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Botou City is located in the southeast of Hebei Province. Nanpi in the east, Wuqiang and Wuyi in the west, Fucheng in the south, xian county in the north, Dongguang across the canal in the southeast and Cangxian in the northeast. It is located at1162' 3 "—116 ~ 44' 31",with a total area of 13' 5 "in 37 ~ 54' 33" north latitude. Botou covers an area of 1.006 square kilometers, governs 12 townships, 3 sub-district offices and 657 administrative villages, with a total population of 556,000 and cultivated land area of 950,000 mu. Among them, the urban area 17.8 square kilometers and the urban population180,000. The urban area is located in the east of the city, across the beijing-shanghai railway and South Canal, with the distance of Shijiazhuang 192km to the west and 40km to Cangzhou to the northeast. It is the political, economic and cultural center of Botou.

Botou City was originally Jiaohe County. The Han Dynasty belongs to Lecheng, Chengping and Chengjian counties. The Eastern Han Dynasty established the province as Pingcheng, and the Sui Dynasty changed Pingcheng to Jingcheng, and Lecheng to Leshou. In the sixth year of Xining in Song Shenzong (A.D. 1073), a provincial scenic city entered Leshou, and Hezhen and Shijiaquan were exchanged. In the seventh year of Jin Dading (A.D. 1 167), Leshou was located in Jiaohe County, and xinqiao town was located in the east of Jiaohe County and on the west bank of the Canal. In the Ming Dynasty, it was renamed Botou Town, and there was a tucheng. Because there is a Xinqiao Post in Hedong, which is close to Nanpi County, in the 19th year of Kangxi (AD 1680), a part of Hedong was placed under Nanpi's jurisdiction. 1946, after the liberation of Botou, the administrative office of Jizhong District decided to separate Botou City from Jiaohe and Nanpi counties and set up Botou City. 1949 10 was changed to county-level town, and 1953 resumed Botou city. 1958 65438+February, Jiaohe, Nanpi, Dongguang, Fucheng and Botou merged into Jiaohe County. 196 1 year later, the county organizational system was gradually restored. 1May, 962, Botou was changed to Jiaohe County. 1982 65438+In February, the State Council decided to resume the construction of Botou City. 1983 In May, Jiaohe County was revoked and its jurisdiction was merged into Botou City.

Botou is located in Hebei Plain, with an open and flat terrain, with an average elevation of13.2m (the elevation of the Yellow Sea) and a natural slope of only one in ten thousand. Before the Qing Dynasty, the Yellow River, Zhanghe River, Hutuo River and other rivers flowed through the urban area many times, leaving criss-crossing old rivers and abundant groundwater resources. Today, there are 13 rivers in China, with an average of 5,465 cubic meters of shallow fresh water reserves. The climate belongs to the continental monsoon climate of warm temperate zone, with four distinct seasons and abundant sunshine. Annual average temperature 12.6℃, average frost-free period for many years 187 days. The average sunshine hours are 2783.6 hours, the average annual precipitation is 529.8 mm, and the soil is fertile, belonging to the farming area of three crops in two years or two crops in one year.

In ancient times, there were canals in the east and post roads in the west, which was a battleground for military strategists. On both sides of the canal, ships and merchants gather, and it is also the main commercial port in Jinnan. Since modern times, national trunk highways such as Jingfu, Jingda and Cangshi have been built one after another, and Botou's position as a transportation hub, business center, material distribution center and strategic economic zone has become more prominent and important.

There were outstanding figures in Qing Dynasty, such as Liu Li and Wang Lansheng, outstanding figures, such as Wang Zhuquan, a famous geologist in modern times, Sun Nan, a patriotic and democratic educator, and even outstanding producers and Shen Xianzhi. Yanjiapu Village in the city is the Rihua Palace built by Wang Liude of Hejian in Han Dynasty. It is a treasure trove of geomantic omen and a mosque built in Ming Dynasty. It is famous at home and abroad for its large scale and unique style.