Wuji County is located in the northwestern part of Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, neighboring Dingbian County in the northwest, Zhidan County in the southeast, Jingbian County in the northeast, and Huachi County in Gansu Province in the southwest. It is located between longitude 107°38′57″ to 108°32′49″ East and latitude 36°33′33″ to 37°24′27″ North. It is 93.4 kilometers long from north to south and 79.89 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of 3791.5 square kilometers.
Throughout the county's geomorphology belongs to the Loess Plateau Beam Hills and Gullies area, with an elevation between 1233-1809 meters. Within the territory of the Wuding River and the Beiluo River two watersheds, the main structure of the terrain can be summarized as "eight rivers and two streams two mountainous areas". Since the implementation of the policy of returning farmland to forests in 1998, the county's forest and grass cover has reached 49.6%.
Wuqi is a semi-arid temperate continental monsoon climate, dry and windy in the spring, summer drought and flooding, cool and wet in the fall, cold and dry in the winter, the average annual temperature of 7.8 ℃, the extreme maximum temperature of 37.1 ℃, the extreme minimum temperature of -25.1 ℃. The average annual rainfall is 483.4 millimeters. The average annual frost-free period is 146 days.
According to legend, the famous general of the Warring States period, Wu Qi, was once stationed here to guard the border, and was named Wu Qi in commemoration of this. 19 October 19, 1935, the Central Red Army arrived at the town of Wu Qi to meet with the Shaanbei Red Army in triumph, and from then on ended the world-famous 25,000-mile march, and was later changed to Wuqi. on October 19, 2005, the name was changed to Wuqi County. The former residence of Mao Zedong, the memorial plaque of revolutionary martyrs, and the site of the battle of "Cut Tail" are the bases for revolutionary traditional education.
Administrative divisions
The county has 4 townships and 8 townships, 164 villagers' committees, with a total population of 125,000 people, of which 106,000 are farmers. The population density is 32.7 people per square kilometer.
Wuqi County has 4 towns and 8 townships under its jurisdiction: Wuqi Township, Tiebian Township, Zhouwan Township, Baibao Township, Wucangbao Township, Xinzhai Township, Wangwazi Township, Miaogou Township, Sir Temple Township, Xueqiao Township, Wugucheng Township and Changcheng Township.
Social Development
The county is rich in resources, with 150 million tons of proven reserves of oil and natural gas. Land is vast, per capita land area of 48 acres, the development of forestry and animal husbandry potential. There are 900,000 mu of artificial grassland, 1.91 million mu of woodland, 1.25 million mu of forested sea buckthorn, and it is the national sea buckthorn base construction demonstration county. Wuji is also an ideal place to produce green and pollution-free products, mutton, buckwheat, mountain apricot, sea buckthorn, alfalfa grass and other local agricultural products are rich in resources and famous, relying on the characteristics of the advantageous resources developed by the "Shengli Mountain" brand of buckwheat vinegar, "Thyme" brand of Wuji mutton, "Green Source" brand open almonds and sea buckthorn health tea and other products are sold at home and abroad, favored by consumers.
Since the reform and opening up, especially in recent years, the hardworking and brave people of Wuqi in the county party committee, under the correct leadership of the county 0, hard work, and strive to become stronger, closely around the construction of the western economic county and the goal of a well-off society in all aspects, and the in-depth implementation of the "ecological county, industry, industry, industry, open up the county, driven by towns and cities, driven by the project "development strategy, sustained and rapid growth of the national economy, the quality and efficiency of economic operations continue to improve, the county's economic development into the fast lane. 2004, the county's GDP reached 917.95 million yuan, the total financial income of 515.32 million yuan, the local financial income of 312.37 million yuan, the per capita net income of farmers 1889 yuan. The county's infrastructure is improving day by day, the roads are well-connected, and the city construction is changing day by day. Ecological environment, investment environment and production and living conditions fundamentally improved, is becoming a hot spot for investment.
Wuqi in the new century, will be a beautiful ecological, economic prosperity, people rich, civilized society, a new image in front of the world.
