Population density: 304 people/km2
Tongguan County is located at the eastern end of Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province. It has a latitude of 34°23'-34°40' north and a longitude of 110°09'-110°25' east. It is adjacent to Lingbao County in Henan Province in the east, Huayin City in the west, Luonan County in the south, Dali County in the northwest, and Richeng County in Shanxi Province in the north across the river. It is about 30 kilometers long from north to south and 22 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of 526 square kilometers/444.96 square kilometers. The total population is 160,000 (2004)
The People's Government of Tongguan County is located in Chengguan Town, Zip code: 714300. administrative code: 610522. area code: 0913. pinyin: Tongguan Xian.
Administrative divisions
Tongguan County governs 4 towns and 4 townships:
Towns: Chengguan Township, Qindong Township, Taiwu Township, Tongyu Township
Townships: Anle Township, Gaoqiao Township, Nantou Township. Township: Anle Township, Gaoqiao Township, Nantou Township, Daiziying Township
Natural Geography
[Geographic Location]
Tongguan County is located at the eastern end of the Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Province, and resides at the junction of the provinces of Qin, Jin and Henan. East of Henan Province, Lingbao County, west of the province connected to the city of Huayin, south of the Qinling Mountains and the province of Luonan County as a neighbor, north of the Yellow River, Weihe with the province of Dali County and Shanxi Province, Ruicheng County, across the water to see. It is bounded by the east longitude 110°09'30"-110°25'32 "N latitude 34°23'30"-34°39 It is 28.4 kilometers long from north to south and 24.6 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of 526 square kilometers. Tongguan County is the eastern gate of Shaanxi, the main throat connecting Northwest, North China and the Central Plains, and its geographical position is of strategic significance.
[Climate]
Tongguan has a warm-temperate continental rain-heat-same-season monsoon-type arid climate. There is a big difference between the north and the south, with more abundant light energy resources, less heat and precipitation, and uneven spatial and temporal distribution. The four seasons, winter and summer are long, spring and fall are short, and the average wind speed is 3.2 meters / sec.
[Transportation]
The Longhai Railway intersects the city to the south, and National Highway 310 and the Xitong Expressway run through the county.
[Hydrology]
There are two major parts of the county, the self-produced water and the transit passenger water: the self-produced water refers to the 11 tributaries that converge into the four first-class tributaries of the Yellow River; the passenger water refers to the Yellow River and Weihe River.
Population
The total population of the county at the end of 2003 was 157,911 (public security data). The sex ratio between men and women was 103.2. According to the sample survey of population changes, the county's annual births of 882 people, deaths of 685 people, the birth rate of 5.97 ‰, the death rate of 4.64 ‰, the annual net increase in population of 197 people, the natural increase of 1.33 ‰.
Population Distribution
In 2000, among the resident population, there were 29,975 people living in towns and cities, accounting for 19.89% of the resident population, and 120,728 people living in villages, accounting for 80.11% of the resident population.
Chengguan Township: 25,863; Harbor Township: 10,917; Taiwu Township: 25,261; Tongyu Township: 17,606; Qindong Township: 6,083; Chengjiao Township: 12,411; Anle Township: 12,105; Gaoqiao Township: 13,601; Nantou Township: 11,604; and Daijiying Township: 12,292.
Population of Family Households
In 2000, there were 36,000 family households in the county***, with a population of 146,966, and an average of 4.08 persons per household, a decrease of 0.06 from the 4.14 in the fourth population census in 1990.
Age Composition
In 2000, the resident population of the county was 46,190 people aged 0-14, accounting for 30.6% of the resident population, and 97,435 people aged 15-64, accounting for 64.7% of the resident population. The number of people aged 65 and above was 7,078, accounting for 4.7% of the resident population. Compared with the fourth national census in 1990, the proportion of the population aged 0-14 increased by 0.5 percentage points, and the proportion of the population aged 65 and above decreased by 0.2 percentage points.
