Chenzhou City is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, alias "Fucheng" and "Lincheng". It is located in the southeast of Hunan Province, at the intersection of Nanling Mountain and Luoxiao Mountain, and at the intersection of Yangtze River and Pearl River.
It borders Ganzhou, Jiangxi in the east, Shaoguan, Guangdong in the south, Yongzhou, Hunan in the west, Hengyang and Zhuzhou in Hunan in the north, and is known as the "South Gate" of Hunan. Located in the subtropical climate zone, the terrain inclines from southeast to northwest. In 20 17, the city's total area was 19387 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 2 districts, 1 county-level city and 8 counties, with a permanent population of 473,438+0 million.
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1, mineral resources
Chenzhou is a world-famous hometown of nonferrous metals. By the end of 20 17, various minerals 1 12 have been discovered, and 46 minerals with proven reserves have been discovered. Geological exploration project of resource crisis mine (including continuation project) 130, prospecting project 1 1. The reserves of tungsten and bismuth rank first and second respectively in the world, molybdenum ranks first, graphite ranks first, tin ranks third and zinc ranks fourth. Other ore varieties are also extremely rich.
By the end of 2009, Chenzhou had mined 292 coal mines, 22 iron mines, bismuth mines 1 block, manganese mines 1 block, 78 lead-zinc mines, tungsten mines 1 block, tin mines1block, 2 gold mines and silver mines1block.
The unique mineral crystals in Chenzhou include dovetail twin, hsianghualite, crystal and wolframite, magnesite, cubic transparent fluorite, 99-9 1 mineral crystal, red cubic calcite, whorl mineral and slate.
2. Biological resources
Chenzhou is rich in wildlife resources, with a total of 182 species, including birds110/species, 35 species of mammals and 36 species of amphibians and reptiles. There are 6 species of wild animals under national first-class protection, including South China tiger, clouded leopard, yellow-bellied pheasant, white-necked pheasant, python and Mangshan snake, and 39 species of wild animals under national second-class protection, including water deer, macaque, pangolin scales, civet cats and civet cats.
According to the investigation and statistics, there are 6 species of national first-class protected wild plants such as Ginkgo biloba, Taxus chinensis, Pinus tabulaeformis, 30 species of national second-class protected wild plants such as Cephalotaxus fortunei, Taxodium distichum, Panax quinquefolium, and other provincial and local protected wild plants such as lutein, Taxodium Jiangnan and Taxodium falcatum.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Chenzhou