Population density: 149 people/km2.
Zhenyuan county is located in the southwest of Qingyang City, Gansu Province, bordering Yan 'an, the revolutionary holy land in the east, Xi 'an, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties in the south, Lanzhou, the provincial capital in the west, and Yinchuan, the Pearl in the north. County * * * governs 7 towns, 17 townships, 2 15 administrative villages and 2,008 natural villages, with a total area of 3,500 square kilometers and a total population of 5 1.98 million (in 2005), of which the agricultural population is about 480,000, including Hui, Uygur and Uygur.
administrative division
Zhenyuan county governs 7 towns/0/2 townships: Chengguan Town, Tunzi Town, Mengba Town, Sancha Town, Pingquan Town, Kaibian Town and Taiping Town. Lin Jing, Nanchuan, Shang Xiao, Xinji, Fangshan, Yinjia, Maqu, Miaoqu, Wu Gou, Guoyuan, Zhongyuan and Xincheng.
The development of history
Zhenyuan belonged to Yongzhou in ancient times, and Qin belonged to Beidi County. It is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River and the Loess Plateau in the north of Shuijing, and it is an ancient land in China. All previous dynasties have set up Indian offices here and appointed officials as herders. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Anding County was established in Beidi County, with 2 1 county under its jurisdiction, and Linqing County was one of them. Yuanzhou was established in the Northern Wei Dynasty (governing Zhenyuan, Pingliang, Pengyang and Guyuan in Ningxia), and Linjiang City was established in the Tang Dynasty, which was under the jurisdiction of Linqing County. In the late Tang and Song Dynasties, Yuanzhou ruled this county, and then Zhenyuan Prefecture. In the early Ming Dynasty, zhenyuan county was changed to county, and Lin Jing county was abandoned. In the early years of the Republic of China, zhenyuan county was divided into five districts.
Geographical traffic
Zhenyuan county is located in the southwest of Qingyang City, Gansu Province, bordering Qingcheng County and Xifeng District in the east, Pengyang County in Ningxia Autonomous Region in the west, Jingchuan County and Kongtong District in Pingliang City in the south and Huanxian County in the north. Between 35 27' north latitude and 3616' east longitude, and between106 44' east longitude and107 36' east longitude. It is 9 1.24 km long from north to south and 78.3 km wide from east to west, with a total land area of 3,500 square kilometers and a total cultivated land area of 1.69 million mu, with a per capita average of 3.5 mu. There are both mountains and plains in the territory, most of which are mountains, accounting for more than 68% of the total cultivated land. Average elevation 1500m, annual rainfall of 400-500mm, frost-free period 150 days.
Zhenyuan county is located in Longdong Loess Plateau in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, with a remote geographical position. As the only form of transportation, with the strong support of the state, provinces and cities and the unremitting efforts of the whole county, the traffic has undergone great changes. There are highways 64 1.8km /2 1 in the county, including national highway 44km/ 1(G309 line) and provincial highway 135.8km/5(S303 line 43.8km, S3 19 line 92km). Rural highway 155 1 km, of which Shangsha Road 6 1 1.5 km is the secondary agricultural road. According to the technical level: 3 national highways and provincial highways 179.8km are newly built three-level oil roads with good road conditions and complete bridges, culverts and protective facilities; 2 1 462km county and township highways, there are three oil roads 100.75km, four oil roads 15.76km, three sand roads 129.45km and four sand roads151.3. All towns and villages in the county 19 have access to grade highways, and the highway access rate is 100%. 13 township is connected with oil, and the oil connection rate is 68.4%. 45 administrative villages have access to oil, and the access rate of administrative villages is 2 1%. The county road density is 18.34km/ 100km2.
economic conditions
The town was originally the hometown of China, with a long history, outstanding people, fertile soil and rich resources. It used to be an important part of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region. Food crops mainly include wheat, corn, sorghum, millet, beans and potatoes; The cash crops mainly include yellow flowers, flue-cured tobacco, oilseeds, medicinal materials and peppers. Apricot, apple, watermelon, peach, jujube and pear are all famous fruit elements, especially yellow flowers and apricots. Day lily enjoys a good reputation all over the country, and all five continents are fragrant. It was named "Zhenyuan Daylily" by the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Apricot products have a wide variety, unique flavor, and the output ranks second in the country, which is known as the "hometown of red apricots". Tobacco leaves are of excellent quality, yellow color and rich aroma, and are designated as the national commodity tobacco production base counties; Animal products are famous for leather, wool and cashmere. Petroleum and other mineral resources are rich in reserves and have broad development prospects.
