center of western Guangdong. There are many cultural relics and historic sites in Gaozhou, including the Baoguang Pagoda, the second tallest tower in China, which was built in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, and the unique results of planting in Ming Dynasty and the whole country, such as the eggplant trees in Myanmar, the temples of Xiantai Temple, Baolian Temple, Nangong Temple and Guanshan Temple, the Baijun site in Gudian, a provincial key cultural relics protection unit, and the women's sorghum in Southern Dynasties, with a storage capacity of 160.
Gaozhou is located in the transitional zone between tropics and subtropics, with subtropical monsoon climate, abundant sunshine, abundant rainfall and mild climate. It is the hometown of litchi, longan and banana in China and the first fruit county (city) in China. Gaozhou is committed to infrastructure construction and the investment environment is improving day by day. 207 national highway and Gaoshui first-class highway directly connect Zhanjiang Port, Maoming East, West Railway Station and Shuidong Port.
geographical position
Gaozhou is located in the south of western Guangdong, near the South China Sea, and is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. With a total area of 3,276 square kilometers and a population of more than 65,438+500,000, the city enjoys convenient land, sea and air transportation, developed communication, complete infrastructure and complete supporting services. Since ancient times, it has been an important town in western Guangdong with outstanding people and prosperous economy and culture.
Gaozhou is located in the transitional zone between tropics and subtropics, with mild climate, abundant sunshine and rainfall. There are ten rivers and one river, many lakes and many ponds in the territory, and hills, basins and plains crisscross, of which mountainous areas account for more than one tenth of the total area, providing a unique advantage for planting forest crops and cash crops.
administrative region
Gaozhou municipal government is located in Gaozhou city. * * * Jurisdiction: Xieji Town, Xindong Town, Yuntan Town, Genzi Town, Fenjie Town, Sishui Town, Shigu Town, Zhenjiang Town, shatian town Town, Hetang Town, Nantang Town, Shiban Town, Hehua Town, Tantou Town, dong an town Town, Dajing Town, changpo town Town, pingshan town Town, Shenzhen Town, Guding Town, Magui Town and Dapo Town.
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Gaozhou has a complex terrain, generally high in the northeast and low in the southwest. Seen from the air, it is narrow in the south and wide in the north, like a butterfly spreading its wings and flying. The northeastern part of the territory is a continuous mountain, and the hinterland of the central part is a rolling hill. Terraces, small plains, mountains and small watersheds in the west and south are intertwined, and mountains and rivers are intertwined. Mountain area accounts for 5 1.5%, hilly area accounts for 3 1.9%, and plain area accounts for 16.6%. The highest point in the terrain is the quilt top in the northeast, with an altitude of 1627.3m, and the lowest point is the Jianshan river bed in the southwest, with an altitude of 1 1.5m and a height difference of1615.8m. ..
Wuyun Mountain, Yunkaishan Mountain and Rong Da Mountain extend inward, forming seven mountains with northeast-southwest trend: Jianfengling-Matouling, Mianduding-Daxi Dongshan, Mianduding-Qingshan, Jianfengling-Collapse Mountain, Kengling-Wugongtang Daling Mountain in Wang Jiang, Dajinling-Nasheling, Jigongling-Tofu Mountain.
The landform types of Gaozhou city can be divided into the following five areas.
(1) Shallow-cut low mountainous area in northeast China. It is 500-1627m above sea level, relative to100-1000m, including the border areas of Magui Town, Guding Town, Shenzhen Town, Dapo Town, changpo town Town, Shilong Town, Yuntan Town and Xindong Town.
(2) Hilly areas in Northeast China. It is 300-500m above sea level, relative to 100-200m, including the north of Chaochao Town, the southwest of Shenzhen Town and Guding Town, the east of Pingshan Town, the northeast, southeast and southwest of Shilong Town, the east of Xindong Town, the north of Yuntan Town and a part of Dapo Town.
(3) Central hilly area. The altitude is 50-300m, and the relative altitude is 50-100m, including the area to the west of the northeast hilly area and the area to the east of the upper reaches of Jiang Dou-Zhangjian Gaozhou City.
(4) The elevation of the hilly area in the northwest is100-300m, which is 50-200m, including the western area of Jiang Dou-Zhangjiang Gaozhou.
(5) The elevation of southwest shallow hilly plain area is11-50m, which is 5-40m, including Jiejie Town, Sishui Town, Shigu Town, Xiangshan Town, Zhenjiang Town, Dunsuo Town and southern shatian town. Shigu small plain is the main plain area of Gaozhou, which is connected with Maonan nationality.