The origin of the name
Wuqi County was formerly known as "Wuqi" 2005-10-19 officially changed its name to "Wuqi" on October 19, 1935, the Central Red Army trekked through the mountains and rivers, through all the difficulties, across 11 provinces, and arrived at the town of Wuqi in northern Shaanxi Province. Wuji Town, Shaanxi Province, ending the arduous 25,000-mile long march, opened up a new world of the Chinese Revolution. Yesterday, Shaanxi Province, to commemorate the Central Red Army Long March victory arrived in northern Shaanxi Province, Wuji town 70 anniversary of the General Assembly was held in Wuqi County, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee Yang Yongmao attended the General Assembly and laid the foundation stone for the victory monument of the Long March. At the same time, Wuqi County officially changed its name to Wuqi County.
9 a.m. yesterday morning, the commemorative meeting was held in the place --- Wuqi County Long March Square colorful flags fluttering. Although the rain was drizzling, but the local people were enthusiastic, less than 8 o'clock the square was flooded with nearly 10,000 people. The Long March from Jiangxi Yudu County, Changting County 0 leaders, some of the old Red Army and their families were also invited to participate in the General Assembly. In the victory mountain "cut tail" battle site, Yang Yongmao and the relevant leaders of Yan'an City for the "Central Red Army Long March Victory Monument" laid the foundation stone.
10:30, Wuqi County Governor Li Jianmin reported Wuqi County renamed "Wuqi County," the cause of the provincial Civil Affairs Department, deputy director Guo Qingfan read the province 0 on the Wuqi County renamed the approval of the reply. In the earth-shaking firecrackers and the sky of fireworks, Wuqi County was officially renamed Wuqi County, "China 0 Wuqi County Committee", "Wuqi County People 0" unveiled.
Base facilities
Wuqi is commonly known as "Tibet" in northern Shaanxi Province, with poor natural conditions, weak infrastructure and low resistance to nature. In order to change the face of backward infrastructure, hardworking and pragmatic Wuji people in the county party committee under the leadership of the county 0, to carry out a hard struggle, the current infrastructure "bottleneck" initial improvement.
Highway facilities. since 2003, the county invested a total of more than 300 million yuan, 201.65 kilometers of new asphalt roads, 256 kilometers of new rural four gravel roads, build bridges and culverts 312 (Roads), 780 kilometers of new petroleum production roads, the transformation of the village roads 452 kilometers of the county highway mileage of 1,606.3 kilometers, the realization of the county roads asphalt, the main line of the country roads sandstone. The main rural road sand petrification target. 2004, road construction and maintenance work won two first in the city.
Electric power facilities. Completed the construction of power automation projects, two new 35KV substations, set up 510.7 kilometers of agricultural power lines, 210 kilometers of new oil wells, brick factories and other enterprises production line, the rate of electricity and lighting in rural households reached more than 95%.
Communication facilities. Pull through the wired telephone line 300 kilometers, the county's total capacity of the city (agricultural) phone reached more than 10,000 doors, the rate of telephone into the village of 42.7%, the penetration rate of 7.5 / 100 people; new mobile, Unicom base station 102, 12 townships all built Unicom, mobile base stations, cell phone coverage reached 85%.
Radio and television facilities. Built a fiber-optic network covering the entire county, cable TV subscribers developed to 6,450 households, coverage reached 20%, urban coverage reached 90%.
Water conservancy and energy facilities. Since 2003, 110,000 acres of new farmland, a cumulative total of 208,000 acres, 252 new silt dams, a cumulative total of 310, 6,800 wells and cellars (eyes), to solve the drinking water difficulties of 65,000 people. Farmland water conservancy construction won the "province's water conservancy revitalization cup" three consecutive championship. Continuously accelerate the process of poverty alleviation and development, a total of 3,467 households of 11,295 people relocated, built a more complete infrastructure of 30 new villages for immigrants. Rapid development of new energy construction in rural areas, the cumulative completion of 5556 biogas digesters, the development of solar energy users 808 households, built 5950 energy-saving stove.
