Brief introduction of Fang county in Shiyan city

Fangxian County is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, south of Shiyan City, with Baokang and Gucheng counties in the east, danjiangkou city in the northeast, Shennongjia forest area in the south and Zhushan County in the west. Fangxian County was called "Fangling" in ancient times, and it was named after "thousands of miles, four mountains and four blockades, and it is solid in high mountains, if there is a house". There are paleolithic and Neolithic cultural sites, which are one of the cradles of Chu culture. It is a famous "hometown of black fungus" and "hometown of yellow rice wine" in China. As of 20 12, Fangxian county governs 12 towns, 7 townships and 1 state-owned forest farms, with a total land area of 510 square kilometers and a population of 488,000, making it a national poverty-stricken county.

Fangxian terrain is high in the west and low in the east, steep in the south and slow in the north, with a flat dam in the middle. Flat dams and hills account for 17. 1%, mountains account for 44.4% and mountains account for 38.5%. Taking the Qingfeng fault zone as the boundary, the elevation of the northern mountains is between 800- 1000m, and the mountains generally strike east-west, northeast or southeast, with a slope between 10-50. The back of the mountain is wide, the top of the mountain is like a wall, and valley basins are dotted. It is the main producing area of corn, rice, wheat and fungus. In the middle of the county seat, Malanyu around the county seat is the center, forming a long and narrow fault basin with an altitude of 400-600 meters, which is not only the granary of the county seat, but also an important base for developing fruit and wood gardens. The south is mountainous, with steep mountains, most of which are above 1000 meters. It is the main producing area of corn, miscellaneous grains and timber forest. The highest elevation in the county is Shangkan Guanjiaya in the southwest, with an altitude of 2485.6 meters; The lowest elevation is Jiangjiapo in Damu, with an elevation of180m, with a difference of 2306m within the territory.

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