What kind of city is Shizuishan?

City overview Shizuishan is named after the intersection of Helan Mountain and the Yellow River (two kilometers south of the Yellow River Bridge in Shizuishan), where rocks are as prominent as mouths. It was first seen in Jiajing's New Records of Ningxia in Ming Dynasty. Shizuishan City is an important industrial and mining city in Ningxia, located in the north of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, bordering the Yellow River in the east and Ordos City in Inner Mongolia. Helan Mountain in the west faces Alashan League in Inner Mongolia across the mountain; The Yellow River is adjacent to Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia; In the south, it borders xingqing district and Helan County, the capital of Yinchuan. Shizuishan City was founded in 1960 (1960 in April, Shizuishan City established two urban people's communes, Nanjie and Beijie, and Shizuishan Town was abolished. Soon, based on the two urban people's communes, the first and second districts of Shizuishan City were established, and the districts and communities were integrated. ), now governs Dawukou District, Shizuishan District and Pingluo County, with a total land area of 5,309.5 square kilometers. The urban population is more than 460,000, and the urban area is 75 square kilometers. The non-agricultural population accounts for 58.2% of the city's population. There are 24 ethnic groups, including Han, Hui, Mongolian and Manchu, and the Hui population accounts for 20.3%, showing a good situation of national unity, social stability and economic development. Dawukou District, where the municipal government is located, has beautiful environment, reasonable layout and perfect functions. Shizuishan City is the second largest city in Ningxia. The municipal government is located in Dawukou District.

Shizuishan City is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, north of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It is about 88.8 kilometers wide from east to west and 1 19.5 square kilometers long from north to south. It is located at 105 58' ~ 106 39' east longitude and 382 1' ~ 39 north latitude. East of Ordos platform and west of Yinchuan plain in the north. The altitude is between1090 m and 3475.9 m. According to the topography, it can be divided into four types: Helan Mountain, alluvial plain of alluvial fan at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, alluvial plain of Yellow River and Ordos Platform. The typical temperate continental climate has abundant sunshine, concentrated precipitation, strong evaporation, dry air, large temperature difference and short frost-free period. Summer is hot and short, spring is warm and windy, autumn is cool and short, winter is cold and long. The annual average temperature is 8.4℃ ~ 9.9℃. The annual minimum average temperature is-19.4℃ ~ 23.2℃, and the annual maximum average temperature is 32.4℃ ~ 36. 1℃. The geographical distribution of annual average precipitation is relatively uniform. The average annual precipitation in the whole city ranges from167.5mm to188.8mm. The annual evaporation 1708.7 ~ 25 12.6 mm is10 ~/kloc-0 of precipitation. The south is prosperous and the north is connected, the west is high and the east is low, with magnificent mountains and rivers and beautiful scenery. The rock paintings of Helan Mountain shine with the brilliance of ancient civilization, with rich materials, outstanding people, the Xialing of the Han Tomb and the Great Wall Ancient Pagoda, which reflect the agility of the land and the brilliance of culture. Lake wetlands are dotted with beautiful scenery south of the Yangtze River.

Shizuishan used to be a resource-based city, and now there are more than ten kinds of proven mineral deposits, such as coal, silica, calcite, limestone, diabase, white sandstone, muscovite, clay, gold, copper, aluminum and iron, especially non-metallic mineral deposits such as coal, silica and clay. Coal reserves are 2.5 billion tons, and there are 1 1 kinds of coal in this city. Taixi coal, known as "Taixi Wujin", has a reserve of 655 million tons, and has the characteristics of "three lows and six highs" (low ash, low sulfur, low phosphorus, high calorific value, high specific resistivity, high mechanical strength, high clean coal recovery rate, high lump coal rate and high chemical activity), and is a world coal treasure house. Widely used in metallurgy, chemical industry, building materials and other industries. With a reserve of 500 million tons, silicon dioxide is a high-quality raw material for silicon products and glass industry. Clay reserves130,000 tons are important raw materials for building materials industries such as ceramics and cement.

Shizuishan City is located in the north of Yinchuan Plain, benefiting from Yellow River irrigation and abundant sunshine. The land is fertile, the ditches are matched, and the forest network is staggered. The existing cultivated land 1 1.5 million mu, and the per capita agricultural population accounts for 4.05 mu, ranking first in Ningxia irrigation area. The exploitable land110.2 million mu, with a per capita of 3.94 mu, and 500,000 mu of land can be developed and utilized in the near future, which has great potential for agricultural development. Over the years, Shizuishan City has persistently carried out afforestation, sand closure, beach closure for afforestation, grass planting and voluntary tree planting for the whole people. Three-North Shelterbelt Project, Sino-German Cooperation Project, Plain Greening Project, "Green China" Project, Prospering the Country and Enriching the People Project have been implemented successively. By the end of 2000, the city's agriculture and forestry construction has made great achievements and the ecological environment has been obviously improved.

