Mengzhou city, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, is managed by Jiaozuo City. It is located in the northwest of Henan Province, bordering Taihang in the north and Yellow River in the south. Its geographical coordinates are112 33'-112 55' and 34 50'-35 02' north latitude. With a total area of 54 1.6 square kilometers, it governs 4 streets, 6 towns and 1 township.
Mengzhou is the hometown of Han Yu, the leader of the Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. 1996 withdraw county and set up city. The main attractions are: Hanyuan, hometown Mogou, Yellow River Wetland, Gucheng Lake, Baiqiang Reservoir, Jinshan Temple, Binhe Park, etc. Specialty products include: four kinds of Huai medicine (Rehmannia glutinosa, Chinese yam, chrysanthemum, Achyranthes bidentata), apples, sheep shearing products, wheat straw paintings, clay inkstone and Wengong inkstone.
Special snacks include: Mengzhou sesame seed cake, Mengzhou fried noodles, Mengzhou sugar cake, Mengzhou Huimian Noodles, mixed mung bean bean jelly, Xiwo braised pork and paste noodles.
Ecological construction in mengzhou city
Vigorously implement green development, focus on ecological water system construction, afforestation and environmental protection, and create an ecological environment of "clear water, green trees and sky blue".
Based on flood control and waterlogging control, water supply for production and life and ecological landscape, an ecological water system with five sources, one ring, nine lakes and four wetlands will be formed by overall planning of 12 rivers and 2 1 reservoir in the city. Among them, the "one ring", that is, the water system around the city, was initially completed, integrating leisure, entertainment and landscape, realizing the "canal around the city, city and water dependence"
Strengthen forestry ecological construction, forestry ecological planning officially started, forming a spatial planning layout of "one area, one belt, two networks and multiple points". Forestry ecological projects such as the Yellow River ecological protection forest and thousand mu of nursery flowers have been fully launched. The city's forest coverage rate and urban green space rate reached 38.2% and 32.7% respectively, achieving "great greening of urban and rural areas and green rivers and green cities".
Strengthen environmental management, focus on water and atmosphere, make great efforts to solve environmental protection problems that affect scientific development and people's health, and let the people "see blue sky and white clouds, breathe fresh air and drink clean water".