Pingchuan District is located in the middle of Gansu Province. The total area is 2 106 square kilometers. The total population is 200,000 (2004).
Postal code of District People's Government: 7309 13. Code: 620403. Area code: 0943.
administrative division
Pingchuan District governs 4 streets, 3 towns and 4 townships: Baoji Road Street, Li Dian Road Street, Xingping Road Street, Honghui Road Street, Wangjiashan Town, Shuiquan Town, gonghe town, Baoji Township, Huangqiao Township, Nongtian Township and Fuxing Township.
The development of history
1985 may 14, the State Council approved (Guo Han [1985] No.66) the restoration of Baiyin city (prefecture level). Fifty-three townships in Jingyuan County, such as Baoji Town, Baoji, Shuiquan, Gonghe, Farming and Fuxing, were designated as Baiyin City and Pingchuan District was established.
In 2000, Pingchuan District governed 3 streets, 1 town and 7 townships. According to the data of the fifth census, the total population of the whole region is 186428. Population of each township (person) Baoji Road Street 473 1 1 Li Dian Road Street 104 16 Honghui Road Street 22607 Wangjiashan Town 16 187 Shuiquan Township1/. Xiang 18478 huangqiao Xiang 12 165 nongtian Xiang 8054 Fuxing Xiang 7 143
Resource environment
Climate and Environment This area is located in the center of Eurasia, living inland and far from the ocean. Liupan Mountain in the northeast and Qinling Mountains in the southeast are used as barriers, so there is little rainfall, dry climate, pure continental seasonal climate and little rain. The annual average temperature is 8.2℃, the highest annual average temperature is 9.8℃, and the temperature difference between winter and summer is large. The annual average precipitation is 250 mm, evaporation 1700 mm, annual sunshine hours are 269 1 hour, the average frost-free period is 143 days, and the longest is 170 days. Its general characteristics are: rich light and heat resources, large daily temperature difference, less rainfall, drought and windy.
Natural Resources Pingchuan District is rich in resources and energy. The non-ferrous mineral resources in China are gold, copper and manganese, while the non-metallic mineral resources are coal, clay, granite, limestone, zeolite, burnt clay, quartzite and mineral water. The total coal reserves in China reach165438+37 million tons. With a clay reserve of 2 billion tons, it is the largest hometown of ceramics in northwest China. Wuqushan mineral water is a high-quality natural mineral water identified by the Ministry of Geology and has been developed and utilized. Red Shalang in Baoji Township is rich in hot water resources. Cultivated land area is 263,200 mu, suitable forest land is 710.5 million mu, and suitable grazing land is10.310.9 million mu.
Jingyuan Coal Industry Co., Ltd., the second largest state-owned enterprise in Gansu Province, relies on the rich coal resources in Pingchuan District to make the enterprise develop rapidly with the strategy of developing coal through science and technology. Its leading products-Jinghong Coal Industry 1, 2 and 3 products have been exported to Southeast Asia for a long time, becoming the largest coal base and main export coal base in Gansu at present.
Jingyuan No.1 and No.2 Power Generation Company, the largest thermal power plant in northwest China, is located in arid Pingchuan, which is a national key project during the Seventh Five-Year Plan and one of the main thermal power plants connecting Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Qinghai power grid. Second Power Generation Co., Ltd. is a Sino-foreign joint venture approved by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. The third phase of Jingdian Power Plant with an investment of 2.4 billion yuan and Weijiadi Gas Power Plant with an investment of 1 1 100 million yuan have now entered the construction stage.
Ceramic production has a long history. As early as the Han Dynasty, porcelain pipes for drainage were hand-fired. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the development of ceramic industry in China porcelain kiln reached its peak. Jingyuan Ceramic Factory, as the largest ceramic manufacturer in our city, has developed for 50 years and trained a large number of professional and technical personnel with ceramic production knowledge and practical experience. At present, there are more than ten private ceramic enterprises such as Xinleya and Long Ye Ceramics. The main products are crystal matte floor tiles, internal and external wall tiles, daily fine ceramics, medium and high-grade sanitary ware porcelain, antique porcelain and other varieties.
There are four characteristic agriculture in Pingchuan District-watermelon industry and vegetable industry, and seed industry focusing on breeding high-quality corn seeds. The seeds of "Pingchuan honey" watermelon and "Gantai" have been exported to both inside and outside the province. Cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens are the main aquaculture industries, and a wide variety of small miscellaneous grains have also begun to embark on industrial scale. Wild Chinese herbal medicines such as Gentiana macrophylla and Plantago asiatica, wild animals such as Shiyang and foxes are rich in natural forests and grassland resources. Two fur wool, black melon seeds, jujube, Nostoc flagelliforme, licorice and other local products are of excellent quality, long-standing reputation and broad development prospects.
History and culture
There are a large number of tourist attractions with high cultural taste in Pingchuan District, which has great potential for tourism development. There are five provincial, prefecture-level cultural sites 15, including Zhoucheng, Liuzhou, Dalachi Ancient City, Shuiquanbao, Wang Jinbao Tomb, Huangwan Han Tomb, Laozi and Zhuangzi Han Tomb, Dundun Mountain Beacon Tower, Fushoushan Stone Carvings, Hongshan Temple Grottoes and other cultural relics. The natural scenery is characterized by nostalgia in Zhou Zhou, great waves and natural hazards, divine springs and jade liquid, and red hills and red clouds. There is a provincial natural forest protection zone-Wu Qu Forest Farm. 1in September, 936, the first and fourth armies of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants successfully joined forces in Dalachi (now the resident of gonghe town government in Pingchuan District). General headquarters of the Red Army stationed in Peng, Shuiquan Xiaobaozi mutiny battlefield site and Bianjiatai underground party activity site have become new red tourist attractions. The cultural and ecological tour of the Yellow River makes people feel the rich Pingchuan culture and appreciate the beautiful natural scenery in Pingchuan area.
On1October 25th, 2020, 165438+, the Ministry of Water Resources announced the third batch of counties (districts) that reached the standard for the construction of water-saving society, and Pingchuan District was on the list.
201February 16, Pingchuan district was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in China in 20 15.