Do you know how many towns and villages there are in Shanxi Province?

The administrative division of Shanxi is 1 1 city19 county (city, district) 1 198 township, with 28,203 administrative villages. The total population is 33 1.43 million, of which the rural population is 20.28 million, accounting for 6 1% of the total population.

At the end of 2000, Shanxi Province carried out the largest adjustment of township administrative divisions after the founding of the People's Republic of China. By April of 20001year, the towns and villages in the province 19 10 were merged into 1 198. After the merger, villages and towns realized the unified planning, development and utilization of resources through strong alliance and complementary resources, promoted the development of regional economy, reduced the burden on farmers and improved administrative efficiency.

It is understood that the last township streamlining, * * * cut staff, the establishment of more than 8000 people. Afterwards, according to the investigation report of the inspection team of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, a considerable part of the expenditure of township administrative agencies comes from the overall funds collected from farmers and the management fees paid by township enterprises. After downsizing, the province only saves the wages of temporary workers, and the per capita burden of farmers is reduced by 10 yuan.

In order to further reduce the burden on farmers and accelerate the development of resources in poor towns and villages, Shanxi Province will continue to merge small towns and villages this year. The reporter learned from the Provincial Civil Affairs Department yesterday that in reality, the poorer the township, the larger its regional area, while some towns with developed economy and concentrated population, because of the small regional area, it is difficult for the industry to scale up. This time, more than 400 towns and villages in the province are within the scope of adjustment.