Ethnic Composition
In 2000, among the resident population of the county, there were 150,371 Han Chinese, accounting for 99.78% of the resident population; and there were 332 people of various ethnic minorities, accounting for 0.22% of the resident population. Compared with the fourth national census in 1990, the Han population increased by 21,115, or 16.3%, while the population of various ethnic minorities increased by 18, or 5.7%.
Education Level
In 2000, among the resident population of the county, there were 2958 people who received university (college or above) education; 16088 people received high school (including middle school) education; 56,130 people received junior high school education; and 56,562 people received elementary school education (the above education levels include graduates of all kinds of schools, incompletes and students in literacy classes). Compared with the fourth national census in 1990, the number of people with various levels of education per 100 population has changed as follows; the number of people with university education rose from 7 to 21; the number of people with high school education rose from 95 to 115; the number of people with middle school education rose from 365 to 402; and the number of people with elementary school education rose from 392 to 405.
Folk Culture
Ancient War Boats
Tongguan Ancient War Boats were born in Gaoqiao Township and Qindong Township near the ancient county town, and flourished in the area of Gaoqiao Township, Gaoqiao Township, and the area of Tax Village, where they were dressed up and performed on the prototype of the ancient warships, thus earning the name. Western Han Dynasty when the first prototype, Ming and Qing Dynasty development flourished.
Ancient warship performance is divided into five parts; one is the meteor, iron whip to open the way, static field, the second is the bamboo horse first, the third is the ancient warship performance, the fourth is the lion dance and dragon dance, the fifth is the gongs and drums, rendering the atmosphere. Bamboo horse, warship field to painted, paper cutouts, silk flowers decorated with dragons, tigers head statues to recognize the two formations.
Bamboo horse, war boat performance of the Tongguan water and land stations with the form of ancient wars in the Yellow River Basin for the crystallization of folk art. It is known as "China's best".
Step on stilts
Stilts, also known as "sticks on rice-planting", Wuhu Zhang "stilts" are generally divided into two categories: "cultural stilts" and "martial arts". " Wu Qiao " two categories, are in accordance with the drama of the emperor and generals and talented people. Performers holding a variety of props, lined up in formation, accompanied by majestic drums, step on this powerful rhythm, dancing, such as the waist, split, harrier turn, carp, pouncing on butterflies, in situ rotation of 360 0 as well as stacked Luohan (modeling), etc., a wonderful performance, difficult modeling, often won the audience's amazement and praise, and even performances of the masterpiece.
Back core
Tongguan South Street core generated in the ancient Tongguan South Street precincts, but also a small number of neighboring people to participate in the iron skeleton for a variety of decorative arts, "core", carrying one to several children, coupled with the action of the show, high, dangerous, strange, clever to become a feature of the art of South Street, by the masses and foreign friends. It is very popular among the general public and foreign friends.
The core is a handmade and performing art, and its iron core has to be cooked iron and then forged many times to make it a special steel that is both rigid and flexible, which can not only carry heavy loads but also move around to a certain extent, which gives people a sense of artistic beauty and allows them to perform ancient and modern dramas, folklore, and other multifaceted contents.
The scale of the South Street core can be large or small, and it can be performed in large squares or on stages; it can be performed alone or in conjunction with gongs and drums, rice-planting songs, and so on. At the same time, there are back core, carry core and car core sub-division, in order to arrange according to different occasions out of different activities.