Shizuishan has unique tourism resources. Husha Lake is one of the 35 best tourist attractions in China, which combines the beautiful waterscape in the south of the Yangtze River with the desolate desert scenery outside the Great Wall. There are Dawukou Forest Park, Dawukou Sanhu Water Park, North Wudang Temple, Jade Emperor Pavilion in Pingluo, Rock Paintings in Helan Mountain, Ancient Great Wall Site, Tao Le Binggou Han Tomb, etc. It has gradually become a tourist hotline in Ningxia and even the northwest. Shizuishan city has many scenic spots and broad development prospects. The winding Yellow River passes through the territory, while Helan Mountain in Wan Ren passes by. Looking eastward, "the desert is lonely and straight, and the long river sets the yen" is very attractive; Looking west, "the orchard under Helan Mountain is completed, and the old Jiangnan is famous". In the south, there is Hu Sha, a national 5A-level tourist scenic spot, which combines the majestic desert with the beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. In the north, there is a protected tourist area of Sihemu, which is known as the "Giant Panda", and a modern new industrial park, including green fertile fields. Eight major cultures, such as ethnic customs culture, have a long history; Rock paintings of Helan Mountain, ruins of the ancient Great Wall, fossils of paleontology, North Wudang Temple, Jade Emperor Pavilion of Pingluo, Bell and Drum Tower, Tianzhou Tower and other cultural relics are shining; Dawukou Forest Park, Dawukou Xinghai Lake (North Husha Lake) Water Park, Huinong 10,000 mu Lycium barbarum Garden, 10,000 mu Liu Hong Garden and Pingluo 10,000 mu Ecological Forest competed for beauty and came from behind. Visiting the ancient times and nourishing temperament, Shizuishan's tourist attractions make people linger.

In terms of power resources, there are two state-owned power enterprises and some local power enterprises, namely Guodian Dawukou Power Plant and Guodian Shizuishan Power Generation Co., Ltd., with a total installed capacity of 2.05 million kilowatts. A number of enterprise-owned power plant projects are being planned. It is estimated that by 2008, the city's total installed power capacity will reach more than 4 million kilowatts.

Shizuishan City is a city built by coal and prospered by industry. Since its establishment, industry has been in a leading position in the economic development of the whole region. At present, the city has initially formed a relatively complete economic system of heavy industry characterized by energy development and utilization, with coal, metallurgy, electric power, machinery, chemicals, ceramics, building materials and non-metallic products as the main categories. Relying on abundant coal resources, Gao Xinxin has initially formed six characteristic industries: materials, fine chemicals, electric power and related industries, machinery manufacturing, "halal" brand agricultural and sideline products processing and characteristic tourism. More than 30 large and medium-sized enterprises have settled in this city. Raw coal, coke, coal mining machinery and metal magnesium account for the proportion of traps in the autonomous region; The output and quality of lime nitrogen and dicyandiamide rank first in Asia, and it is the carbon production base of Asia Normal University. The capacity and output of tantalum powder and tantalum wire rank among the top three in the world. The total assets of three listed companies, Hengli Group, Yinglite Chemical and orient tantalum industry, are 3,365.438 billion yuan, and the market value of tradable shares is 2.24 billion yuan. The power advantage is outstanding, and the total installed capacity of the city accounts for 3/5 of the autonomous region, making it the largest power production base in Ningxia.

Shizuishan City is away from Yinchuan Hedong Airport 100 km, Baolan electrified railway is more than 60 km, Shijiazhuang (Shizuishan) Zhong (Ning) Expressway is 74 km, 109 national highway is 69.5 km, and10 national highway is 90.3 km across the north and south. Shanshui Avenue, Daping, Tao Ping, Li Hong, Yaoru and other highway trunk lines cross east and west; Pingruhe special railway line for factories and mines, as well as 79 highway branches, 3 large-scale highway overpasses and 1 highway overpasses, form a highway (railway) network extending in all directions; The traffic mileage reaches 1200 km, forming a crisscross traffic framework. There are 39 ferries, 2 pontoons, ferries 1 1 ship, and the route 144 km. Tao Le Yellow River Bridge is under construction; Shizuishan Yellow River Bridge has become a trans-regional traffic fortress connecting Ningmeng and Inner Mongolia. The post and telecommunications infrastructure has been continuously improved, and a post and telecommunications information network has been built with Dawukou District as the center, connecting the vast urban and rural mining areas, with dense outlets and extending in all directions. The public telecommunication network, which focuses on program-controlled exchange data communication and mobile communication, reaches all parts of the country and the world. The capacity of local telephone exchanges in the city has reached 265,438+0,000, and the telephone penetration rate has reached 25 per 100 people. The number of mobile phone users in the city reached 65,438+million. Computer internet has entered the homes of ordinary people. The city has sufficient power supply and water supply, especially with the proposal of the Municipal Party Committee to vigorously implement the "three major projects" of industrial docking, blue sky and clear water and people's hearts, and the construction of a number of key projects such as Guodian Ningxia Shizuishan Power Generation Co., Ltd., Dawukou Sewage Treatment Plant, Dawukou No.2 Water Plant, Shizuishan gas project and road project, the infrastructure construction will be further strengthened and the service function will be more perfect.

The rock painting culture, paleontological fossil culture, Xixia culture, Great Wall culture, Yellow River culture, desert culture, religious culture and ethnic customs culture of Helan Mountain complement each other here, showing distinctive regional cultural characteristics.