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Brief description: Xuzhou city is located in the northwest of Jiangsu Province, adjacent to Tongshan County, Xuzhou city is the economic, cultural and transportation center of the junction area of Suzhou, Luzhou, Henan and Anhui provinces, and an important strategic place. In history, the country has waged more than 200 wars around Xuzhou, and the world-famous Huaihai Campaign was centered on Xuzhou.
Xuzhou has a long history and is said to be one of the ancient Kyushu. At that time, Xuzhou was the name of a natural economic region, referring to the area east of Jishui, west of the Yellow Sea, south of Mount Tai, and north of the Huai River. In the Western Han Dynasty, the name of the city was used as a political administrative region. The meaning of the name Xuzhou, according to the Book of Jin, "Gai takes the meaning of soothing, or Yunyin Xuqiu is named after xuqiu." ”
The city of Xuzhou was originally a city in Xuzhou, known as Pengcheng in ancient times. Legend has it that Tang Yao sealed the third son of the Lu Clan here, called the Great Peng Clan Kingdom, so it was named Peng Cheng. During the Yu Dynasty, Pengcheng belonged to Xuzhou. Shang destroyed the Great Peng State and rebuilt the Chongguo. From the Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, it was successively subordinate to Lü, Song, and Chu. In the Qin Dynasty, it was ruled by Pengcheng County, which belonged to Surabaya County. At the end of Qin, it was the capital of Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu. During the Han Dynasty, it was first the fiefdom of Liu Bang's brother Liu Jiao, the capital of the State of Chu, and during the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was the capital of the State of Pengcheng, which belonged to the Xuzhou Assassin History Department. In the third year of Jian'an at the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao moved the xuzhou assassination history department to Pengcheng, and successively became the seat of Xuzhou County and northern Xuzhou County. At this time, Xuzhou began to merge with Pengcheng as the name of the city. The Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties were mostly ruled by Xuzhou Prefecture. In the Qing Dynasty, Shengzhou was the capital, and Tongshan County was placed, and Xuzhou was also called Tongshan. After the Xinhai Revolution, Xuhai Road was set up as the seat of the Daoyin Office. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xuzhou City was established and belonged to Jiangsu Province. After the liberation of Xuzhou in December 1948, it came under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province. In 1953, it was transferred back to Jiangsu Province and became a provincial municipality. The Municipal People's Government is stationed at No. 8 Jiefang Road. The Xuzhou District Administrative Office and the Tongshan County People's Government are located in Xuzhou City.
A corner of Xuzhou Park
The city covers an area of about 184.46 square kilometers, of which 33.26 square kilometers are urban areas and 12.5 square kilometers are Jiawang District. 8 square kilometers, 138.40 square kilometers on the outskirts of the city, the street offices in the mining area are scattered in the territory of Tongshan County, and no statistics have been made. The municipality administers 4 districts of Gulou, Yunlong, Mining District and Jiaren, and 32 subdistrict offices; There are 4 communes in Kuishan, Lion Mountain, Xiadian and Zhuzhuang, and 56 production brigades. The population is more than 720,000 people, of which the non-agricultural population is more than 620,000; There are more than 5,000 ethnic minorities in Hui, Manchu, Mongolian, Miao, and North Korea, accounting for 7% of the total population.
Xuzhou City is located in the middle of the Huanghuai Plain, and the hills in the territory are undulating, forming a topographic feature between hills and plains. The city is surrounded by Mountains such as Guangshan, Zifangshan, Fenghuangshan, Taishan, Quanshan, Hanshan, Jiulishan, and Pipashan. The five old bees in Quanshan, a southern suburb, are 240.4 meters above sea level, making it the highest bee in the city. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the northern suburbs, with irrigation and shipping benefits. The Kui River flows through the city and Kuishan Commune, and the South Zhulu River flows into Huai. The abandoned Yellow River runs through the territory from northwest to southeast. Between the mountains in the southern suburbs was originally a swampy area, called DustpanWa, also known as Shigou Lake and Stone Dog Lake. In the past, during the rainy season, mountains and rivers gathered, flooding and endangering urban areas. In 1958, the city's military and civilians built embankments and gates here, built an artificial lake, Mingyunlong Lake, with a water surface of about 7.7 square kilometers, and a water storage capacity of more than 25 million cubic meters, which can not only huaipai farmland, aquaculture, but also regulate the climate, beautify the cityscape, and has now developed into a good tourist area.