Mineral resources
The county Qinling area, buried gold, silver, lead, graphite, marble, vermiculite and other minerals, the distribution of a wider range, the collection is relatively rich. According to today's discovery of the Northern Song Dynasty "Chongning three years" (1104) of the mine cave stone carvings, about 900 years ago, there are people mining gold ore. In Tongyu, Artemis Fork, Taiyu, Dongtongyu and other valley road are found in the mine site, only Ma Yu has 72 holes. Throughout the ages, the government has repeatedly prohibited the common people from mining and utilizing it. In the Ming Dynasty, 17 military police brutally suppressed the miners. Qing Kangxi "Tongguan Wei Zhi" in the "townspeople" in the Tongguan Wei Commanding Officer Sheng De described the suppression of miners: "Jiajing twenty-nine years of rampant mining invasion, the public rate of soldiers to fight, the soldiers were routed, the public fight, and then for the thieves". Tongguan County new record: West Tongyu Fotou Cliff under the copper mine, the government once mining, because the mine seedlings are not mature and terminated. Qing Dynasty, there are miners survey, standing stone markers. Also contained: Southwest Niujiaoling coal mine, Republic of China ten years (1921), some people collect money to mine, due to the exhaustion of funds and drop out, but I do not know whether it has a coal mine. After the founding of the country, in 1958, "steel", the masses in the East Tongyu River wave iron sand found sand gold, once widely flow Wei. 1965 Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Geology sent an exploration team in the county of the Qinling mountainous areas of the mineral resources census, by the census, the initial survey, detailed investigation of the gold ore. 1972 county preparation for the development of marble mine. 1975, before and after the year, the near mountain areas of social, social, and the detailed investigation of gold ore. Around 1975, the near mountain area society, team collective and individual digging vermiculite, marble, vermiculite processing and other industrial and secondary production rapidly emerged.
In the development of marble, vermiculite on the basis of geological exploration data, the development of gold ore. 1975 Tongguan County gold mine. 1976 Weinan region Tongguan gold mine began to prepare for the construction of the Weinan region Tongguan gold mine in 1977, Shaanxi Provincial Revolutionary Committee decided that the Weinan region Tongguan gold mine and Luonan chrome mine merged with the Shaanxi Province Tongguan gold mine. 1979 County gold mine due to capital, technology is not complete, it was handed over to the Shaanxi Province Tongguan gold mine. 1984, the county gold mine in the Weinan region Tongguan gold mine. In 1984, Shaanxi Tongguan Gold Mine was changed to belong to the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, and was divided into East Tongyu, Tongyu Mining Area, 5 pits, with 1,655 employees, its strong technical force, mechanized equipment is more complete, with a daily output of 500 tons of raw ore for the state-designated state-run medium-sized gold mining enterprises. 1985, the production of 16,100 taels of gold, and realized a profit of 2,060,000 yuan. In the same year, the county preparations for the establishment of the Li family gold mine, 1986 preparations for the establishment of the county small mouth gold mine, to 1989, the two mines were produced 2617.38 two gold and 5554.25 two. At the same time, the Ministry of Metallurgy Tongguan gold mine of the East Tongyu mining area, changed to East Tongyu gold mine, under the Ministry of Metallurgy.
With the development of the national mine construction, collective and individual mining and refining of gold wave rose. 1979 Li Jia Village Commune, Mafengyukou brigade, the third production team set up after the mining team, Shaanxi Provincial Metallurgy Bureau repeatedly urged to set up a gold mining team, the county social enterprise bureau has been sent to the team to guide the community along the mountain, the team mining was established one after another. By 1985, the county has a different size, technical equipment, more than 80 mining team. 1981 too want to set up communal gold smelting plant, by 1985 the county has 13 gold smelting plant. The original mining ore exported to foreign countries, annual mining stone more than 2450 tons, in 1980 the equivalent annual output of 2,152 gold, silver 1397 two, 20 tons of lead, the total output value of more than 260,000 yuan. Since then, self-mining and refining. By 1985, the production of gold more than 10,000 taels, more than 23,500 taels of silver, more than 400 tons of lead, with a total output value of 5.83 million yuan, crossing into the national production of gold 10,000 taels of the county ranks. There are 772 mass family cyanide pools, amalgamating mills, small ball mills and cyanide pools. The county's production of gold this year exceeded 30,000 taels, an average of more than 1 two per person.
Economic development
Two hundred and seventy-seven, the county's steady and rapid economic growth, the social undertakings have made remarkable achievements, the people's standard of living continues to improve.
