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At the intersection of Qin and Han cultures, there is a vibrant hot spot, that is, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China, which was praised as "the best spring profit in the world" by Emperor Qing Gan Longsheng. This young city has a long history and has the earliest ancient human activity site found in Jiangsu Province-"Xiacaowan Cultural Site". This is the hometown of Xiang Yu, the only overlord of the Western Chu Dynasty in the history of China who does not regard success or failure as a hero. It is said in Historical Records that "Ji Xiang is a relatively low-key person". The next stage is Suqian now.
Suqian, a prefecture-level city, was established in 1996. It governs Shuyang County, Siyang County, Sihong County, Sucheng District and suyu district, with a total area of 8,555 square kilometers and a population of 5.29 million. She is an important emerging central city in Jiangsu, and also a gorgeous new flower in the urban agglomeration of the East Bridgehead of the New Eurasian Continental Bridge. Suqian, as the main traffic artery in Jiangsu and Anhui, has outstanding people and rich resources.
Suqian has a warm temperate monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine and rainfall, a long frost-free period, an average annual temperature of 14.2℃ and an average annual precipitation of 9 10 mm, with flat terrain, fertile land and 6.75 million mu of cultivated land. It is a famous commodity grain base in China. Forestry resources are extremely rich, and it is known as the first hometown of china yiyang.
Hongze Lake, one of the four largest freshwater lakes in China, and Rome Lake, one of the few second-class lakes in China, nourish this famous land of fish and rice like twin sisters. There are many rivers in the territory, with a high-quality water surface of 3.03 million mu, which is rich in more than 50 kinds of aquatic products such as whitebait, eel, turtle, crab and shrimp. The output of crabs ranks first in China, and whitebait exports first in Jiangsu Province.
Rich cultural and natural tourism resources are another wealth of Suqian. Hongze Lake and Rome Lake are full of smoke, weather, rare birds and fishing boats. The Qianlong Palace, built in 168 1, has an extraordinary momentum. Wang Xiang's hometown, Chu Bawang Xiang Yu Memorial Hall, is magnificent; Zhangshan Forest Park has beautiful scenery and typical nature.
Suqian is rich in mineral resources, with quartz sand and clay reserves exceeding 500 million tons, and kyanite and yellow sand reserves rank first in the cities under the jurisdiction of the whole country. These rich resources provide an excellent foundation for Suqian's economic take-off. Since the city was founded, Suqian's GDP has grown at a double-digit rate every year, forming an industrial system with local characteristics such as food, wine-making, textile, building materials, electronics, chemicals and machinery. Among them, "Yanghe" and "Shuanggou" Daqu were famous as early as the Ming Dynasty, ranking among the top ten famous wines in China. Spcc spun silk exports account for more than half of China spun silk exports.
natural resource
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The city's cultivated land area is 6.59 million mu, with per capita cultivated land 1.28 mu. Agricultural production conditions are unique, and there are many kinds of crops, trees, aquatic products and livestock and poultry.
Suqian is a high-quality agricultural and sideline products producing area, rich in grain, cotton, oil, cocoon, wood, flowers and so on. The three counties under its jurisdiction are all national commodity grain base counties. Suqian is a famous "hometown of poplars", and the four counties under its jurisdiction are all advanced counties in plain greening in China, with timber forest/kloc-0.33 million mu and standing trees of 7 million cubic meters. Shuyang County is a well-known "hometown of flowers" with a wide variety of flowers and seedlings.
Suqian is a famous "hometown of aquatic products" at home and abroad, with a water area of more than 3.5 million mu. There are two lakes (Hongze Lake and Roman Lake) and four rivers (Grand Canal, Huaihe River, yi river River and Shuhe River) in the territory, of which the water quality of the two lakes has reached the national second-class standard, and there are more than 50 kinds of aquatic products such as whitebait, shrimp and crab. Sihong County was also named "Crab Town of China" by the former Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries.
Suqian is rich in mineral resources and large in nonmetallic mineral reserves. At present, the minerals that have been discovered, proved and developed mainly include quartz sand, kyanite, silica, crystal, phosphate rock and yellow sand. The minerals to be explored and mined include mica, diamonds, copper, iron, oil and potassium ores.
geographical environment
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Suqian City is located in the north of Jiangsu Province, between 33 8-34' 25 north latitude and117 56'-1910' east longitude, and belongs to the cross radiation of Longhai Economic Belt, Coastal Economic Belt and Economic Belt along the Yangtze River. Generally speaking, it is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with the highest elevation of 7 1.2m and the lowest elevation of 2.8m The total area of the city is 8,555 square kilometers, of which the land area accounts for 77.6%, the cultivated land area is 6.59 million mu, and the total population is 5 1.5 million. Area and population rank fourth and seventh respectively in Jiangsu 1.3 provincial cities. It has jurisdiction over three counties and two districts (Shuyang County, Siyang County, Sihong County, Sucheng District and suyu district), * *1/township (town), four streets and 14 18 administrative villages.
Suqian has a warm temperate monsoon climate, with an average temperature of 14.2℃, an average annual precipitation of 9 10mm and an average annual sunshine hours of 229 1.6 hours.