The territory is rich in minerals, mainly coal, iron, limestone, coke gemstones, etc., copper, cobalt, manganese, potassium, aluminum and so on have also been found. Xuzhou has the reputation of "Baili Coalfield", the amount of coal is large, widely distributed, the coal seam is thick, the burial is shallow, and it is convenient for large-scale mechanized mining. Liguo iron ore iron ore high, low silicon, less sulfur, iron concentrate grade of 65%, well-known at home and abroad.
Xuzhou in the 1980s
Before liberation, Xuzhou's industry was very backward, with a population of 200,000, only 7 factories with more than 100 people, and 3 chimneys. After liberation, the coal, electric power, metallurgy, machinery, light industry, textile industry, chemical industry, electronic instruments, building materials and other industrial sectors were built in a planned manner, and basically developed into a comprehensive industrial city with a certain scale. By 1980, there were 369 industrial and mining enterprise units, and the number of employees reached 39. More than 40,000 people, about 8 times that of 1949; The total industrial output value exceeded 2.1 billion yuan, about 50 times that of 1949. The coal and power industries are the main body of Xuzhou's industry. Xuzhou is known as the "coal capital" of Jiangsu Province and is one of the important coal production bases in the country. In 1980, more than 12 million tons of coal were produced, accounting for more than 90% of the province's coal production. In the same year, in the national coal mine main economic and technical indicators championship, Xuzhou Mining Bureau won 6 of the 7 championships. Xuzhou Power Plant is a large-scale modern kengkou power station with a magnificent scale. With the completion and commissioning of the second phase of the plant, the city's annual power generation in 1980 has reached more than 4.3 billion kWh, about 325 times that of 1949. The Xuzhou power plant transmits 200,000 kilowatts of electricity to the East China power grid every hour, adding new energy to the construction of the four modernizations in southern Jiangsu and Shanghai.
Xuzhou in 1932
The four communes on the outskirts of the city mainly produce vegetables, and agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline and fishery are fully developed. In 1980, the number of vegetables on the market was 130 million catties, which not only ensured the needs of the city, but also transferred some support to other cities; The total grain output reached 40 million catties, with an average yield of more than 120 catties per mu; Fruit production 8.1 million catties; More than 53,700 pigs are raised; Fishery production of more than 410 tons; The total income of the side business is 12.2 million yuan. In 1980, the average member received nearly 200 yuan. Before the liberation of Xuzhou, the Tongshan Bald Ridge was still frequently flooded, the urban roads were narrow, uneven, ditches and pits were everywhere, and sewage flowed. There is only one 4-story building in the city, and the asphalt road is about 200 meters. After liberation, the mountains and rivers were systematically transformed, the old city was transformed, and now all the mountains are covered with trees and lush. The urban green area has reached nearly 10%, and the main street is lined with trees. In order to turn the damage into profit, the abandoned Yellow River and the Kui River have been dredged and renovated many times. The Yellow River Park, built on the west bank of the Abandoned Yellow River in the urban area, has begun to take shape. The abandoned Yellow River wasteland on the outskirts of the city was originally barren land, and now an orchard with an area of about 2.4 million square meters has been built in Xuzhou City, which has become the hometown of flowers and fruits. The newly built staff accommodation and residential housing has reached 3.2 million square meters; The newly built and widened asphalt roads and streets are nearly 100 kilometers, and the main trunk roads are Huaihai East and West Road, Zhongshan South and North Road, Fuxing South and North Road, Minzhu South and North Road, Huancheng Road, Heping Road, etc.; The small streets and alleys have also been gradually renovated, and water supply and drainage systems have been developed. Large buildings dot the city and countryside. The newly built East Railway Station Square, with an area of nearly 20,000 square meters, is wide and magnificent. Near the intersection of Huaihai East and West Roads in the city center, the newly built and built Huaihai Hotel, Pengcheng Hotel, Xuzhou Vice Food Store, Huaihai Department Store, Xinhua Bookstore, Zhongshantang Cinema, Huaihai Food Store, etc., form a new architectural complex, which is spectacular. There are 18 bus routes with an operating mileage of nearly 170 km.
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