Taigu County is located in the middle of Shanxi Province, Jinzhong Basin. Founded in the Western Han Dynasty, it has a long history and developed culture and commerce. Together with Qixian and Pingyao, it has become a famous hometown of Shanxi merchants. There are many remains of Shanxi Merchants Courtyard, represented by Cao Family Courtyard and Fu (Taigu people). It is the hometown of Bai Juyi, a poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and the birthplace of Kong Xiangxi, a modern chaebol. The prestigious royal holy medicines "Guilingji" and "Dingkundan" are produced in Taigu. Taikoo Cake and Hu Ping Jujube are famous all over the country. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China, Taigu rich businessmen gathered and became the financial and commercial center of Shanxi, with the inherent name of "dry dock" and "Little Beijing".
Taigu County has a total area of 1 033.6 square kilometers and a total population of 290,000 (in 2004), including 450,000 mu of cultivated land and 2 1 agricultural population. Taigu County has a warm temperate continental climate, with an average annual temperature of 9.8 degrees Celsius, a frost-free period of 65,438 0.75 days, rainfall of 462.9 mm, and exploitable groundwater resources of 9,600 cubic meters. The basic conditions of agriculture are good. Sanjin, which is famous for its rich grain, cotton, oil, fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs and milk, is a commodity grain base county in Shanxi Province, an agricultural high-tech industrial demonstration zone in China and a lean pig base. It is one of the eight most suitable areas for growing high-quality wine grapes in China. In recent years, in addition to stabilizing the area of grain fields dominated by wheat and corn, we have also vigorously developed special cash crops such as vegetables, fruits, pigments and wine grapes. There are more than 2,000 industrial enterprises in Taigu, forming leading industries such as casting processing, fine chemicals, agricultural machinery, building materials, agricultural and sideline products processing, medicine, textile, transportation and so on. The tertiary industry, urban and rural infrastructure and various social undertakings have flourished, and the living standards of urban and rural people have steadily improved.
County People's Government in Star Town.
Taigu County is located in the middle of Jinzhong Basin in Shanxi Province, China. Han nationality is dominant, with Hui, Manchu, Korean and other 13 ethnic minorities. Area 1033.6 km2. Yeung Yi County was located in the Western Han Dynasty. In the eighteenth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (598), it was renamed Taigu. In the third year of Tang Wude (620), Taigu and Qixian merged to set up Taizhou, and in the sixth year, the state was abandoned and the county was restored. 1958165438+1October Qixian merged. 196 1, and rebuild the precipitation in Qixian county. Natural resources mainly include trees and wild animals. Native products mainly include Guilingji, Dingkundan, Taikoo Cake and Taikoo Fruit. Places of interest mainly include Baiyan Site, Sanduotang (Cao Family Courtyard), Wubian Temple, Jingxin Temple, Drum Tower and kong zhai.