I. General
The national economy grew rapidly. The county's gross domestic product realized 882 million yuan, an increase of 13.6% over the previous year, the growth rate hit a new high in the past decade. Among them, the primary industry realized added value of 104 million yuan, an increase of 7% over the previous year; the secondary industry realized added value of 249 million yuan, an increase of 27.2% over the previous year; the tertiary industry realized added value of 529 million yuan, an increase of 9.6% over the previous year. The proportion of the three industries in the GDP was 11.8%, 28.2% and 60% respectively. The county's per capita GDP was 5,720 yuan, an increase of 19.72% over the previous year
Two, agriculture
The rural economy has been developing steadily. The county's total agricultural output value of 193.23 million yuan (current price), an increase of 7.28% over the previous year. Among them, the agricultural output value of 134.89 million yuan, forestry output value of 9.46 million yuan, animal husbandry output value of 38.21 million yuan, fishery output value of 2.67 million yuan, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery services output value of 8 million yuan, respectively, compared with the previous year, an increase of 8.89%, 13.7%, 35.54%, -4.8%, 2.49%. At the end of the year, the total power of agricultural machinery was 73,000 kilowatts, and the amount of fertilizer applied was 5,845 tons (folded pure amount).
Output of major agricultural products:
2007 Increase over the previous year (%)
Grain 50,725 tons 7.4
Of which: 20,807 tons of summer grains -17
Autumn grains 29,918 tons 35
Cotton 690 tons 37.2
Oilseeds 2602 tons 10.6
Apple 5987 tons 2.5
Dates 157 tons 9.3
Asparagus 6081 tons -
Animal husbandry output of major products:
2007 Increase over the previous year (%)
Meat production 3101 tons 7.3
Of which: pork 2485 tons 6.3
Beef and mutton 463 tons 7.7
Poultry egg production 430 tons 1.2
Large livestock at the end of the year, 9834 head -0.3
Pig inventory 22121 0.4
Sheep inventory 4785 head -5.9
Poultry inventory 73,100 20
Fishery main products output:
2007 Increase over the previous year (%)
Fishery production 295 tons -4.8
Forestry production faster development. County-wide annual **** completed afforestation area of 27,000 mu. Of which 19,995 acres of barren mountain afforestation. Green home construction in-depth, ecological civilization construction has made new achievements.
Agricultural water conservancy infrastructure to accelerate the pace. Completion of water conservancy construction investment of more than 9.9 million yuan, the new basic farmland 3000 acres. Annual new repair and refurbishment of 46.7 kilometers of channels, 20 new wells, new water-saving irrigation area of 11,500 acres, soil erosion control area of 12 square kilometers.
Three, industry and construction
Industrial production grew at a high rate. Jurisdiction above-scale industrial enterprises completed output value of 962.48 million yuan (at current prices), to achieve added value of 201 million yuan (at current prices), respectively, an increase of 35.8% and 31.5% over the previous year.
Output of major industrial products:
2007 Increase over the previous year (%)
Gold 1725,555.5 tael 14.9
of which: finished gold 134,113.7 tael 26.2
Content gold 38,331.8 tael -12.6
Machine bricks 221 million bricks 10.5
1,360 tons of pickles 8.8
25,000 tons of iron powder 66.7
Construction production was stable. The county has a qualification level of four building construction enterprises, the annual construction output value of 58.5 million yuan.
Four, fixed asset investment
Fixed asset investment high growth. County-wide investment in fixed assets *** completed 349.29 million yuan (excluding cross-regional projects), an increase of 76.19% over the previous year. Among them, included in the scope of statistics more than 500,000 yuan of fixed asset investment projects completed investment of 299.12 million yuan, an increase of 95.15% over the previous year, one, two, three industries completed investment of 14.63 million yuan, 162.36 million yuan and 122.13 million yuan, respectively, an increase of 105.76%, 83.42% and 111.88% over the previous year.
Fifth, transportation and post and telecommunications
The transportation industry has been developing steadily. The county's transportation system completed 1.63 million tons of cargo transport volume, cargo turnover of 136.86 million tons - km; passenger transport volume of 1.41 million people, passenger turnover of 108.26 million people - km.
Post and telecommunications industry continues to maintain healthy development. At the end of the year, fixed-line telephone users reached 25,978, 1092 fewer than the previous year. Cell phone users reached 66,624, an increase of 9,057 over the previous year. The annual completion of the telecommunications business volume of 58.56 million yuan; the completion of the total postal business of 13.797 million yuan, of which, 73,700 pieces of correspondence, newspaper and periodical distribution of 368,000 copies. Postal savings at the end of the year deposit balance of 459.94 million yuan, down 0.3% from the previous year.
