Brief introduction of Xiping town
Xiping Town is located in the northwest of Xixia County, Henan Province, at the junction of five counties (Shangnan, Lushi, Xichuan, Hubei and Xixia) in Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi provinces. It is the "bridgehead" of the Central Plains to the northwest, and is known as the "gateway to southwest Henan". The town now governs 19 administrative villages, 1 neighborhood committees and 232 villagers' groups with a population of 56,000 and a total area of 257 square kilometers. Xiping Town is located in the southwest border of Henan Province. In ancient times, it was bordered by Qintu in the west and Wu Chu in the east. Since ancient times, it has been "the channel connecting Shaanxi and Gansu, the throat of Qin Chu", where travelers from south to north gather, Qin Feng meets Chu Feng, and various cultures blend here. Xiping Village was built in the late Han Dynasty, Chengzhen Town was built in the middle of Ming Dynasty, and Xiping Town was built in the eighth year of Qing Qianlong (1743). 1949 was placed under the jurisdiction of Xixia, Xiping District was established, and 1983 was changed to township; 1986 is the town, named Xiping Town because it is located in Xiping. Xiping has convenient transportation, abundant resources and obvious location advantages. Shanghai-Shaanxi Expressway meets Sanxi Expressway, National Highway 3 12 and National Highway 209 in a double cross shape in the town. Ningxi Railway passes through the town, and a 200,000-ton passenger and freight station is built at150km east of Nanyang Jiang Ying Airport. China's forest coverage rate is 72. 1%, and there are more than 30 kinds of minerals with mining value, among which forsterite reserves are 65438+ 1 100 million tons, ranking first in Asia; The reserves of limestone mine reach 1 100 million tons, ranking first in China. It has three advantages: unique location, transportation and resources. It is a new transportation hub town with concentrated people flow and logistics and developed trade circulation. 1 xiping town is regarded as "the business center, agricultural and sideline products trading center, processing center and central town in the adjacent areas of the three provinces". It has successively won the honorary titles of "Experimental Town for Comprehensive Reform in Henan Province", "Key Town for Small Town Construction in Henan Province" and "Four-star Small Town in Nanyang City".