Chang qiao zhen Municipal People's Government.
1. Geographical location
Wuzhong District is located in the south of Suzhou, a famous historical and cultural city, bordering Suzhou Ancient City, Suzhou Industrial Park and Suzhou High-tech Zone in the north, bordering Taihu Lake in the west, and facing Wuxi City and Huzhou City in Zhejiang Province across the lake. The geographical coordinates are east longitude 1 19 55? ~ 120 54? , 30 56 north latitude? ~3 1 2 1? . The whole territory is 92.95 km long from east to west and 48. 1 km wide from north to south.
2. Regionalized population
The land area of the whole region is 742 square kilometers, and the water area of Taihu Lake is 2425 square kilometers, of which the water area of Wuzhong District is about 1459 square kilometers. Wuzhong District governs 1 National Taihu Tourism Resort, 1 National Agricultural Park, 1 Provincial Economic Development Zone, 7 towns, 8 streets, and Dome Mountain Scenic Management Zone.
At the end of 2009, the registered population of the whole region was 600,000.
3. History and culture
Wuzhong District has a long history and is the birthplace of Wu culture. About 10,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Age, Wu had ancestors. Five thousand years ago, the Neolithic Age created the advanced Liangzhu Culture. More than 3000 years ago, Taibo established the "Wu Gou" country in Wudi, which is recorded in history. In 22 1 year BC, Qin Shihuang unified China and established "Wu County", whose name has been used until the 20th century. 1June, 1995, with the approval of the State Council, Wuxian was revoked and Wuxian City (county level) was established; 65438+February 3, 20001,Wuxian City was abolished, and the original jurisdiction of Wuxian City was divided into Wuzhong District and xiangcheng district, which was officially announced on February 28, 2006. For thousands of years, this land with profound historical and cultural accumulation has produced many talented people. Soldier Sun Wu, sculptor Zhang Xu, Yang Huizhi, and embroiderer Shen Shou. Fan Zhongyan, a famous politician in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Kuaixiang, a master architect in the Ming Dynasty who presided over the construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing, both lived in Wuzhong and wrote magnificent chapters in Wuzhong's history.
4. Characteristic resources
Wuzhong District is located on the bank of Taihu Lake, with superior ecological environment and rich natural resources, and is well known as the "land of plenty". Wuzhong District is the origin of Dongting (Mountain) Biluochun tea. The main agricultural and sideline products are high-quality rice, loquat, Myrica rubra, ginkgo, chestnut, osmanthus fragrans, mat grass, Zizania latifolia, lotus root, water dropwort, Euryale euryales, arrowhead, water chestnut, Hong Ling and flowers.
Wuzhong developed folk crafts and formed industries such as embroidery, sculpture, silk reeling, architectural skills, bronze casting, guqin making, painting and calligraphy mounting. These ingenious techniques were deeply loved by royal families and ordinary people in past dynasties, and became the unique works of China Su School.
5. Attractions
Wuzhong District is rich in scenic spots and historical sites and rich in tourism resources, including beautiful lakes and mountains and rich cultural scenery. There are two state-level historical and cultural towns in the whole region, namely Jiaotoe, Mudu, Mingyuewan and Luxiang, and three historical and cultural towns in Jiangsu Province, namely Dongshan, Jinting and Guangfu. Xukou, Mudu and Jiaotoe were rated as "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art". There are 9 1 cultural relics protection units at or above the county level in the whole region, including 7 national cultural relics protection units and 6 provincial cultural relics protection units. Taihu Lake has beautiful scenery and the essence is in Wuzhong. 13 Among the national Taihu Lake scenic spots, there are 6 scenic spots in Wuzhong. In recent years, Wuzhong District has successfully held Suzhou? Wuzhong Dongting (Mountain) Biluochun Tea Cultural Tourism Festival, China Suzhou Sun Tzu Art of War Cultural Tourism Festival, Suzhou Taihu Plum Blossom Festival, China Taihu Fishing Festival, Mudu (Library) Mutton Food Festival, Suzhou Jiaozhi Water Town Clothing Cultural Tourism Festival, China Garden Ancient Town Mudu Tourism Festival, Dongshan Folk Tourism Festival and other tourism festivals.