Yicheng County Explained

Yicheng County
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:Location of Linfen Prefecture within Shanxi (China).png
Map Caption1:Linfen in Shanxi
Pushpin Map:Shanxi
Pushpin Label:Yicheng
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Shanxi
Coordinates:35.7397°N 111.719°W
Coor Pinpoint:Yicheng County government
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Shanxi
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Linfen
Area Total Km2:1168
Population As Of:2019
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Website:http://www.yicheng.gov.cn/
Population Total:323517
Postal Code:043500
Seat:Tangxing
Seat Type:County Seat
Population Urban:137500
Population Footnotes:[1]
Area Footnotes:[2]
Population Urban Footnotes:[3]

Yicheng County is a county in the prefecture-level city of Linfen, in the south of Shanxi Province, China.[4] The county spans an area of,[5] and is home to 323,517 people as of 2019.[6]

Geography

Yicheng County is located in southern Shanxi Province, straddling both sides of the . The county's elevation ranges from 473 to 1,556 meters in height.

History

Yicheng County was the site of Jiang (tChinese: {{linktext|絳, sChinese: ), which served for a time as the capital of the state of Jin during the Zhou.

Government

Administrative divisions

Yicheng County has jurisdiction over 6 towns and 4 townships, which are further divided into 151 administrative villages. Yicheng's six towns are (Chinese: 唐兴镇), Nanliang (Chinese: 南梁镇), (Chinese: 里寨镇), (Chinese: 隆化镇), (Chinese: 桥上镇), and (Chinese: 西阎镇). Yicheng's four townships are (Chinese: 中卫乡), (Chinese: 南唐乡), (Chinese: 王庄乡), and (Chinese: 浇底乡). The county's government is seated in Tangxing.

County budget

In 2019, the county government's fiscal revenue was 331.96 million yuan, of which, 211.66 million yuan came from tax revenue.

Yicheng County 2019 Budget!Category!Expenditure (million RMB)!Percent change from 2018!Percent of total 2019 Budget
Education350.62+1.6%16.39%
Agriculture, forestry, and water323.7-13.9%15.13%
General public service164.73+6.6%7.70%
Urban and rural community affairs150.3-7.0%7.03%
Public safety94.42+2.9%4.41%
Culture, sports, and media39.75+9.8%1.86%
Medical, health, and family planning35.736+24.8%1.67%
Social security and employment32.135+2.7%1.50%
Energy conservation and environmental protection10.729-1.7%0.50%
Science and technology4.56+85.4%0.21%
Other932.22N/A43.58%
TOTAL2,138.9+5.4%

Demographics

As of 2019, the county's permanent population was 323,517, of which 137,500 were urban residents. In 2019, the county recorded a birth rate of 8.75 per 1,000, and a death rate of 5.9 per 1,000, resulting in a natural growth rate of 2.85 per 1,000.

Economy

Yicheng reported a GDP of 7.14 billion yuan in 2019, a 4.1% increase from 2018, but relatively unchanged from its 2015 GDP of 7.07 billion yuan. Retail sales totaled 3.82 billion yuan the same year. The county has an average disposable income of 19,188 yuan, which is 32,404 yuan among urban residents and 12,796 yuan among rural residents.

Agriculture

Yicheng County has 40,173 hectares of cropland, as of 2019, of which, 38,825 hectares were devoted to grain production, mostly corn and wheat, producing 186,701 tons of grain.

Industry

Industrial enterprises in Yicheng County produced 3.531 million tons of raw coal, 344,000 tons of pig iron, and 36.21 million kWh of electricity in 2019. The county primarily relies on coal for electricity production, but other sources of power generation are becoming more prominent.

Transportation

References

  1. Web site: 2020-04-03 . zh:翼城县2019年国民经济和社会发展统计公报. http://www.yicheng.gov.cn/contents/11614/533002.html. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603220038/http://www.yicheng.gov.cn/contents/11614/533002.html. 2020-06-03. 2020-06-03. Yicheng County People's Government . zh.
  2. Web site: 2016-10-18 . zh:翼城县概况地图. http://xzqh.org/html/show/sx/3728.html. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603214425/http://xzqh.org/html/show/sx/3728.html. 2020-06-03. 2020-06-03. xzqh.org. zh.
  3. Web site: 2020-04-03 . zh:翼城县2019年国民经济和社会发展统计公报. http://www.yicheng.gov.cn/contents/11614/533002.html. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603220038/http://www.yicheng.gov.cn/contents/11614/533002.html. 2020-06-03. 2020-06-03. Yicheng County People's Government . zh.
  4. Web site: 2020-04-03 . zh:翼城概况. http://www.yicheng.gov.cn/contents/3459/108741.html. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603214055/http://www.yicheng.gov.cn/contents/3459/108741.html. 2020-06-03. 2020-06-03. Yicheng County People's Government . zh.
  5. Web site: 2016-10-18 . zh:翼城县概况地图. http://xzqh.org/html/show/sx/3728.html. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603214425/http://xzqh.org/html/show/sx/3728.html. 2020-06-03. 2020-06-03. xzqh.org. zh.
  6. Web site: 2020-04-03 . zh:翼城县2019年国民经济和社会发展统计公报. http://www.yicheng.gov.cn/contents/11614/533002.html. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603220038/http://www.yicheng.gov.cn/contents/11614/533002.html. 2020-06-03. 2020-06-03. Yicheng County People's Government . zh.