City facilities. The implementation of town-driven strategy, re-edit the county master plan, the county planning area of 24.6 square kilometers, the built-up area of 2.5 square kilometers. In accordance with the "east, west expansion, south development, north transformation" idea, focus on expanding the built-up area, completed 76 key urban construction projects, built 6 city bridge, the implementation of the light project, a net, green, bright, beautiful, new mountainous ecological civilization of the city is being built.
Economic construction
After the founding of the country, Wuji and other counties in northern Shaanxi Province, the same, long-term inheritance of the over reclamation and indiscriminate grazing of the traditional mode of agricultural production, large areas of land planting and grazing, resulting in the continuous degradation of forest and grass vegetation, frequent natural disasters, the ecological environment is overburdened, the county's economic development has been slow, and the people's lives are very poor.
Poverty is change. The harsh natural conditions and painful historical lessons have forced the people of Wuqi to make new choices. How to develop the economy at the same time, to realize the ecological, economic, harmonious development of man and nature, the people of Wuqi hard exploration and practice. 1998, we seize the country to implement the implementation of the return of farmland to forests and the western development of the historical opportunity, ahead of the decision-making, the first in the country to implement the closed mountain grazing, fodder raising, return to forests, planting trees and grasses, ahead of the start of the project of the return of farmland to forests and won the opportunity for the development of the first. While focusing on building ecological and rural economic development, accelerated the pace of development of the industrial economy, led by oil, the county's economy has made great strides.
Since 2003, the new county party committee, the county 0 to promote the Wuji economic extraordinary, leapfrog development, adhere to the "Three Represents" as the guidance of the important thought, conscientiously implement the 16th CPC National Congress and the 16th Third Plenary Session of the Third and Fourth Plenary Session of the spirit of the party, adhere to the emancipation of the mind, seeking truth from facts, the ideological line of advancement, firmly establish and conscientiously implement the scientific concept of development, and the development and development of the county's economy. To establish and conscientiously implement the scientific concept of development, accelerate development as the first priority of the county, adhere to the development in the development, innovation in the development, innovation in the sublimation, re-adjustment and improvement of the economic and social development ideas. The establishment and implementation of the "ecological county, industry, industry, strong county, open drive, town driven, project-driven" development strategy, highlighting the beauty of the mountains and rivers and infrastructure construction, accelerate the development of petroleum and agricultural industries, expanding the opening up to the outside world, and let go of the development of non-publicly owned economy, co-ordination of agriculture and industry, linkage between urban and rural areas, the "three". "Three" and promote the overall advancement of the overall construction of a moderately prosperous society and the western economic powerhouse.
After the county up and down the people of one mind, innovation, tenacity and hard work, real work, so that the county's economy and social undertakings stepped into the fastest and best since the founding of the country's development period. 2004, the county's GDP of 917,950,000 yuan, an increase of 21.6% over the same period last year, compared with the "Ninth Five-Year" end of 86.5% growth; of which one of the first time, the GDP of 917,950,000 yuan, an increase of 86.5%. Growth of 86.5%; of which the first production realized added value of 182.47 million yuan, the second production realized added value of 493.03 million yuan, the third production realized added value of 242.45 million yuan, compared with the same period of the previous year, an increase of 7.2%, 38% and 7.7% respectively. Completion of social fixed asset investment of 1318.54 million yuan, an increase of 114%, compared with the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" at the end of the growth of 3.5 times. Total fiscal revenue reached 515.32 million yuan, an increase of 78.1%, compared with the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" end of four times; of which 312.37 million yuan of local revenue, an increase of 107.4%, compared with the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" end of a six-fold increase. Farmers per capita net income of 1,889 yuan, a net increase of 201 yuan over the same period last year, an increase of 12%, compared with the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" at the end of an increase of 35.3%. By the end of September 2005, the county completed the total financial income of 627.22 million yuan, accounting for 108.4% of the budget, an increase of 151.1% over the previous year; of which 322.34 million yuan of local financial income, accounting for 100.1% of the budget, an increase of 217.7% over the previous year; total retail sales of consumer goods reached 100.955 million yuan, an increase of 10.2% over the previous year, urban and rural residents savings deposits balance of 643.13 million yuan, an increase of 43.9% over the previous year. According to the basic competitiveness of the national county economy evaluation center information shows that the county's county economy to enhance the speed of the country's fastest 100 counties (cities) ranked 39th, the competitiveness of the rise of the E level.
