Population density: 74 persons/km2.
Gulang County is located in the northwest of Gansu Province. The total area is 5287 square kilometers. Total population is 390,000 (2004). County People's 0 is located in Gulang Town, postcode: 733 100. Code: 620622. Area code: 0935. Pinyin: Gulangxian.
The average altitude is 2500m, the annual average temperature is 5.6℃, the annual average precipitation is 300mm, the evaporation is 2292mm, and the frost-free period is about 140 days. Gulang has been inhabited by many nationalities since ancient times. 1990 At the time of the fourth national census, there were 9 ethnic groups in the county, including Han, Tibetan, Hui, Tu, Manchu, Dongxiang, Maonan, Mongolian and Yao, with a total population of 398,000, including 375,800 agricultural people.
Gulang County governs 1 street, 9 towns and 10 townships: Gulang Town Street, Gulang Town, Sishui Town, Tumen Town, Dajing Town, Peijiaying Town, Haizitan Town, Ding Ning Town, Huanghuatan Township, Xijing Township and Quan Min Township.
Gulang County is high in the south and low in the north, with an altitude of1550m to 3,469m, with an average altitude of 2,500m. The total area is 5287 square kilometers, with mountains and rivers each accounting for one third, and the cultivated land area is 165438+ 10,000 mu. In normal years, the planting area is about 800,000 mu, and the irrigation area is 420,000 mu.
Gulang belongs to the alpine sub-arid area of Qilian Mountain and the cold temperature arid area of Hexi. The annual average temperature is 4.9℃, the annual precipitation is about 300mm, the evaporation is over 2,500mm, the sunshine hours are 2,852.3 hours, and the frost-free period is about 142 days.
Gulang has convenient transportation and superior geographical location. National Highway 3 12 and Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway run through the north and south, while Provincial Highway 308 and Ganwu Railway run through the east and west. National Highway 3 12 is the national highway from Shanghai to Yining, Xinjiang, with a total length of 46 kilometers and a north-south trend. Provincial Highway 308 is called "Hai (Ningxia Haiyuan) Gu (Lang)" Highway, which is connected with National Highway 3 12 at the Twin Towers, with a total length of 99.7 kilometers in the county. Seven inter-county highways, including Gu Wu Road, Shitiao Road and Dahai Road, have built a transportation network extending in all directions.
geographical position
Gulang County is located at the eastern end of Hexi Corridor, with Jingtai in the east, Tianzhu in the south, Wuwei in the northwest and Alashan Zuo Qi in Inner Mongolia in the northeast. It is the hub of the ancient Silk Road. The geographical coordinates are 37 09' ~ 37 54' north latitude and102 38' ~ 65 438+003 54' east longitude. It is about 65 438+002 kilometers long from east to west and 88 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of about 5,287 square kilometers. Gulang county is one of the key counties in the new round of poverty alleviation and development. It was founded in the second year of Emperor founding ceremony (12 1 year ago). In the early Ming Dynasty, it was named Gulangwa (meaning Huangyanggou in Tibetan), and the name of guanxian has been used ever since. Gulang county has a vast territory, and Qilian Mountain is high and majestic, running through the south of the county. The central oasis plain is an important grain-producing area in Hexi region, with criss-crossing buildings, criss-crossing ditches, fertile soil and continuous trees. The northern desert is vast and bright, oases are full of snacks, and the sand industry is developing day by day; The majestic Changling and the lush Xianglin Temple, with overlapping mountains, pines and cypresses, are elegant and beautiful, and are ideal tourist attractions; Gulangxia, commonly known as "Golden Gate Silver Lock", is famous for its abrupt rocks and dangerous terrain. Since ancient times, it has been famous for its important geographical position of "the post road is connected with three auxiliary facilities and the gate of the gorge is five cool".
General situation of economy
The economic aggregate has grown steadily, the quality of operation has been continuously improved, and the comprehensive strength has been further enhanced. By the end of 2004, the county had achieved GDP of11000000 yuan, agricultural added value of 390 million yuan, industrial added value of 21000000 yuan, large-caliber fiscal revenue of 43.72 million yuan, investment in fixed assets of 960 million yuan, disposable income of urban households of 48.28 million yuan and per capita net income of farmers of/kloc-. With the rapid economic development, typical groups such as Hou Dianlu and Liu Lao, the top ten grassroots legal workers in China, have emerged in the county. All social undertakings have developed in an all-round way, showing a good situation of coordinated development of material civilization, political civilization and spiritual civilization.
