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(1) Hougang Town, Shayang County is located in the middle of the beautiful and rich Hanjiang Plain, on the lakeshore. Known as the "Pearl of Jianghan" and "Land of Fish and Rice", it is an ancient town with a history of 1300 years. The town covers an area of 249.9 square kilometers, governs 50 villages and 6 neighborhood committees, with 17949 households and a total population of 8 1384. In 2002, the total social output value was 65.438+0.28072 billion yuan, of which the total industrial output value was 762.38 million yuan. The fiscal revenue is 24.97 million yuan, and the per capita income of farmers is 2986 yuan. It is a provincial-level industrial demonstration community, the first and second round pilot towns for comprehensive reform of small towns in Hubei Province, the third Chutian Star Township in Hubei Province, the second Chutian Cup small town, and a veritable and national civilized village and town in Hubei Province.

(2) Hougang is a town under the jurisdiction of Dongtai City and one of the "Top 50" towns with comprehensive economic strength in northern Jiangsu. Dongtai City, southwest 19 km, Shenghe East, Nanguan Hebei, Hai 'an County. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhang moved here, formerly known as Zhang. During the Chenghua period, there was a port behind the village, which was renamed Hougang. 1957 is the martyr township, 1959 is the commune, 1983 is the township again, and 1993 is the Hougang town.

Hougang Town is located in the west of the urban area, 20 kilometers away from the urban area. It covers an area of 42 square kilometers. By 2008, the population will be about 32,000. An (Feng)-Shi (Yan) Highway and Xiansheng Highway pass through the territory, and Hongxian Highway runs through them. Jurisdiction over 2/kloc-0 village committees in Hong Kong, Murayama, Shi 'an, Zhong Zhen, Tianxiang, Zhuang Yong, Qiang Jian, Hero, Shenduo, Yang She, Wangni, Miaolu, Chen Li, Fan Jiang, Linsan, Jin Dong, Tangwang, Shenbo, Chen Zhuang, Liulie and Gushe. Agriculture is mainly based on planting and breeding. Township enterprises have agricultural machinery repair, cement products, pigments, chemicals, fire-resistant equipment, tempered glass, friction materials and other factories.

Hougang is an emerging industrial satellite town in Dongtai City, and it is the first batch of towns and villages in Jiangsu Province that are open to the outside world. There are more than 800 transport vessels in this town, with a total tonnage of 20,000 tons, which have been shuttling between the north and the south of the river for many years.

Hougang town was approved by Jiangsu provincial government on 20 10. When the administrative divisions were adjusted, Hougang Town and Shiyan Town merged, and the merged name was Shiyan Town. Now Hougang is just the name of the community!