Who can introduce me to Gushi County, Henan Province?

Classification: Region >> Henan >> Xinyang City

Analysis:

(1) physical geography

Gushi county is located at the southeast end of Henan province, at the junction of Henan and Anhui provinces, where East China and the Central Plains blend. Dabie Mountain in the south and Huaihe River in the north. Its geographical location is north latitude11521'~1556' and north latitude 3 1 46'~ 32 35'. The longest from north to south is 94. 16 km, and the widest from east to west is 56. 19 km, with a total area of 2,946 square kilometers. It governs 8 towns and 25 townships, 60 1 administrative village, with a total population of 1.6 million.

The terrain of the county is generally inclined from southwest to northeast, with an average slope of11.200. The highest elevation of Caojiazhai is 1 0,025.6 meters, and the lowest elevation is 23 meters. The terrain in the county is diverse, including mountains, hills, plains, depressions, wetlands and beaches.

Gushi County, located between the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, belongs to the monsoon climate zone of transition from subtropical zone to warm temperate zone, and the climatological zero boundary passes through it, which is the transition zone between north and south of China. The climate is humid, the rainfall is abundant and the four seasons are distinct. Average annual temperature 15℃, average annual rainfall 1066 mm, average annual sunshine 2 139 hours, and frost-free period of 228 days.

(2) human history

Gushi county has a long history. Founded in AD 26, it settled in the early Western Han Dynasty. Liu Xiufeng, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, named Li Tong, a senior sinon, as the Hou of Gushi, which means "to get attached to the emperor first, and to get a firm position and pay debts", hence the name Gushi. Beautiful mountains and rivers have given birth to many historical figures. It is the hometown of national hero, patriotic general Shi Lang, botanist Wu and Huaqiao Banner. There have been four large-scale immigrants from Fujian and Taiwan in Gushi history, which is known as "the first hometown of overseas Chinese in the Central Plains". Among them, there are four famous historical figures, namely Sun Shuai, the famous minister of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, Wang and Wang, and Wu, a botanist and mineralogist in the Qing Dynasty. (3) Characteristic resources

6.5438+0.7 million mu of cultivated land, 420,000 mu of forest land, 6.5438+0.8 million mu of water surface suitable for fishing, 6.5438+0.4 million mu of rice and 900,000 mu of "double low" high-quality rapeseed. Other main cash crops are hemp, cotton, peanuts, soybeans, tea, bamboo, chestnuts, tung trees, medicinal materials, cocoons and fruits. & ltbr & gt

The special geographical environment and excellent climate resources make Gushi one of the birthplaces of excellent livestock and poultry breeds. Gushi chicken, Gushi duck and Gushi white goose were listed as 106 local high-quality poultry varieties by the Ministry of Agriculture. In addition, local breeds such as Huainan pig and Huai goat in Gushi are also well-known at home and abroad.

(4) Economic and social development

In recent years, Gushi County has always adhered to the goal of building a regional central city, taking development as the top priority, taking urban construction as the leader, taking reform and opening up as the driving force, and focusing on attracting investment, and made every effort to build a new Gushi with simple folk customs, rich culture, beautiful mountains and rivers and developed economy, and the county economy and society have achieved leap-forward development. In 2004, the county's GDP was 7.22 billion yuan, an increase of 13.4%. The fiscal revenue was 654.38+85 million yuan, an increase of 2654.38+0.3%, with a net increase of 32.45 million yuan. Both the growth rate and the increase in total revenue reached record highs. In the whole year, * * * strived for more than 250 million yuan from the higher-level finance, with a net increase of more than 90 million yuan; At the same time, fiscal expenditure exceeded 600 million yuan for the first time. The investment in fixed assets of the whole society was 2.49 billion yuan, an increase of 33.2%; The total retail sales of social consumer goods was 2.697 billion yuan, up by 15.4%. The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 5888 yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 2460 yuan, an increase of 19.5%, the highest since 1987. The balance of deposits in the financial system was 5.6 billion yuan and the balance of loans was 3.54 billion yuan. In 2004, * * * won 654.38+0.4 billion yuan for higher-level projects, an increase of 38%. The newly started, continued and completed projects in that year were 265.438+08; Investment and financing amounted to 796,543.8 billion yuan, an increase of 33%, and 244 projects were signed with foreign investors. Gushi won the titles of "50 Excellent Private Economy Development Environments in Henan Province" and "Key Counties for Opening to the Outside World in Henan Province", becoming one of the 26 key counties and cities for urbanization development in the province, and five regional central cities planned and constructed in the province, enjoying the same economic and social management authority as the cities under the jurisdiction of the province, and being recommended by the province as pilot counties for national county economic development.