The crops are mainly wheat, beans and corn, and green fruits and vegetables such as celery, Holland, strawberry, burdock and ideal big root are quite famous in Gansu. Limestone, coal gangue, granite, kaolin, clay barite, placer gold and other mineral resources have considerable reserves and high mining value. The local industries are mainly building materials, chemicals, medicines and agricultural and sideline products processing, and more than 40 kinds of products such as cement, calcium carbonate, ephedra powder, calcium carbide, lime nitrogen, dicyandiamide, pulp paper, toilet paper, beer malt and carpet powder are booming. County East Industrial Zone, Shuangta Township Enterprise Demonstration Zone, Babusha Private Zone and Dajing Qingshan Temple Business Zone have begun to take shape.
The development of history
Evolution of Gulang organizational system
Gulang has a long history and profound cultural accumulation. As early as the Neolithic Age more than 4,000 years ago, primitive tribes with initial civilization fished and hunted nomads here to recuperate.
Gulang belonged to the ancient Yongzhou in Xia and Shang Dynasties, lived in Xirong in the Western Zhou Dynasty, belonged to Yue in the Eastern Zhou and Qin Dynasties, and lived in Xiongnu in the early Han Dynasty. In the second year of Emperor founding ceremony of the Han Dynasty (BC 12 1), Huo Qubing captured Hexi and set up four counties in Hexi, while Wuwei county set up three counties in Cangsong, Ci and Pu. The jurisdiction of these three counties is about the whole of Gulang today and some areas of Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County and Liangzhou District. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, pine was changed to pines. In the Three Kingdoms period, Gulang was the land of Wei, and the county was named Cangsong. During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, the former Qin Dynasty replaced the former cool, the latter cool, the southern cool, the northern cool and the western cool (known as the "five cool" in history), and successively set up Changsong County, Dongzhangye County and Wei 'an County, which respectively governed Changsong County, Cixian County and Puxian County. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Changsong County and Wei 'an County were successively established in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which respectively governed Changsong County, Ci County, Mokou County, Wenquan County and Baishan County. Chang Song County was established in Sui Dynasty. In the first year of Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty (AD 70 1 year), Guo, governor of Liangzhou, attached great importance to national unity, and built a river glory city in Gulangxiakou, later called Herong County, and later changed it to Changsong County. In the second year of Tang Guangde (A.D. 764), it was occupied by Tubo, and in the second year of Tang Xiantong (A.D. 86 1 year), Zhang Yichao led the rebels to recover Liangzhou and Changsong and return to Tang. In the first year of Ming Dow in the Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1032), it belonged to Xixia Kingdom and Xiliangfu. In the second year of Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1226), it was occupied by Genghis Khan, a Mongolian, and returned to Yuan Dynasty. Rongcheng has set up a patrol inspection department, which belongs to Yongchang Road. In the early Ming Dynasty, it was a garrison station and belonged to Zhuang Langwei. In the tenth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (AD 1377), Jiang Heng, a thousand households in Liangzhou, was renamed Gulang because of water, and a city was built here. In the third year of the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1438), Gulang was set up to guard thousands of households, belonging to Liangzhou Wei. In the second year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1724), Gulang County was established, belonging to Liangzhou Prefecture. Founded in the Republic of China, following the Qing system, Gulang County was established, which was under the jurisdiction of Ganliang Road. 1927 abandoned highway, belonging to Gansu Province 0. 1935 belongs to the sixth administrative supervision area of Gansu province. 1936 belongs to Wuwei Commissioner's office. 1September, 949 13, Gulang was liberated, and Gulang County People's 0 was established.
From June 5438 to February 2020, Gulang County ranked 68th in the list of the top 100 demonstration counties and cities in China in 2020.
In June, 2020 165438+ 10, the Ministry of Water Resources announced the third batch of counties (districts) that reached the standard for the construction of water-saving society, and Gulang County was on the list.
In September, 2020, the list of top 100 counties and cities with comprehensive quality of life in China in 2020 was released, and Gulang County ranked 75th.
In June, 2020, Gulang County was listed in the second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization counties (Xilu Army Division).
In 2020, Gulang County was listed in the top 100 happiest counties and cities in China in 2020, ranking 77th.
In March of 20 19, Gulang county was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in China in 20 18.