Changping town is located in the middle section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Economic Corridor, with an area of 103 square kilometers. Changping is located on the east bank of the Pearl River Delta, with Shenzhen and Hong Kong in the south and Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai in the north. The city is adjacent to eight towns and enjoys convenient transportation. Beijing-Kowloon, Guangzhou-Kowloon, Guangzhou-Meizhou Railway and Guan Hui Intercity Railway meet here. It is the only town in China with two large-scale train passenger stations (Dongguan East Station and Changping Station) and a national first-class railway port.
Evolution of administrative divisions in changping town;
In the late Southern Song Dynasty (1265- 1278), the ancestors of some villages in changping town successively set up camps in various parts of the town from Nanxiong Zhuji Lane or other places. Since then, villages in this town have begun to take shape.
On August 5th 1950, the district and township were adjusted, and Changping Wei was the only district governing town in the county. The villages in Changping are basically under the jurisdiction of Changping Township and Guangyu Township in 1 District. On June 30th, 1954, Changping, the fifth district, was changed to a township. On September 1955, the fifth district was renamed "Changping District".
1957,65438+February, the county was evacuated and 37 townships were established. Changping District disintegrated, and the original small towns merged into four towns: Changping, Tutang, Hengli and Dongkeng. 1958 10, the county abolished the township organizational system and established the people's commune system. At that time, Changping, Hengli, Qiaotou and Dongkeng merged to form Changping People's Commune.
1983165438+10, Changping commune was abolished and Changping district office was established. The production brigade under the jurisdiction of the original commune was also revoked and renamed the Township People's Government. 1April, 1987, Changping withdrew from the district to build a town. Cancel CCBA in Changping District and establish Changping Town People's Government. Twenty-four townships under the original district administration were also abolished, and 3 1 administrative districts (another residential administrative district) were established respectively.