Introduction to Sweetwater Town

Sweet water, so for twenty miles around the fort, the only water source in Xinzhuanggou is sweet water. The local people rely on this water source to provide drinking water for humans and animals, and it is known as the sweet water fort. Tianshui Town is located at the top of the mountain and Shawei at the junction of the three provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. It is known as the "Shazhou Wharf". Yinxi Highway runs through the entire territory. Tianshui Town has 11 administrative villages, 11,229 people (2005 statistics), and a total area of ​​526 square kilometers. Tianshui Town has 36 central, prefectural, county and town-affiliated units. Tianshui Town is rich in mineral resources, containing large amounts of limestone, quartz sand, iron, aluminum, thenardite, petroleum, coal, etc. Jiulianshan Cement Factory, Tianshui Coal Mine, Tianshui Brick Factory, Tianshui Quarry Factory, Tianshui Bag Factory, etc. have been built in Qingyang area. It has the largest livestock products wholesale market in the region, covering the five northwest provinces (regions). The construction of Yanghuang Project has solved the water problem for people, livestock and local industries in Tianshui Town. The newly developed Tianshui Yanghuang Irrigation Area can develop 23,512 acres of water land and can accommodate 4,000 immigrants from inside and outside the town.

Tianshui Town is located at the junction of Gansu and Ningxia provinces (districts). It is the "North Gate" of Qingyang City. It is connected to Hui'anbao Town in Ningxia to the north, and to the east, south and west of Qintuanzhuang Township and Qingyang Township respectively. Shancheng Township and Nanqiu Township are adjacent to the 81 Highway from the county seat, and the 211 National Highway runs through the town in a north-south direction. The town has jurisdiction over 10 administrative villages, 59 villager groups, and 1 community neighborhood committee. There are currently 2,436 rural households, an agricultural population of 12,052, and 2,640 urban residents. There is a Hui group in the jurisdiction with 33 households and 171 people. The town has a total land area of ​​526 square kilometers and a cultivated land area of ​​87,700 acres. The land is barren, the salinity is high, there is drought, little rain, and windy and sandy weather. The grain output is low and unstable. It is a typical drought-impoverished mountainous town. The per capita net income of farmers in the town is 2,331 yuan.

Develop and expand characteristic pillar industries such as potatoes, small grains, and grass livestock. The annual planting of potatoes, buckwheat and other small grains in the town has stabilized at about 60,000 acres, and the number of sheep has reached 23,000. In 2008, the Tianshui Town Industrial Concentration Zone was established with the approval of the provincial government. Its function is to make full use of the abundant mineral resources and agricultural product resources. It is built with the development and utilization of mineral resources such as coal, limestone, and dolomite as the main body, supplemented by buckwheat, beans, The new industrial zone for processing potatoes and other agricultural and sideline products has a planned area of ​​11.2 square kilometers and is now home to 6 enterprises above designated size. Among them, the Tianshui Coal Mine with an annual output of 300,000 tons and the Tianshuinan Coal Mine with an annual output of 2.4 million tons can be completed and put into operation within the year, with an investment of 1.02 billion yuan. Gansu Mingfeng Jiulianshan Cement Co., Ltd.'s 2×4500-ton dry process cement production line is about to start construction. The first phase of the Yanghuang-Huang project was completed in 1996 and the irrigation area was 1,600 acres. The second phase of the Yang-Huang continuation project was basically completed and connected in 2011.

Tianshui Town is a border town where "the cock crows in two provinces and the drum beats in three villages". It was once a "lookout fort" to resist foreign invasion. With active trade and prosperous market, it is a "port of friendship" connecting counties across provinces. The construction of small towns is making great strides, and it is relying on its strong strength to become one of the important industrial towns and strong commercial towns in Huanxian County and even the city. In 2012, it was determined to implement the Beiguan Comprehensive Farmers Market, Beijie Village Appearance Improvement, Urban Domestic Waste Treatment Site, Urban Water Supply, South Street ditch filling, river bank protection, South Street Coal Mine Road hardening, "Wantian Lake" continued construction, Major engineering projects such as kindergartens, new rural construction, village and township promotion, and Beiguan poverty alleviation and relocation.