Tree planting
In 1998, in response to the CPC Central Committee's instruction to "recreate a beautiful northwest region," the spirit of the establishment of the "closed mountains and fallow fields, planting trees and grasses, feeding sheep, forestry and pasture-led, and strengthening agriculture and enriching the people" strategy of reverse development, by the end of the year, the county had achieved the highest rate of economic improvement. Reverse development strategy, the end of the year to achieve the county's overall banning goals, a one-time fallow 1,555,000 acres in 1999, the first to start the implementation of the return of farmland to the forest project. 2003 since the change of government, we continue to improve the work of the idea of "ecological county" guiding ideology, to further consolidate the results of the return of farmland to the forest and actively improve the work measures, and constantly improve the ecological governance of the county, and to improve the ecological management of the county, and to improve the ecological management of the county. We have further consolidated the achievements of returning farmland to forests, actively improved the working measures, and constantly improved the quality and benefits of ecological management. At present, the county has completed a cumulative area of 2,307,900 mu of returning farmland to forests (1,555,000 mu of returning farmland to forests and 752,900 mu of afforestation of barren mountains), of which 1,650,700 mu have been recognized and honored by the state (897,800 mu of returning farmland to forests and 8.5 mu per capita of farmers) involving 12 townships, 164 villages, 1,110 villagers' groups, 22,876 households and 105,426 people. 105,426 people. In accordance with the national subsidy standards for returning farmland to forests, our county can enjoy food subsidies, living subsidies, seedling expenses amounting to nearly 1.3 billion yuan, more than 10,000 yuan per capita, an average of 1,300 yuan per year, is the country's more than 150 counties (municipalities and districts) return the earliest and fastest, the largest area, the masses get the most benefits of the one county. The county has completed a total of 1,271 square kilometers of comprehensive soil erosion control area, the degree of governance from 39.7% in 1997 to 52.4%, the annual soil erosion modulus from 15,300 tons in 1997 / square kilometer down to 0.54 million tons / square kilometer, forest and grass coverage from 19.2% to 62.9%, some of the key watersheds in the management area has been achieved in the floods do not go down the mountain, the soil No soil out of the ditch. Nowadays, when you walk through the mountains and rivers of Wuji, you will see the beautiful landscape of "full of green mountains, birds flying and rabbits leaping" everywhere. In the latest EOS satellite remote sensing map, Wuji's administrative map has shown a green outline, and the neighboring Gansu, Ningxia, Yulin and other places formed a clear contrast. At the same time, also completely changed the county's more than 100,000 farmers' way of life, so that the majority of farmers from the traditional hard labor to liberate. 2003, we timely focus on ecological environment construction to consolidate and expand the results of returning farmland to forests, ecological advantages to the transformation of economic advantages. According to improve the work measures, improve the quality of governance and the development of ecological economy of the idea, from replanting to improve, optimize the structure of forests and grasses to strengthen the management and care of forests and grasses, and further increase the ecological construction of the management and care efforts. First, adhere to the replanting perfect, focus on consolidating the effectiveness of governance. In view of the county's return to forests and barren hills and slopes of large area of the actual situation, focusing on replanting and perfecting, and conscientiously implement the "four-to-family" measures: namely, the governance of the task decomposition to the household, the subsidy policy to the household cash, the forest and grass property rights clear to the household, the responsibility for the implementation of the management of the household, and effectively speed up the process of forests and grasses to the shade. 