Wuxi County

Wuxi County
巫溪县
County

Location of Wuxi County in Chongqing

Location of Chongqing in China
Coordinates: 31°27′N 109°38′E / 31.450°N 109.633°E / 31.450; 109.633Coordinates: 31°27′N 109°38′E / 31.450°N 109.633°E / 31.450; 109.633
Country People's Republic of China
Municipality Chongqing
County seat Chengxiang (城厢镇)
Government
 • Type County
 • CPC Secretary Tang De Xiang (唐德祥)
 • Mayor Luo Cheng (罗成)
Area
 • County 4,030 km2 (1,560 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • County 514,200
 • Density 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
 • Urban 163,000
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code 405800
Area code(s) 023
GDP[1] 2013
 - Total CNY9.01 billion
US$1.45 billion
 - Per capita CNY17,012
US$2,744
 - Growth Increase 19.2%
HDI 0.758
County flower Peach
Website http://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
Average high °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)
Average low °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)		 13.4
(56.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 17.8
(0.701)		 17.8
(0.701)		 49.4
(1.945)		 109.4
(4.307)		 163.3
(6.429)		 205.2
(8.079)		 211.8
(8.339)		 153.1
(6.028)		 179.1
(7.051)		 109.1
(4.295)		 52.1
(2.051)		 23.6
(0.929)		 1,291.7
(50.855)
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

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.

  • Wuxi New Burg
  • Wuxi Cave
  • Wuxi Prairie
  • Yuntai Temple ()
  • Ning Town
  • Daning Town of Yore
  • Chinese New Year at Wuxi
  • Daning River

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.

  • Wuxi Long-distance Bus Station
  • Wuxi Zhaojiaba Bus Station
  • Port of Wuxi

Education

Elementary Schools

  • Chenxiang Elementary School (城厢小学)
  • Huancheng Elementary School (环城小学)
  • Zhuhai Experiment Elementary School (珠海实验小学)

Middle and High Schools

  • Wuxi Middle School (重庆市巫溪中学)
  • Chenxiang Middle School (城厢中学)
  • Wuxi GuLu Middle School (巫溪古路中学)()
  • Shanghuang Middle School (上磺中学)()

Vocational Schools

  • Huancheng Vocational School (环城职教中心)
  • Wenfeng Vocational School (文峰职教中心)

References

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