渭南市简介

渭南市

渭南市是陕西东部的新兴中等城市，东濒黄河，西倚西安，南靠秦岭，北接延安，是西北地区的“东大门”。现辖1个区、8个县，代管2个县级市。总面积13046平方公里，常住人口542万人。

境内地貌以渭河为轴线，分为南北两山、两塬和中部平川五大类型。其交通发达，距省会西安60公里，距咸阳国际机场80多公里。

距今20万年前的大荔人曾在这里繁衍生息。这里有沙苑文化、龙山文化遗址及西岳

庙、太史祠、仓颉庙等遗存，韩城两周古墓群及唐桥陵等帝陵。悠久的历史孕育了灿烂的文化，造就了杰出的人才。史学家司马迁所写中国第一部纪传体通史《史记》被鲁迅先生誉为“无韵之离骚史家之绝唱”。

丰富的历史遗存与壮丽的山河荟萃，形成得天独厚的旅游资源。奇险峻秀的西岳华山。傲居五岳之首，是驰名中外的旅游胜地；风景秀丽的洽川，融“山河湖滩泉”于一体，是黄河流域最大最完整的干流湖泊型湿地风景区。境内矿产资源丰富，开发潜能巨大，原煤地质储量高，盛产黄金。能源、化工、食品、建材、有色、机械、医药等产业发展较快，是陕西重要的能源重化工基地。农业优势明显，四季分明，光照充足，雨量适宜，土壤肥沃，灌溉便利。初步形成了以粮棉油、果菜、奶畜、林果为主体的特色产业链。

Weinan is situated in the east of Shaanxi Province, separated from Shanxi and Henan provinces by the Yellow River. It is bordered by Xi’an and Xianyang in the west, and Yan'an and T ongchuan in the north. The area spans for 182.3 kilometers from the north to south, and 149.7 kilometers from west to east. Playing an important role in the new land bridge of Asia and Europe, it is also considered as the “east gate” of Shaanxi province as well as the gate for the west provinces to enter into the middle and eastern regions of China. With the administrative division of 1 district (Linwei), 8 counties (Huaxian, T ongguan, Dali, Pucheng, Chengcheng, Baishui, Heyang, Fuping), 2 county-level cities (Huayin, Hancheng), 195 townships and 3237 administrative villages, it has a population

of 5,430,000, within it there are 2,510,000 agricultural labors out of 3,890.000 agricultural population, and covers an area of 13,000 square kilometers, in which 8,730,000 mus are the cultivated land, about 2 mus for each person.

Weinan owns splendid mountains and rivers, superior natural conditions and abundant agricultural resources. The climate belongs to the monsoon one of semi-humid and semi-arid. Meanwhile, it also enjoys four distinct seasons, plentiful sunshine, favorable temperatures, and enough rainfall. With flat topography, and fertile soil, it’s very suitable for the development of agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry. The city has more than 10 kinds of animal in captivity, some of them won the fame of great quality, such as the qinchuan cattle, the guanzhong donkey and milk goats. Besides, there are also more than 80 kinds of crops and forestry, particularly like wheat, corn, beans, cotton, rapeseed, peanuts, apples, crisp pears, vegetables, tobacco, pepper and watermelon.

Weinan is one of the major agricultural producing areas and production bases in Shaanxi even for the entire country, and it is known as "Shaanxi granary" and "Shaanxi Cotton Warehouse”. The output of the major agricultural products like grain, oilseeds, fruit, big livestock, poultry, and eggs accounts for 1/5-1/7 of the province's total contribution. For cotton acreage, it accounts for 4/5 coverage of the province planting land. For the acreage and output of apple, it respectively accounts for 1/5 and 1/4. Seven national commodity grain county bases (Pucheng, Fuping, Linwei, Heyang, Chengcheng, Dali, Hancheng), four