2004, the new afforestation of 195,000 acres, replanting 14.6 million mu, to strengthen the ecological construction and management. In 2004, there were 195,000 mu of new afforestation, 146,000 mu of replanting, 60,000 mu of abandoned cultivation, 1,455,700 mu of young forests, and more than 3.6 million trees were planted along the four sides. Secondly, optimize the structure of forests and grasslands, and comprehensively improve the quality of forest and grass construction. In the spirit of economic and ecological balance, quilt and ticket with the same, immediate and long-term combination of the principle of increasing the adjustment of the forest structure, the implementation of trees, shrubs, grasses three-dimensional construction, sand almond, sand poplar mixed, multi-mode development, multi-tree species with the efforts to create ecological and economic composite forests, and constantly improve the quality of forest and grass construction. Third, strengthen the forest and grass management, effectively protect the construction results. Adhere to the principle of construction and care, strict implementation of the "forest and grassland care implementation measures", a sound county, township, village, group four-level forest and grassland care team, the "three bans and three preventive" (ban on animal husbandry, ban logging, ban reclamation, fire prevention, rabbit prevention, prevention of pests and diseases) as the main content of the management and care, and solidified at all levels of the responsibility for the management and care of the results of the ban has been further consolidated. Since 1998, it has been recognized by the State Forestry Administration, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Finance and other ministries and commissions as "National Pilot Demonstration County of Returning Farmland to Forestry", "National Advanced County of Silviculture", "National Ten Hundred Thousand County of Water Conservation and Advanced County of Ecological Environment Construction", and "National Ten Hundred Thousand County of Water Conservation and Advanced County of Ecological Environment Construction". Construction Advanced County", "National Forestry Construction Standardization Demonstration County", "National Advanced Collective for Soil and Water Conservation" and "National Pilot County for Combining Returning Farmland to Forestry and Poverty Alleviation and Development Work ".
Scenic spots
Ancient fortress fortress
Wuqi County is located in northwestern Shaanxi Province, the boundary of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia Provinces, in ancient times was a borderland, for the ethnic minorities to compete in the battlefield, the county territory of the existing records of the ancient city there are 17, with historical significance and ornamental value. Mainly: Dingbian City, Ning Sei City, White Leopard City, Hengshanzhai (now go horse city), Chizui Fort, reserved Rong Fort (now the new Zhai), Tongqing City (now Lockyang City), Suifenzhai (now Tianbaihu Chengzi), Tonghua Fort (now Pipa City), Jiuyang Fort (now Zhangchengzi), Weibianzhai (now Buckwheat City), Zhen'an City (now the keeper of the storm city), put the Duhe Castle (now Old City), Wu Gucheng (now the Wugu City), Shengqiangzhai, Wyeweizhai, Guanhua Fort.
The Great Wall
There are two Great Wall sites in Wuji County, north of Baiyushan for the Ming Great Wall, south of the county seat for the Qin Great Wall in the Warring States period. Warring States period Qin Great Wall, according to Shi Nianhai "Loess Plateau forests and grasslands of the changes in the article contained in:" in order to defend against Xiongnu, King Zhaoxiang of Qin thirty-five years began to build a Great Wall, the Great Wall from the west of today's Minxian County, Gansu Province (Lintao County in Qin), through the Lintao, Weiyuan, Longxi, Tongwei counties, across the Liupan Mountains and then to Ningxia Guyuan, Gansu Zhenyuan, Huanxian, Shaanxi Wuqi, Suide counties and ends on the west bank of the Wuding River". Wuji County in the territory of this ancient Great Wall site, from Wuji west entry winding in the mountains, sometimes eastbound, sometimes northeastbound, stretching 230 kilometers.
The Ming Great Wall is 13.25 kilometers long in Wuji, located in the county north of Baiyushan in the two townships of Zhouwan and Changcheng. East from Jingbian County, Zhongshanjian Township, Fangtan, in Zhudaojian into the Wuji County, Changcheng Township to the Songgou shore across the Hongliu River through the two dams, double River Jian two administrative villages, then westbound across the stone abutment gully into the town of Zhouwan, through the Wangshuwan, Luojian in the village of the East Bay, Qing Yangshan across the Luojian River into the Dingbian county territory.
