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Wuxi County

Coordinates: 31°27′N 109°38′E / 31.450°N 109.633°E / 31.450; 109.633
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Wuxi County
巫溪县
Location of Wuxi County in Chongqing
Location of Wuxi County in Chongqing
Location of Chongqing in China
Location of Chongqing in China
Coordinates: 31°27′N 109°38′E / 31.450°N 109.633°E / 31.450; 109.633
CountryPeople's Republic of China
MunicipalityChongqing
County seatChengxiang (城厢镇)
Government
 • TypeCounty
 • CPC SecretaryTang De Xiang (唐德祥)
 • MayorLuo Cheng (罗成)
Area
 • County
4,030 km2 (1,560 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • County
514,200
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
 • Urban
163,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
405800
Area code023
GDP[1]2013
 - TotalCNY9.01 billion
US$1.45 billion
 - Per capitaCNY17,012
US$2,744
 - GrowthIncrease 19.2%
HDI0.758
County flowerPeach
Websitehttp://wx.cq.gov.cn/

Wuxi County (Chinese: 巫溪县; pinyin: Wūxī xiàn) is a county of Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China. Sitting at the upper reaches of Daning River and the southern slopes of the central Daba Mountains. It is best known for its scenic views and its preserved witchcraft culture.

Wuxi County is noted as a major tourism site of Chongqing.

Administrative divisions

Wuxi County has 10 towns and 47 townships:

Towns:

  • Chengxiang (城厢)
  • Fenghuang (凤凰)
  • Ningchang (宁厂)
  • Shanghuang (上磺)
  • Gulu (古路)
  • Wenfeng (文峰)
  • Xujia (徐家)
  • Bailu (白鹿)
  • Jianshang (尖山)
  • Xiabao (下堡)

Townships:

  • Huani (花栗)
  • Linguo (菱角)
  • Datong (大同)
  • Shengli (胜利)
  • Dahe (大河)
  • Houhe (后河)
  • Tianxing (天星)
  • Wangu (万古)
  • Changgui (长桂)
  • Huangyan (黄阳)
  • Fenglin (峰灵)
  • Hongyan (红岩)
  • Pulian (蒲莲)
  • Tangfang (塘坊)
  • Zishu (梓树)
  • Jinpeng (金盆)
  • Chaoyandong (朝阳洞)
  • Xianshui (咸水)
  • Jianlou (建楼)
  • Zhengxi (正溪)
  • Zhongba (中坝)
  • Yulin (鱼鳞)
  • Wulong (乌龙)
  • Gaozhu (高竹)
  • Yusha (渔沙)
  • Zhonglu (中鹿)
  • Zhaojiao (皂角)
  • Tianba (田坝)
  • Maping (马坪)
  • Longtai (龙台)
  • Zhonggang (中岗)
  • Tongcheng (通城)
  • Lanying (兰英)
  • Huatai (花台)
  • Shuangyan (双阳)
  • Congshu (丛树)
  • Shengjia (沈家)
  • Gaolou (高楼)
  • Tianyuan (天元)
  • Zhongniang (中梁)
  • Tucheng (土城)
  • Heping (和平)
  • Xingza (兴寨)
  • Yixi (易溪)
  • Changdu (长渡)
  • Shuangtai (双台)
  • Qianghe (前河)

Geography

The vast majority of Wuxi's land area is mountainous. With a wet abundant precipitation, Wuxi County is suitable for many plants to grow, the local products are medicine nectar, starch, bacon, dried fruit, vegetables and antler.

Climate data for Wuxi County (1971−2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 8.6
(47.5)
10.8
(51.4)
15.3
(59.5)
21.3
(70.3)
25.6
(78.1)
28.1
(82.6)
31.4
(88.5)
32.1
(89.8)
26.6
(79.9)
21.0
(69.8)
15.7
(60.3)
10.2
(50.4)
20.6
(69.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 3.3
(37.9)
4.8
(40.6)
8.3
(46.9)
13.1
(55.6)
17.3
(63.1)
20.4
(68.7)
23.0
(73.4)
22.6
(72.7)
19.1
(66.4)
14.4
(57.9)
9.6
(49.3)
5.0
(41.0)
13.4
(56.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 17.8
(0.70)
17.8
(0.70)
49.4
(1.94)
109.4
(4.31)
163.3
(6.43)
205.2
(8.08)
211.8
(8.34)
153.1
(6.03)
179.1
(7.05)
109.1
(4.30)
52.1
(2.05)
23.6
(0.93)
1,291.7
(50.86)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 9.6 9.2 12.3 14.7 15.7 15.5 13.1 11.5 14.1 14.3 11.6 10.2 151.8
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Economy

Total economy performance in 2013 is good and growth rate is accelerating. Total GDP is 9.01 billion yuan in 2013.

Farming in Wuxi County

Major products include rice, corn, potato, sweet potato, cotton, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, carrot and soybean.

Wuxi Industry Park

Manufacturing is the most important economy sector of Wuxi County, they are separately located in several industrial park of Wuxi county. One industry park is in Fenghuang town(凤凰), another one is in Jianshang Town(尖山), the third industrial park is in Ninggang. They all are regulated by Wuxi Government.

Banking in Wuxi County

Agricultural Bank of China is the most popular bank in Wuxi County with Postal Savings Bank of China come to the second place under the regulation of People's Bank of China of Wuxi County

Mining in Wuxi County

Mining is still an important part of the economy of Wuxi County, The major areas of production in 2010 were coal, iron ore, natural gas, salt and zinc.

Tourism

Tourism is a large industry in Wuxi county, with a number of tourism companies flourishing in recent years. The county's natural resources are some of the best preserved in Chongqing.

Transportation

Massive infrastructure programs started in 2008, like Wuxi-Yunyan highway, Wuxi-Fengjie highway and Wuxi-Zhenping highway with anticipation of completion in 2013 and that will be connected with other China National Highways

There is also a plan under consideration about building an airport in Wuxi County to serve the region across Shaanxi province, Sichuan province also other neighbouring provinces like Hubei, Guizhou, Hunan.

The Wuxi Long-distance Bus Station started bus service to Guangdong province and Shanghai in early 2009 while Wuxi Zhaojiaba Bus Station serves domectic transportation.

Education

Elementary Schools

Middle and High Schools

Vocational Schools

References

  1. ^ "上海人均GDP超北京全国最高". Dongfang Daily (in Chinese). 20 January 2012.