The Municipal People's Government is located in Yingcheng Street with the postal code of 5 13000. Code: 44 188 1. Area code: 0763. Pinyin: Yingde Stone.
Basic overview:
Yingde city has a long history and is an ancient city of Lingnan civilization. In ancient times, it was called Yingzhou, which was named because it was rich in stones. In the sixth year of Ding Yuan (BC 165438+ BC 0 1), Mianyang and Hanguang counties were established at the same time. In the first year of Qingyuan in the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1 195), it was called "Yingde". Historically, there were administrative organizations such as states, counties, prefectures and highways. 1949 after the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), it followed the county system and belonged to Shaoguan city. 1988 is under the jurisdiction of Qingyuan city. 1994 set up a city from the county, and now governs 24 towns (street offices). With a population of 6.5438+0.03 million and a land area of 5,679 square kilometers, it is the largest county-level administrative region in Guangdong Province.
Yingde city is located in the middle of Guangdong, in the middle reaches of the Beijiang River, at the junction of the Pearl River Delta and northern Guangdong, with superior geographical conditions, 0/38 km south of Guangzhou/KLOC; The traffic is developed, and the Beijing-Guangzhou railway passes through the territory; The road network extends in all directions: east to 106 National Road, west to 107 National Road, south to Yin Ying Highway and Yingkeng First Class Highway, and north to Shaoguan. The first-class highway from Yingfo, which has been opened to traffic, is only 89 kilometers away from Guangzhou New Airport, and the driving time is only 1 hour. The shipping of Beijiang River and Lianjiang River is developed, with Baishiyao Water Control Project in the upstream and Feilaixia Water Control Project in the downstream. Beijiang River is already a golden waterway, and 500-ton ships can reach Yingde directly from Hong Kong, Macao and Guangzhou.
As early as the Song Dynasty, "Shi Ying", one of the four famous ornamental stones in China, was named after the word "Ying" in Yingzhou. Now it attracts merchants from all over the country to order it every year to make landscape bonsai or use it for garden decoration. "Shi Ying" crossed the ocean and gave it to the United States and Japan as a precious gift from Guangdong. "Shi Ying" bonsai is exported to all parts of the world.
Yingde is the hometown of China black tea. Yingde Black Tea is famous at home and abroad for its uniform appearance, neat and clean appearance, bright soup color, rich aroma and sweet taste, and is exported to more than 30 countries and regions.
Yingde is a famous historical and cultural city in Guangdong Province with a long history of cultural relics and historic sites. Scholars of all ages traveled to ancient Yingzhou, leaving immortal and world-famous cliff stone carvings; The cultural relics and historic sites left by the past dynasties, the stone ancient cultural site of Shishi Mountain in Yunling, show the profound history and ancient civilization of Britain and Germany; The picturesque scenery of Britain and Germany and the ingenious nature have created the world-famous extra-large caves-Baojing Palace, the forest scenery of the first peak in the south-Yingxifeng Forest Corridor, the beautiful long lake, the mysterious underground river of Pipa Mountain and Shimentai Primitive Forest Scenic Reserve. Many wonderful natural landscapes and rich human landscapes complement each other.