In recent years, around the upgrading of agricultural products, zhenyuan county has vigorously developed three pillar industries: apricot, yellow flower, grass and livestock. Apricot: speed up the construction of high-quality apricot base, expand leading enterprises, improve the processing capacity of apricot products, and add new product processing and preservation production lines. Huanghua: Cultivate high-quality varieties, set up leading enterprises, extend the industrial chain and implement industrialized operation. Grass and livestock: establish beef cattle farms and demonstration bases for raising sheep with straw, expand existing beef and mutton production lines, and build new alfalfa series products processing plants. At present, the number of apricot products enterprises in the county has grown to 1 10, with an annual output of16,000 tons, an output value of11250,000 yuan and a sales income of 90 million yuan. The developed apricot series products include more than 20 varieties such as apricot meat, preserved apricot and licorice apricot, and won 26 domestic and foreign awards. The reserved area of Huanghua County has now reached 247,600 mu, with an annual output of 6,000 tons of dried vegetables and an output value of 42 million yuan. Huanghua's per capita income is around 90 yuan, its annual processing and sales capacity is more than 4,000 tons, and its export earnings are more than 2 million yuan. Grass and livestock resources are abundant. The county's feeding capacity has now reached 15 10000, and the scale of farmers has reached 5000. The area of perennial grassland dominated by alfalfa has reached 500,000 mu, and the per capita net income of animal husbandry has reached 150 yuan. In 2004, the GDP reached 840 million yuan, an increase of11.7%; The investment in fixed assets of the whole society was 428 million yuan, an increase of 36.7%; The local fiscal revenue was 60.88 million yuan, an increase of 20%, but the transfer payment accounted for 90.7% of the total expenditure. In 2005, facing the market, zhenyuan county made full use of the advantages of regional resources and comprehensively developed according to local conditions, and cultivated and formed the industrialization pattern of superior apples in Tunzi Plateau, large-scale livestock and poultry breeding in Pingquan Plateau, superior flue-cured tobacco in Ruhe Honghechuan District, yellow flowers, apricots, grasses, medicinal materials and small miscellaneous grains production bases in the north.
Social undertakings
Since the reform and opening up, zhenyuan county has vigorously implemented the "strategy of rejuvenating the county through science and education". From 65438 to 0999, the county achieved the goals of "basically eliminating illiteracy among young people" and "basically popularizing nine-year compulsory education"; In 2004, there were 355 schools of all levels and types in China, with 65,438+10,000 students, 4/kloc-0 primary and secondary schools had computer classrooms, and 130 primary and secondary schools had modern distance education equipment. 1977 Since the resumption of the college entrance examination, the county has sent 22,000 students to colleges and universities across the country, and 3 1 person has been admitted to Tsinghua and Peking University, reappearing the glorious image of "a big education county". Medical and health services have developed rapidly. The county hospital is equipped with modern equipment such as B-ultrasound machine, automatic analyzer and automatic blood ball meter imported from Japan. In 2002, zhenyuan county established the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor the epidemic situation of infectious diseases from time to time, and also provided drugs for treating infectious diseases such as tuberculosis free of charge. At the same time, national fitness activities have flourished. No matter in the farmyard or the government compound, you will see the sports activities carried out by cadres and the masses in full swing. At the 2000 Provincial Games, zhenyuan county athletes won five gold medals, accounting for 78% of the total gold medals in the city. Over the years, without exception, more than 10 people were admitted, and 4 people reached the level of national first-class athletes. Zhang Dehong, graduated from Kaibian Middle School, 1990 represented China in the Belgian World Middle School Athletics Games, and finished fourth in discus throwing. In addition, zhenyuan county is a famous "cultural county". Zhou Tongjian and Qin are rare in China, and the reputation of "hometown of calligraphy and painting" is far-reaching. Folk art is simple and elegant, especially paper-cutting and embroidery, which are eye-catching and deeply favored by friends at home and abroad. Qi Xiumei, a rural woman in Lin Jing, is a famous master of paper-cutting art at home and abroad, and her works are collected by people from France, Japan and Italy.
In 2020, the ranking of influential counties of rural revitalization communication was released, and zhenyuan county ranked 88th.
In June 2020, zhenyuan county was included in the second batch of counties for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics (Long March District (Red Army) and Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region).
2065438+March 2009, zhenyuan county was included in the list of the first batch of counties (Shaanxi-Gansu area) for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics.