Located in the southwest of the county seat, 40 kilometers away from the county seat, the west slope of the county seat is 802 meters above sea level. It is adjacent to Xijiaokou Township in the east, Hejin Township in the south and Zaoling Township in the west and north, with a total area of 83.86 square kilometers. The landform belongs to the loess plateau, with continuous mountains in the north, east and south, and primitive beams in the west; The highest point is Zhaojiageduo, with an altitude of 13 12.4m, and the lowest point is Xixiagou, with an altitude of 679m and a relative height difference of 633.4m The annual average temperature lOC! About, frost-free period 180 ~ 220 days, the rainfall is about 400 mm, and the town was established before the Republic of China. In the 36th year of the Republic of China (1947), four districts were established in May, and it was placed under the jurisdiction of Hejin County in June 5438+February, and it was placed under the jurisdiction of this county in May 1948, with administrative villages and townships. 1958 established the people's commune, 1959 was under the jurisdiction of Jishan, 196 1 owned by the county, 1984 resumed the town. The territory is rich in coal resources, known as the "coal city" and is the main coal mining area in the west of the county. There are 27 state-owned Maoze District and township coal mines. Mineral resources include iron, clay, purple mud and bauxite. The Da (Ning) Lin (Yi) highway line passes through the town, with an average daily traffic of 6000 vehicles. Most natural villages have electricity, including credit cooperatives, bank business offices, grain stations, supply and marketing cooperatives, tax offices, industrial and commercial offices, timber stations and so on. And there are primary and secondary schools, cultural stations, theaters, central hospitals, family planning service stations, finance offices, medicinal materials stations, TV turntables, gymnasiums and other facilities. The first and sixth days of the lunar calendar are the days of parties.

General situation of Xiangning county

Xiangning County governs: Chengguan Town, Xipo Town, Taitou Town, Guanghua Town, Zhangma Township, Tanping Township, Zaoling Township, Xijiaokou Township, Guantou Township, Xiashan Township, Shuangfengyan Township, Cliff Township, Jijiayuan Township, Anfen Township, Weizhuang Township and Guanwangmiao Township.

In 2000, the total population of Xiangning County was 2 16408. Population of each township: Chengguan Town 37953 Guanghua Town 20843 Taitou Town 12440 Guantou Town1384 Xipo Town 14566 Jijiayuan Township 8235 Zhangma Township 1 1604 Xiashan. Feng Yingxiang 6348 Guanwangmiao Township 13909 Anfen Township 79 14 Weizhuang Township 6607 Xijiaokou Township 120 13 Zaoling Township 15825 Tanping Township 10439.

Xiangning County is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, southwest of Shanxi Province, west corner of Linfen City, south end of Luliang Mountain, and adjacent to Shaanxi by the Yellow River in the west. Chang ning zhen, where the county government is located, covers an area of 203 1 km2.

★ History

As early as the late Paleolithic culture, ancestors worked, lived and multiplied in Xiangning. In the Spring and Autumn Period, it belonged to Jin, which was later called because Hubei Hou avoided living here. After the Warring States period belonged to Korea, it belonged to Zhao, Qin belonged to Beiqu, the Western Han Dynasty belonged to Qixian, and the Northern Wei Dynasty belonged to Changning and Pingchang, which belonged to counties. In the Tang Dynasty, Pingchang entered Changning. After the Five Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty changed Changning to Xiangning. Song Huang Hu ruled this place for three years. The county name is still in use today.

★ Geography and landform

There are overlapping mountains and ravines in the territory, with many slopes and few plains, and serious soil erosion. Generally speaking, the northeast is high and the southwest is low, and the altitude is generally between 900- 1500m. Luliang Mountain is divided into two branches in China: the north branch runs from northeast to southwest, and Gaotianshan Mountain and Yuntai Mountain form the dividing line between Xiangning County and Jixian County; The other branch runs through the middle of the county from north to south until Jishan County, forming a watershed between the Yellow River and Fenhe River systems in Xiangning County. Among the mountains in the territory, Gaotianshan Mountain is the highest, with an altitude of1820m. Along the Yellow River in the west, the altitude is below 500 meters. There are more than 7,000 rivers in China, including tributaries of all sizes. Northern Hubei and along the Yellow River flow directly into the Yellow River, and the rest into Fenhe River. Most rivers are seasonal.

★ Climate

Xiangning county has a warm temperate continental climate, windy in spring, hot in summer, cold in winter in the literary and art circles in autumn. The annual average temperature is about 10℃, 1 minus 6℃ per month, July 29℃, the annual rainfall is 600 mm, and the frost-free period is 150 days. The regional climate is quite different, naturally forming microclimates such as cool temperature, moderate temperature and warm temperature.

★ Industry and agriculture

The county has 396,200 mu of cultivated land, mainly planting wheat, corn, millet, millet, beans and other crops. Cash crops include oilseeds, beets, hemp and so on. There are nearly 100 kinds of wild medicinal materials such as Codonopsis pilosula, Polyporus and Forsythia suspensa.

Industry is dominated by coal, and it is known as the "hometown of coal". In addition, there are chemical fertilizers, machinery manufacturing, electricity, cement, pharmaceuticals, iron and wood production.

★ Traffic

The traffic situation is improving day by day, forming a traffic network that runs through the north and south and across the east and west.

★ places of interest

Xiangning County has the Great Wall in the Qing Dynasty, four houses in the Qianlong period of Shibi Village, and the Thousand Buddha Cave dug on the cliff five kilometers away from the city. The grottoes are 3. 1 m high and 4.5 m wide. The statues carved on the four walls are solemn and lifelike, with murals and stone carvings. The knives are simple and exquisite. They are works from the Sui and Tang Dynasties.