| ANNING
DISTRICT |
|
SURVEY OF NATURE |
|
Geographical Position |
| Anning
District is located between 36©b 04' and 36©b 10' N and between103©b
34' and 103©b 47' E in the northwest of Lanzhou City at the northern
bank of the Yellow River. The district adjoins Gaolan County in
the north, Qilihe District in the south, Chengguan District in
the east and Xigu District in the west. Its total area covers
86 sq. km and the distance from here to the center of the city
is only 5 km. |
| Landforms
|
| Geographically
speaking, the district is higher in the north and lower in the
south with an inclination from northwest to southeast and is shaped
like a ribbon from the east to the west. Its terraced landforms
are composed of riverain field, plains and hilly land gradually
from the south up to the north with the highest elevation of 2,067.2
m and the lowest at 1, 517.3 m. |
| Climate
|
| Semi-arid
and temperate climate featuring distinct seasons; |
| Average
annual temperature |
8.9
©b C |
| The
maximum temperature in summer |
35.5
©bC |
| The
minimum temperature in winter |
20
©bC |
| Annual
precipitation |
349.9
mm |
| Annual
amount of evaporation |
1,664
mm |
| Non-frost
days around the year |
171
days |
| Average
hours with sunshine in a year |
2,474.4
hr. |
|
| Resources |
| Area
of land for development |
900
hectares |
| Natural
Reserve: |
| Silica
over |
10
million tons |
| Red
clay |
3.06
million cub. m |
| Stone
materials |
15
million cub. m |
| Gypsum
|
in
some amount |
|
| And
it is rich for both surface and underground water in good quality.
The electricity is abundant in supply as connected with the largest
central network of hydro- electricity supply on the upper reaches
of the Yellow River. |
| There
are several places attractive to tourists in the district, such
as the Tianfu Shagong, a fantastic scene of soil erosion and the
Renshoushan Park. Near the park, there is a famous peach orchard
stretching for 15 km. When peach flowers are in full blossom during
spring time, the place is always busy with visitors. |
| Administrative
Divisions and Population |
| Township
Administration(s) |
6 |
| Villagers'
Committee(s) |
32
|
| Sub-district
Office(s) |
3
|
| Residents'
Committee(s) |
44
|
| Total
Population of the District (person) |
139,600
|
| Including: |
|
| Urban
residents (person) |
103,800
|
| Rural
residents (person) |
35,300
|
|
| There
are12 nationalities inhabited in this district, such as Han, Hui,
Mongolian, Man and Uighur, among whom the Han nationality makes
98.8% of the total. |
| HISTORICAL
EVOLUTION |
| The
district has a history of over 2,000 years. It has been a part
of Lanzhou ever since the West Han Dynasty (206BC - 7AD), despite
of the differences in titles and administrative subordination
in each corresponding historical period. |
| ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT |
| Since
China adopted the policy of opening up to the outside world and
economic reform, the district's economy has witnessed a rapid
progress both in its urban and rural areas with a large increase
in its revenue. Infrastructure improved in an all around way,
its comprehensive economic strength has been immensely increased.
Today, the urban construction has preliminarily taken shape and
residents' life is largely improved. |
| It
is the only district mainly producing cash crops in the City of
Lanzhou. There are 1,330 hectares of cultivated land here with
better conditions for agricultural development. It mainly produces
vegetables and fruits. Each year, the district supplies onto the
market over 50,000 tons of fine vegetables, such as hotbed chives,
cucumber, chili and tomatoes as well as more than 10,000 tons
of quality fruits, mainly peach, pear, apple and dates. Its rural
economy has witnessed a comprehensive development. Township enterprises
are also booming. |
| There
are erected 21 industrial enterprises in large and medium sizes.
Their representatives are Changfeng Machinery Plant, Wanli Mechanical
& Electrical Factory, Lanzhou Aviation Control Appliances Factory
and Gansu Aluminum Industrial Co. Most of the city's industries
in the aspects of space technology, meters and gages, and metallurgy
are concentrated here. |
| Business
and trade in the district are progressing vigorously. At present,
there are 2,713 establishments on the network of business, catering
and service of various kinds and 9 varied open markets. The Yellow
River Market is one of the 11 markets dealing with traditional
Chinese herb medicine, which is to be reserved and inspected by
the state and the only one of this kind in Gansu Province. It
is also one of the 10 regional wholesale markets in the city. |
| The
district is designated as an experimental developing zone by the
city government. Also located here are the western part of LHNTDZ
and the Lanzhou Economic & Technical Development Zone. Besides,
there is delimited a provincial demonstration zone for township
industrial collaboration between eastern and western regions. |
| SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT |
| The
district has facilitated its local transportation and advanced
its telecommunications. It is only 2 km from the center of the
district to the Lanzhou Western Railway Station, a pivot in cargo
transportation in the Northwest. The No.312 State-Invested Highway
goes through the district. The Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport is to
the west. In recent years, its previous infrastructure conditions
have been transformed and rebuilt in a large scale. Together with
a newly erected bridge, there are three highways opened recently,
i.e. the No. 572, 590 and 596 Highways while some sections of
the old roads either widened or rebuilt. A regulated and facile
network for local transportation will soon be formed with the
completion of the Lanzhou Yintan Bridge. |
| The
overall capacity of its programmable-control telephone system
has reached up to 20,000 gates. With the setup of the Lanzhou
Telecommunications Satellite Signal Receiving Station of the domestic
network, it possesses full means of advanced modern telecommunications
respectively with optical cables, shortwave and microwave. |
| The
greened area within its urban limits has expanded to 370.55 hectares
covering 39.9% of the total area with the size per capita for
28 square meters. |
| Anning
District is also regarded as a cultural area dotted with a number
of higher education and scientific research institutions. There
are 17 universities and colleges here such as the Northwest Normal
University, Gansu Agricultural University and Lanzhou Railway
Institute, and 11 scientific research institutions, including
some famous one as Gansu Provincial Academy of Social Sciences
and the provincial academy of agriculture. There are 30,000 scientific
and technical workers here in those institutions and enterprises.
Today, the district possesses 39 middle schools and 13 primary
schools with standardized educational systems. The popularization
rate for children's junior middle school education has come up
to 99.3%. |
| The
following data may give you an idea of the residents' colorful
daily life in cultural aspects: |
| Sports
centers |
4
|
| Cultural
institutions in varied kinds |
6
|
| Professional
cultural organizations |
8 |
| Non-governmental
cultural bodies |
2
|
| Television-signal
transfer station |
1 |
| FM
radio broadcasting station |
1
|
| Television
coverage rate |
98%
|
| Cable
broadcasting coverage rate |
90%
|
|
| There
is a cultural activity center and a broadcasting station in every
township area while cinemas, theatres, entertainment clubs and
karaoke halls are established everywhere in the district. |
| The
residents' health conditions have been much improved with a big
progress made in developing medical service, which contains: |
| Medical
service institutions |
99 |
| Hospitals |
7 |
|
| Every
10,000 residents have 56 doctors and 61 hospital beds. |
| FAMOUS
LOCAL PRODUCTS |
| Hotbed
chives annual output |
0.64
million kg |
| Peaches
in over 180 varieties annual yield over |
4
million kg |
| Ruan'er
Pear annual production |
11.05
million kg |
| Dates
annual output |
0.5102
million kg |
|
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