Six, domestic and foreign trade
Commodity consumption market is stable. The county's total retail sales of consumer goods amounted to 323.639 million yuan, an increase of 12.96% over the previous year. Among them, retail sales in the county amounted to 222.734 million yuan, and retail sales below the county amounted to 100.905 million yuan; wholesale and retail trade amounted to 276.376 million yuan, lodging and catering industry amounted to 16.283 million yuan, and other industries amounted to 30.98 million yuan.
Foreign trade work achieved new development. The county signed a contract of foreign capital amounting to 72.22 million U.S. dollars in the year, and the actual use of foreign capital amounted to 10.417 million U.S. dollars.
Seven, finance, finance and insurance
Fiscal revenue and expenditure double growth. The annual local financial revenue of 41.03 million yuan, an increase of 11.2% over the previous year. Among them, the value-added tax of 3.16 million yuan, 6.75 million yuan of sales tax, corporate income tax of 1.4 million yuan, personal income tax of 1.69 million yuan, resource tax of 0.63 million yuan, 17.3 million yuan of operating income from state-owned assets, administrative fees and charges of 2.6 million yuan. Annual local financial expenditure of 195.08 million yuan, an increase of 47.43% over the previous year. Among them, 16.58 million yuan of agriculture, forestry and water conservancy expenditures, 3.74 million yuan of cultural, sports and media expenditures, education expenditures of 52.77 million yuan, 11.74 million yuan of medical and health care expenditures, urban construction expenditures of 9.43 million yuan, 3.36 million yuan of transportation expenditures, general public **** services expenditures of 60.44 million yuan.
The financial industry is running smoothly. At the end of the year, the balance of deposits of financial institutions 2060.93 million yuan, an increase of 10.1% over the previous year. The balance of loans 963.18 million yuan, an increase of 16.6% over the previous year, of which, 396.8 million yuan of industrial loans, agricultural loans of 327.09 million yuan, respectively, an increase of 29.9% and 46% over the previous year. For the whole year, the accumulated cash income was 1143.668 million yuan, the accumulated expenditure was 1264.277 million yuan, and the accumulated net cash was 120.609 million yuan.
Insurance business continues to develop. The annual amount of all kinds of property underwriting 151.9 million yuan, life insurance underwriting amount of 22.9 million yuan. The annual property insurance claims amounted to 2.25 million yuan, life insurance claims amounted to 86 million yuan.
Eight, science and technology, education, culture and health
Science and technology further development. County **** declared the provincial science and technology plan project 3, municipal science and technology plan project 6, of which "200 tons / day treatment of gold concentrate smelting", "Tongguan County, Yellow River, good breed of pig breeding", "pickles series product development ", "Zhoujiacheng Beef Cattle Breeding Demonstration Plot", "Intellectual Property Training" and other projects were included in the municipal science and technology plan. *** organization declared invention utility and design-type patents 10, authorized 10, overfulfilled the patent declaration task set at the beginning of the year.
The strength of education continues to grow. The pace of infrastructure construction accelerated, "two basic" work successfully passed the national acceptance. Annual implementation of rural compulsory education "two free and one subsidy" funds 5.695 million yuan. Investment of 13.31 million yuan, 19,180 square meters of new school buildings, eliminating 6,808 square meters of dangerous buildings, school conditions greatly improved. Training of laid-off workers more than 400 people, vocational education enrollment of 724 people, invested 1.5 million yuan to build the county's first high-standard public kindergarten, vocational kindergarten rapid development. At the end of the year, there are 76 primary and secondary schools of all levels and types in the county***, with 22,524 students in school, of which 9,950 students are in general secondary schools, and 12,574 students are in primary schools. The enrollment rates of primary and junior high school-age population are 100% and 98.3% respectively. At the end of the year, the county has 1647 teachers, of which 550 are full-time teachers in general secondary schools and 1097 are full-time teachers in elementary school. 945 people went on the college entrance examination in 2007, an increase of 140 people compared with that of last year, and 93 candidates scored more than 500 points in the secondary school entrance examination, accounting for 4% of the number of references, which is higher than that of the whole city by one percentage point.
