Mengtang Township is at 104°53'54''E - 105°03'07'' ''E, 29°53'40''N--30°00'05'' ''N, bordering Longjiang Township in the east, Ma'an Township and Shuanglong Township in the south, Yema Township and Xiaoyuan Township in the west, and Huayan Township and Longju Township in the north. Mengtang town area of 93.62k square meters, as Zizhong County area of the first large town (township), Neijiang City, the area of the fifth largest street (township, township) (after the new field town, Lianjie town, Zhenxi Township, Guanyingtan Township). 2005 statistics, Mengtang Township, there are 51,090 acres of arable land, of which 22,483 acres of field, 28,607 acres of soil; the total population of 52,471, of which 50,752 people in agriculture, non-agricultural population 50752 people, non-agricultural population of 1719 people belonging to the Han nationality; jurisdiction over 4 offices, 33 administrative villages 303 societies, 1 Street Residents Committee, 3 bazaars. Mengtang government is located in Dayan town (town center).
Mengtang, formerly known as Dayan pond. Legend has it that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, fires broke out in the street. Then there is a big family Xiao family clan, in the center of the street to build a weir pond water storage, one for the fire, the second can be drought irrigation. This pond was larger than the weir ponds in dozens of miles at that time, so it was called "big weir pond". There are four seasons in a year, one season has three months, the first month of each season is called "Meng month", spring has Meng spring month, that is, the first month; summer has Meng summer month, that is, April; autumn has Meng autumn month, that is, July; winter has Meng winter month, that is, October. "Meng", "Zhong", "Ji" for the brothers in order from the largest to the smallest, "Meng" has a "Meng" has the meaning of "the first, the largest". In the 20th year of the Qing Dynasty, the name "Dayan Tong" was changed to "Meng Tong", which is still in use today.
Mengtang Township, Qing Jiaqing years named Mengtang Weir. The Republic of China three years into the Mengtang Township, the Republic of China 24 years split into Mengtang, Dafo, Shidong three townships, the Republic of China 26 years composite for the Mengtang Township. 1951 demolition of another Xinhua, Duanjia, Tianzhu, Datong, two ferry, Xinmin, Nongjia, new Buddha Township, 1955 Xinhua, Duanjia home township and into the. 1958 Mengtang people's commune, the removal of the society in 1984 named townships. 2000 June, the Sichuan Provincial Government agreed to abolish the Mengtang, Chenjia, with the dragon, the lion and the township. In June 2000, the Sichuan provincial government agreed to withdraw Mengtang, Chenjia, with the dragon, lion, go horse and Ma'an 6 townships, newly built for 6 towns. Since then, Mengtang has been called Mengtang Township.
Mengtang Township is a gentle hill and wide valley terrain, the highest point of 710 meters above sea level, the lowest point of 230 meters, the highest historical temperature of 39.9 ℃, the lowest temperature -3.2 ℃, the annual average temperature of 17.5 ℃. The four seasons are distinct and the land is fertile, suitable for crop growth. Abundant produce, the main production of rice, corn, sweet pota, wheat and other major food crops, and also produce miscellaneous peas, beans, soybeans, mung beans and so on. Cash crops produce peanuts, oilseed rape, cocoons, etc., all kinds of vegetables, fruits, are produced.
Mengtang Township, convenient transportation, highways in all directions. There are a lot of highways to the outside world, east of Long (Jiang) Meng (Tang) Road, pure cement road, 20 minutes by car to Longjiang Town, and on the Zizhong) An (Yue) Road, through Longjiang, Ma'an, Shuanglong three towns, to reach Zizhong, the whole process takes only 60 minutes. In the south, there is Le Shuang Road (all cement road surface), via Dafo, Jiedong and Shuanglong, it takes 40 minutes to reach Zizhong County. In the west, there is Meng (Tang) Zizhong (Yang) Road with gravel surface, and it takes 30 minutes to reach Zizhong Xiaoyuan Town. In the north, there is Meng (Tang) Huayan Road with gravel surface, and it takes 30 minutes to reach Huayan. The highway in the territory reaches the village, realizing the village passes. From east to west, the three bazaars of Liangdu, Mengtang and Nongjia are connected in one line. Roads crisscross the territory and beyond, transportation is convenient, the market is prosperous, since ancient times is a good place for business.
Since the reform and opening up in 1978, the town of Mengtang has a new development of various undertakings. Culture and education, health, communications flourished. The town has a cable broadcasting, closed-circuit television station, cultural station, the people's cultural and recreational life is further enriched. Healthy development of school education. The town center school under the jurisdiction of the completion of three primary schools, village primary 8. Staff 273 people, 34 junior high school classes, 85 elementary school classes, 6,325 students, of which 4,097 elementary school, junior high school 2,228 people. Town center kindergarten 1, the town has 20 kindergarten classes, the number of 665 people in the school. Communication business is booming, cable phones, mobile communications, information networking. Medical and health development is unprecedented, the town has a central health center, medical environment, advanced equipment, excellent technology. The town's 47 medical points, stations, including 42 village communities, 5 towns, engaged in the medical care of the technical staff of 59 people. 2006, the central health center of the staff of 17 people, including 4 physicians, physician assistants, 7 people, nurses, 2 people, doctors, 3 people, medical technicians, 1 person.
Mengtang Town is located in the northeast of Zizhong County, Zizhong is connected to Ziyang, Anyue two counties of the border town, the people and the spirit of the land, the development prospects. Mengtang people firmly believe that, under the leadership of the Chinese ****-producing party, the town party committee government, as long as good at summarizing the lessons learned, to avoid shortcomings, according to local conditions, pragmatic and practical, for pioneering, hard work and struggle, a more prosperous and beautiful, harmonious Mengtang will be displayed in front of the world, radiating bright and dazzling luster.
Specialties: pear, poplar, rice, corn, wheat, peanuts, rape, chili. Mengtang Town administrative division Longdong Village Parklian Village Dexing Village Construction Village Sanjiang Village Pear Village Xinhua Village Qunli Village Mutual Assistance Village Dayan Village Shukou Village Liyao Village Hujia Village Pear Village Thrifty Village Liangshui Village Increasing Productivity Village Huding Village Hufang Village Xindian Village Lions Village Pashan Village Dafu Village Jiajia Village Shiku Village Yangshu Village Power Village Wenchang Village Mutongyimu Village Jianhua Village Xinmin Village Xinzhong Village Xinjian Village