Revolutionary site
Chairman Mao's former residence
In 1966, the renovation of Comrade Mao Zedong's former residence - the new kiln. The old residence of the collection has been from the Lanzhou Revolutionary Memorial Hall and local part of the commune collection and collection of the Red Army Long March cultural relics **** 146 pieces, of which there are 2 pieces of first-class cultural relics, second-class cultural relics 4 pieces of third-class cultural relics 16 pieces of. 1972 replica of Mao Zedong's old residence of the cultural relics of the 16 pieces.
Victory Hill
October 19, 1935, the central red army long march victory arrived in northern shaanxi wuqi town, in wuqi town, played the last battle of the long march - "cut tail" battle. 4:30 on October 21, comrade mao zedong climbed the platform west of the Luo river mountain (later) to victory hill. The battle was fought at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 on Platform Hill (later changed to Victory Hill) west of the Luohe River, and came to the command post under the Du Pi tree, where he directed the battle of great significance.
Folk dance
The Iron Whip Dance originated in the early Song Dynasty. At that time, Wuqi's territory was occupied by the Western Xia Danghang Tuoba, then known as Dingbian County (now Tiebian Township), where a Western Xia queen was stationed (to this day, legend has it that there is a queen's tomb in this area). Queen to strengthen the border defense, conscripts buy horses for day and night drills, and created a set of iron whip array, repeatedly thwarted the invaders. Because of the array of majestic, varied, and then gradually spread to the people, formed the farmers welcome the return of the generals and celebrate the harvest of the folk square dance. 1997, after the Wuji County Cultural Center business cadres to collect, collate, excavation, so that the Iron Whip Dance gradually matured, the Iron Whip Dance main props with a whip, shield two, the performance is quite a grandiose, the number of participants can be up to a few hundred, the Iron Whip Dance collection of martial arts, dance, Shaanbei Yangge. Iron Whip Dance combines martial arts, dance, Shaanbei rice-planting song in one, the performance of the shield whip striking each other to send out a burst of sound, fierce, powerful, strong, rigid and flexible, with up and down, sound and color. It highlights the strong sense of rhythm and distinctive rhythmicity of the characters in the dance dynamics and image shaping, so that the dance style contains a fierce, exuberant, exuberant, thick flavor, which gives rise to infinite associations and a sense of beauty. It condenses the struggle of the Chinese nation for thousands of years and expresses the simple, optimistic, simple and bold temperament of Wuji men. Overflowing with the Huangtuandi man's unique masculinity, dare to overcome all the difficulties of the heroic spirit, to inspire the people to go forward, for the rise of the Chinese nation and struggle. Iron whip dance since the excavation of creation, has won the performance award in the city's small drama performance, in 98, 99 years in the city rice-planting song performance won the outstanding performance award. Yan'an Daily", Yan'an TV station have made a lot of reports, this year the CCTV seventh set of programs made a special interview. Iron Whip Dance is an indispensable folk square dance for Wuji people to entertain themselves during holidays.
November 10, 2020, the Central Civilization Office announced the sixth national civilized city selected list of cities, Wuji County was awarded the sixth national civilized city.
On September 22, 2020, the list of "2020 Top 100 Counties and Cities in Western China" was unveiled, and Wuji County was ranked 73rd on the list.
In June 2020, Wuji County was included in the list of the second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization area districts (Long March Area (Red First Front Army), Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Area).
In October 2019, Wuji County was selected as the 81st among the top 100 counties and cities with investment potential in 2019 nationwide.
In March 2019, Wuji County was included in the list of counties in the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization area (Shaanxi-Gansu Area).
In October 2018, Wuji County was listed in the 2018 list of the top 100 counties and cities in the west, ranking 78th.
On December 31, 2017, Wuji County was on the list of 2017 China's Most Investment Potential Characteristic and Charming Demonstration Counties.
On January 23, 2009, Wuji County was on the list of the second national civilized villages and towns.