The cultural undertakings are flourishing. The establishment of Tongguan County Folk Art Troupe, folk art back core, ancient warships, stilt walkers and other outstanding cultural programs have been to the provinces and cities to perform, enhancing the reputation and popularity of Tongguan. The organization has prepared such literary works as "The 17th National Congress and a New Chapter", "Holding High the Flag and Running to a Prosperous Life", "Mudawan", "Rural Children", and so on. Carried out a rich cultural activities in the countryside, organized 3 cultural activities, **** send more than 10,000 books, more than 160 movies, send more than 70 plays. County Cultural Center **** prepared collection of 12,000 books.
Health on a new level. The county at the end of the year has 13 hospitals, health centers, health technicians 593 people. Among them, 179 physicians, 60 physician assistants, 173 nurses, other health technicians 181 people. 2007 April, our county was approved by the provincial government as the province's new rural cooperative medical implementation of the county, the county to participate in the new rural cooperative medical care for farmers reached more than 103,000 people, the participation rate of 92%, 2,550 people to enjoy the cooperative medical subsidies, subsidies amounted to 3.6 million yuan.
Nine, environmental protection
Environmental protection work has made new achievements. The county's environmental pollution control this year completed investment totaled 26.247 million yuan. The year cut 68.93 tons of chemical oxygen demand, cut 1,247 tons of sulfur dioxide. Industrial wastewater emissions to meet the standard rate and industrial fume emissions to meet the standard rate of 100%, the environment continues to improve.
Ten, population and people's lives
Population natural growth rate continues to remain at a low level. According to the 1 per thousand population sample survey, the county's resident population (refers to the year in the county to live in more than six months of the population, excluding the county registered as a permanent resident in the county and left the county for more than six months during the year) 152,700 people; the birth rate of 10.4 per thousand, the mortality rate of 6.25 per thousand, the natural growth rate of 4.15 per thousand.
The income of urban and rural residents grew rapidly. The county's urban on-the-job workers at the end of the year 12604 people, 195 fewer than the previous year, total wages 157.43 million yuan, an increase of 26.87 million yuan over the previous year, per capita annual wages of 12,475 yuan, an increase of 2,320 yuan over the previous year. County employees on the job at the end of the year 10,384 people, total wages of 119.38 million yuan, per capita annual wages of 11,515 yuan. Annual per capita net income of farmers 2,340 yuan, an increase of 390 yuan over the previous year, an increase of 20%, urban residents disposable income of 7,461 yuan.
Urban and rural residents savings deposits continued to grow. The balance of urban and rural residents' savings deposits at the end of the year was 1,828,430,000 yuan, an increase of 7.1% over the previous year.
Social security continues to improve. At the end of the year, 9,723 urban employees have participated in basic pension insurance, and 3,563 rural employees have participated in pension insurance. Towns have participated in medical insurance 12,621 people, have participated in unemployment insurance 9,636 people. In cities and towns, 6,150 people had participated in maternity insurance. The number of urban residents enjoying the minimum subsistence guarantee is 4,300, and the number of rural residents enjoying the low income guarantee reaches 8,013, and the county pays out 4.85 million yuan of funds for the low income guarantee. The county 4,817 people participated in the housing fund co-ordination, *** co-ordinated housing fund 4.71 million yuan.
