I. Introduction

Shi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, with its capital in Enshi.

Enshi is located in the southwest of Hubei Province, at the junction of Hubei, Hunan and Chongqing, bordering Qianjiang District of Chongqing in the west, Wanzhou District of Chongqing in the north, Xiangxi Prefecture of Hunan Province in the south and Shennongjia and Yichang in the east, with an area of 24,060.26 square kilometers.

Enshi Prefecture was founded in August 1983, with 29 ethnic groups including Tujia, Miao, Dong, Han, Hui, Mongolian, Yi, Naxi and Zhuang. By the end of 2022, Enshi had a registered population of 4,002,500.

Second, the title

Enshi Prefecture has a forest coverage rate of nearly 70% and enjoys the titles of "Linhai in Western Hubei", "Chinese Medicine Library", "Tobacco Kingdom" and "Selenium Capital of the World". Quanzhou is an important clean energy base in Central China, with theoretical reserves of hydropower resources of 6 million kilowatts, exploitable capacity of 5 million kilowatts and wind power resources of 3 million kilowatts.

Exi Iron Mine in Enshi Prefecture is one of the four largest iron mines in China, with proven reserves of 654.38+300 million tons. The proven reserves of natural gas are 654.38+050 billion cubic meters. Enshi also has the largest independent selenium deposit in the world. Enshi enjoys the national western development plan and policy, and is one of the three prefecture-level administrative regions that enjoy relevant policies.

Administrative divisions and climate of Enshi Autonomous Prefecture

administrative division

According to the information released by Enshi government network in March 2065438+2009, Enshi has two county-level cities, Enshi and Lichuan. Jianshi, Badong, Xuanen, Xianfeng, Laifeng and Hefeng counties.

There are 88 township, town and sub-district offices in Quanzhou, including 46 townships, 37 towns and 5 offices. 2627 village and residents' committees, including 2543 villagers' committees; 23,565,438+00 villages and residents' groups, including 22,662 villagers' groups.

climate

Enshi belongs to subtropical monsoon and monsoon humid climate, characterized by less cold in winter, no heat in summer, less fog, moist all year round, abundant precipitation and the same period of rain and heat. However, due to the complex terrain and disparity in terrain, there are extremely obvious vertical regional differences in climate.

Heat and temperature decrease with the elevation of the terrain. The annual average temperature is 65438 06.3℃ in low mountains, 65438 03.4℃ in high mountains and 7.8℃ in high mountains. The annual precipitation is1100 ~1300mm in the southeast, 1000 ~ 1900mm in the northwest and 1400 ~ 1600mm in the middle.

The average annual sunshine in low mountainous areas is 65,438+0,300 hours, in two high mountains, 65,438+0,200 ~ 65,438+0,350 hours, and in high mountains, 65,438+0,000 ~ 65,438+0,350 hours. Frost-free period: 238 ~ 348 days in low mountain, 237 ~ 264 days in second mountain and 0/70 ~ 233 days in high mountain; Relative humidity is 82% in mountainous areas, 85% in mountainous areas and 82% in mountainous areas.