Population density: 362 people/km2.
Guanghe County is located in the middle of Gansu Province, southeast of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, facing Lintao County of Dingxi City across the river in the east, Dongxiang Autonomous County in the north, Hezheng County in the west and Kangle County in the south. It is located between10223'-10351'east longitude and 35 25'-35 28' north latitude. It is 45 kilometers long from east to west and 13 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 538 square kilometers. The whole territory is like a running rabbit. Guanghe County is located in the Loess Plateau of Longxi, and the terrain is inclined from southwest to northeast, with an average elevation of 1.953 meters, and the highest in southwest is Daxie, with an elevation of 2620 meters. Wujiu Village, the lowest in Sanjiaji Town in the east, is 1800 meters above sea level. Except for the alluvial terrace in the middle of Guangtong Valley, the rest areas are densely covered with hills and gullies. There are two big rivers in Guanghe County-Guangtong River and Taohe River. Guangtong River, called "Summer Water" in ancient times, flows through the hinterland of Guanghe County from west to east.
The county name comes from the name of Guangtong River. Ding Ning County was established in 19 19, Guangtong Hui Autonomous Region in 1953, Autonomous County in 1955, Guangtong County in 1956 and Guanghe County in 1957.
administrative division
Guanghe County governs 5 towns and 4 townships 1 ethnic townships: Chengguan Town, Sanjiaji Town, Qijiaji Town, Zhuangheji Town, Maishouxiang Town, Paiziping Township, Nanshan Township, Shuiquan Township, Fangguan Township and Arimata Dongxiang Town.
Climatic condition
Guanghe county belongs to temperate semi-arid climate zone, with mild spring and summer, cool autumn and cold and dry winter. The annual average temperature is 6.4C, the highest temperature is 32.6℃, and the lowest temperature is 2 1, 6℃. The average precipitation is 493,5mm, and the evaporation 1257mm. The annual frost-free period is about 142 days, with an average annual sunshine of 2560 hours and total solar radiation of 13 1.94 kcal/cm2.
tourist resources
Guanghe county is rich in Neolithic cultural relics, and the famous Majiayao culture, Mid-levels culture and Qijia culture were first discovered in this county. The extensive distribution of ancient cultural sites and rich unearthed cultural relics in the county have attracted many Chinese and foreign archaeologists, making Guanghe County one of the most famous archaeological areas in Gansu. Guanghe County has jurisdiction over 2 towns and 8 townships, 102 administrative villages and 1 120 villagers' groups. 1At the end of 1999, the population of the county was 1943 10, of which the Hui nationality 1 18095 accounted for the total population.
Guanghe economy
The economy of Guanghe County is dominated by agriculture, and the agricultural population accounts for 96.4% of the county's total population, with an area of 206,000 mu of cultivated land, and the per capita cultivated land is 1. 1 mu. The per capita basic farmland is 0.5 mu, and more than 60% is dry land. The agricultural foundation is weak, and the output is low and unstable. The main disaster affecting agricultural production is drought. In recent years, the county party committee and government insist on agriculture as the foundation and market as the guidance, actively develop diversified economy, stabilize the grain planting area, optimize the planting structure, rely on science and technology, increase agricultural investment, adapt measures to local conditions, promote the application of plastic film mulching, solar energy-saving greenhouses, intercropping and so on, and pay attention to the output per unit area to improve the total output. Wheat, corn and potato are the main food crops, while flax and rape are the main cash crops.
The comprehensive strength of the county has been significantly enhanced, economic and social undertakings have developed rapidly, and people's living standards have been significantly improved. In 2004, the county's GDP reached 448 million yuan, 52 times that of 1978. The total industrial output value reached 580 million yuan, 503 times that of 1978. The fiscal revenue reached 25.29 million yuan, which was 1, 4 1/times. The total retail sales of social consumer goods reached 65.438+0.43 billion yuan, 4,465.438+0 times of 654.38+0.956. The investment in fixed assets of the whole society reached 65.438+0.42 billion yuan, 203 times that of 654.38+0.978.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the natural conditions in Guanghe were harsh and the people lived in poverty. Since the poverty alleviation work was carried out in the 1990s, the county party committee and government have made tackling poverty as the focus of the county's work. Focusing on solving the five major problems of "food, shelter, transportation, medical treatment and school", they explored effective ways such as "building terraces, laying plastic films, collecting rain and saving irrigation, exporting labor services, promoting the whole village, and comprehensively developing agriculture", and achieved remarkable results in poverty alleviation. The per capita net income of farmers in the county increased from 37.74 yuan in 1978 to 130 1 yuan in 2004, and the poverty level in rural areas decreased to 6.6%.
Guanghe's private economy started in the 1980s. 1983, there were only 35 private enterprises in the county, with an output value of 1.54 million yuan. Over the past 20 years, the private economy has developed rapidly from small to large, from scratch. Especially in recent years, the county party committee and government have adopted a series of policies and measures to encourage, support and guide, which has created a good development environment and promoted the rapid development of the county's private economy. By the end of 2004, the number of private enterprises in the county had grown to 1287, with14810.5 employees and fixed assets of private enterprises of 268 million yuan. The total output value of private enterprises in the county reached 792 million yuan, the sales income was 6130,000 yuan, the added value was1990,000 yuan, the profit was 30 million yuan, and the taxes paid were 1008 yuan. The private economy has not only developed rapidly in quantity, but also undergone qualitative changes in scale and structure. Production and operation have developed from a single field of fur processing in the early days of reform and opening up to a variety of industries with relatively complete categories such as smelting, processing, construction, transportation, consulting and information. The products mainly include woolen cloth, blankets, tops, carpets, cashmere sweaters, machine bricks, colored garment leather, upper leather, blue wet leather, leather sofas, leather jackets, crystal sugar, caustic soda, plastics and ferrosilicon. In 2004, the tax paid by private enterprises accounted for 40% of the county's fiscal revenue. Private economy has become the most potential and dynamic economic growth point in the county.
In recent years, Guanghe private economy has shown a multi-industry development trend. While consolidating traditional industries such as leather and wool spinning, vigorously expanding service industries such as catering and transportation has become the most dynamic development highlight of the private economy. Guanghe catering industry has achieved rapid development, and its tentacles have extended from local areas to large and medium-sized cities across the country, with an amazing development speed. At present, there are more than 1500 catering enterprises run by Guanghe people inside and outside the county, mainly distributed in county towns and large and medium-sized cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Lanzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Guangzhou. A number of Muslim catering enterprises represented by Yunfeng, Yinfeng, Huayu and Ma Fugui Laoma Lamian Noodles have not only gained a firm foothold in big cities, but also led the trend of the catering industry. With the rapid development of the national logistics industry, the transportation industry in Guanghe has grown stronger and stronger, and has formed a transportation army with nearly 1,000 vans. Trucks are mainly large and medium-sized vehicles, including eight-axle, two-axle, four-axle and semi-trailer. These transport troops transported local products such as fur and potatoes from the west to the southeast, and also transported daily necessities from other places to the west to exchange needed goods, thus enhancing the exchange of goods throughout the country.
202 1, 1, in 2020, the ranking of influential counties in rural revitalization communication was released, and Guanghe County ranked 289th.
In July 2020, the Ministry of Commerce announced the list of comprehensive demonstration counties of rural e-commerce in 2020, and Guanghe County was selected.
20 1 9165438+1October1,Guanghe county was named as the national demonstration county of "Four Good Rural Roads".