History
Shang Dynasty under the State of Ding, called Taolin. Zhou Dynasty for the gui land, recorded Guo Guo (North Guo), called "Wei_". In the Spring and Autumn period, it was called Taolin Se, subordinate to Jin. The marquis of Jin made Zhan Jia Chu Fu defend this place against Qin. In the Warring States period, it was attached to Wei in the 24th year of the reign of Qin Li*** Gong (453 BC). In the sixth year of King Huiwen of Qin (332 B.C.), Ningqin County was set up, which was under the jurisdiction of Ningqin County. Han Gaozu five years (202), set up the ship Sikong Yamen, specializing in the yellow and Wei River water transportation, ship depot. Later, the name of the county was taken as the official name of the Ship Sikong, which was subordinate to the Jingzhao Yin. New Mang BeiJianGuo first year (9), change the ship Sikong County for ship Li County, under the latter Cheng Lie County. The Eastern Han Dynasty restored the name of Ship Sikong County, subordinate to the Department of the School Lieutenants of the Department of the Division. In the 18th year of Jian'an (213), Shuangshikong County was merged into Huayin, subordinate to Jingzhao Yin. After the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Jin 275 years belonged to Huayin County. Northern Wei Yongxi three years (534), belongs to Dingcheng County (seat in today's Gongzhuang village north of Ding), under the Huashan County Huazhou. In the Western Wei Dynasty, Dingcheng County was incorporated into Shixi County until the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Sui Kaihuang three years (583), belonging to the Shixi County under the Huazhou. Daye three years (607) to be subordinate to Jingzhao County. Five years (609) changed the Shixi County for Huayin County, Tongguan belongs to. In the first year of the Tang Dynasty (685), Huayin County was renamed Xianzha County, and in the second year of the Tianzhu Period (691), the eastern part of Xianzha County (Tongguan) was divided to set up Tongjin County, which was subordinate to Guojiao County. In March of the second year of the Holy Calendar (699), it was changed to Taizhou (the seat of which is in present-day Huaxian County). In the second year of the Chang'an era (702), Tongjin County was abolished and merged into Xianzhang County.
Shenlong two years (706) was renamed Huayin County, the county belongs to. Later, after the Five Dynasties, Song, Jin and Yuan about 670 years, all belong to Huayin County. In the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty (1374), the Tongguan Guan Guarding Office was set up and belonged to the Department of Shaanxi. In the ninth year (1376), Tongguanwei was set up and belonged to Henan Province (Ming Gu Zuyu's Yanshi Fangyi Jiyao said that Tongguanwei was set up in the third year of Hongwu). In the sixth year of Yongle's reign (1408), it belonged to the Central Military Governor's Office.
Tongguan Wei was abolished in the second year of Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty (1724), and in the fifth year (1727), Tongguan County was established. Qianlong thirteen years (1748) to set up the Tongguan Hall, belonging to the Shaanxi Tongshang Road with the state government. In the second year of the Republic of China (1913), the hall was abolished and Tongguan County was set up, belonging to Shaanxi Guanzhong Road. In 1933, it belonged to Shaanxi. In 1939, it belonged to the Commissioner's Office of the Eighth District Administrative Inspectorate of Shaanxi (with its seat in Dali County). In 1947, it belonged to the Commissioner of the Second District of Shaanxi (with its seat in Huaxian County) until its liberation.
Tongguan was liberated on May 29, 1949, and belonged to the Weinan Commissioner's Office under the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government; in May 1950, it belonged to the Weinan Commissioner's Office under the Shaanxi People's Government, and was directly under the Shaanxi People's Government after the Weinan Commissioner's Office was abolished in October 1956; after the merger of the county and Weinan County in December 1958, it was established as the Tongguan People's Commune and belonged to Weinan County under the Shaanxi People's Government. On August 15, 1961, Tongguan County was restored to the Weinan Commissioner's Office (renamed the Weinan Regional Administrative Office in 1979), under the Shaanxi People's Government to the present.
On January 2, 2021, Tongguan County was ranked 71st on the list of China's "Hundred Most Efficient Counties" in 2020.
On July 29, 2020, the National Patriotic Hygiene Campaign Committee re-recognized Tongguan County as a National Hygienic Township (County Town) in 2020.
Tongguan County was ranked 71st in the National Hygiene Campaign.
July 2020, the Ministry of Commerce announced the list of 2020 Comprehensive Demonstration Counties for E-commerce in Rural Areas, and Tongguan County was selected.
On February 21, 2017, Tongguan County was on the list of 2016 National Basic Balanced Counties (Municipalities and Districts) for Compulsory Education Development.
In July 2016, Tongguan County was honored with the title of 2016 National Model City (County) of Double Embrace.