Brief introduction of Barker town

Barker Town is located in the western suburb of Changshou main city, with Taohuaxi in the east, Mingyue Mountain in the west, Yan Jia Industrial Park in the south and Gulun, a commercial town in the north. Barker Town Government is located in Barker Farm, which governs the administrative areas of Barker Town and Fuhe Town, with an area of 99.25 square kilometers, cultivated land area of 24.8 1 square kilometers (including field 18.45 square kilometers and soil 6.36 square kilometers), forested land area of 50 square kilometers (including returning farmland to forests of 8.8 square kilometers) and forest coverage rate of 48%. Administer 15 administrative villages and 126 villagers' groups. By the end of 20 10, the population of the town was 46,547 (including agricultural population 4 124 1 and non-agricultural population 5,306), with a population density of 469 people/km2, and the per capita housing area of rural residents was 38.57 m2.

There are 14 ore enterprises in the town. More than 60 enterprises such as Yugang Fertilizer Co., Ltd., Bamboo Fiber Board Factory, Qinglong Mountain Mineral Water Plant, Shale Brick Factory and Fuhe Rice Processing Factory have developed well. There are also three coal mines, Xishan Coal Mine, Yuqing Coal Mine and Huaifeng Coal Mine, which are rich in coal reserves and excellent in coal quality.

The infrastructure is perfect. Urbanization with Barker, Zitong and Fuhe as the center has developed rapidly. All three towns have realized the "five links" of water, electricity, gas, television and telephone.