Suqian has very convenient transportation, and the land and water trunk lines extend in all directions. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the north and south, with a navigation mileage of 897 kilometers. Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, Nanjing-Suzhou-Xuzhou Expressway and Suxin first-class highway have been completed and opened to traffic, Xinchang Railway, National Highway 205 and Provincial Highway 305 pass through the territory, and Xusuhuai Expressway, Sushu first-class highway and Supi first-class highway are under construction. It is 60 kilometers away from Xuzhou Guanyin International Airport in the west, 0/00 kilometers away from Lianyungang Baitabu Airport in the north and 260 kilometers away from Nanjing Lukou International Airport in the south. The advantages of the airport are very obvious.
population composition
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According to the data of the fifth national census, the total population of the city was 5 1 1:00 in 2000/0/0. Compared with the data of the fourth national census, the average annual growth rate was 1. 18%. In the total population, 0- 14, 15-64, 65-year-old and above accounted for 26.3%, 66.3% and 7.4% respectively (compared with the fourth national census, the proportion of 0- 14 population decreased by 4.9 percentage points, and the proportion of 65-year-old and above increased. The population with college education or above accounts for 1.2%, the population with high school education and technical secondary school education accounts for 7.4%, the population with junior high school education accounts for 35.3%, the population with primary school education accounts for 39.3%, and the crude illiteracy rate is 8.2%, which is11compared with the fourth national census. The population living in cities and towns accounts for 25.5%, and the population living in rural areas accounts for 74.5%; The population of Han nationality accounts for 99.7%, and the population of ethnic minorities 1.49 million, accounting for 0.3%.
The development of history
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Suqian City is located in the north of Jiangsu Province, in the Yang of Huaihe River. The Spring and Autumn Period was the country of Zhong Wuzi, and later the host country moved its capital here. Qin set up an equal county. In 1 13 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty named the youngest son of Changshan County, Shangliu, as the King of Surabaya. All the kings were located in Lingxian County, which governed more than 25,000 households,19000 people, five generations and six kings, which lasted for 132 years. In the Western Han Dynasty, Ling Fei County set up the Xiaxiang. After the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty, the first year of the Eastern Jin Emperor Yixi (AD 405) was changed to Suyu County. Southern and Northern Dynasties and Sui Dynasty still belong to Suyu County. In the first year of Baoying in Tang Daizong (AD 762), Suyu County was changed to Suqian County to avoid Li Yu. There are Huaiwen County, Toarey Yang County, Taoyuan County and Linhuai County. Later, in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the states were repeatedly abolished. During the period from War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to the Liberation War, Suyu County was in the east of the Canal, Sisu County was in the west of the Canal, and Subei County was in the north of Xiaodian and Xin 'an Town in xinyi city, Xuzhou. Suqian City was established from September 1945 to July 1946 and belongs to Sisu County. 1June, 946, Suqian County (including Yundong and Yunxi) and the area south of Xinyi River in Subei County were merged into Suqian County, belonging to Huaiyin District. 1970 belongs to Huaiyin area. 1983 belongs to Huaiyin city. 1987 65438+February 3 1 With the approval of the State Council, Suqian County was abolished and Suqian City was established at the county level. 1In July, 996, with the approval of the State Council, Suqian at the county level was abolished and Suqian at the prefecture level was established, covering Shuyang County, Siyang County, Sihong County, Sucheng District and suyu district. The seat of the municipal government is Sucheng District.
administrative division
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Suqian now governs Shuyang, Siyang and Sihong counties, Sucheng District and suyu district, 1 1 towns, 4 sub-district offices, including 79 towns and 14 18 administrative villages. 1When the city was established in July 1996, there were 124 townships (29 towns and 95 townships) in the whole city. 1996 to 2000, in order to speed up the construction of small towns and promote the process of urbanization, 5 1 townships were approved by the provincial government to withdraw their townships and set up towns. In May 2000, with the approval of the provincial government, the administrative divisions of towns and villages in the city were adjusted. * * * 15 townships merged and four new sub-district offices were established. The total number of villages and towns decreased from 126 to 1 1, including 79 villages and towns. In June, 20001year, combined with the rural tax and fee reform, village-level regional adjustment was carried out, and the administrative villages with less than 2500 people in the city were merged. The total number of villages (residences) has increased from 2,299 to 14 18, with a merger rate of 38%. After the merger, the average population of the village (residence) is 3549.
Sucheng District covers an area of 866 square kilometers and has a population of 850,000. The postal code is 223800. District People's Government is located on Development Avenue.
Suyu district covers an area of 1.236 square kilometers and has a population of 680,000. The postal code is 223800. Shunhe Town People's Government.
Shuyang County covers an area of 2,297 square kilometers and has a population of 654.38+0.76 million. The postal code is 223600. County People's Government in Shucheng Town.
Siyang county covers an area of 12 13 square kilometers with a population of 950,000. The postal code is 223700. County People's Government in Zhongxing Town.
Sihong county covers an area of 2,729 square kilometers and has a population of 980,000. The postal code is 223900. Qingyang town and county people's government.
Suqian historical celebrities
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Xiang Yu: Yu Zi (paying special attention to Xiang Yu's real name Yu Zi), and Xia Xiang (now Suqian, Jiangsu). Xiang Yu's grandson, a famous Chu soldier, an ancient uprising leader in China, a famous strategist and the strongest military commander in the history of China! China is the representative of the military thought school of "Brave War". Known as the overlord of Chu.
Yu Ji: Yu Ji loves her for Xiang Yu, the overlord of the western Chu Dynasty, and often goes out with Xiang Yu. In the late period of the Chu-Han dispute, Xiang Yu tended to lose. In 202 BC, it was besieged by the Han army (now south of Lingbi County, Anhui Province), and the food was serenaded. Embattled at night, heartbroken. Facing Yu Ji, he drank wine and sighed in the camp: "If you pull out the mountain, you will be angry and you will not die." The lyrics are desolate and tragic, with tender feelings, which is called "Children's Song" in history.
Xu Yanwang: Xu lived in the Western Zhou Dynasty around 1000 BC.