Shiyan is located in the middle and low mountain area at the north foot ofWudang Mountain and the South Bank of Hanjiang River. It has a north subtropicalmonsoon climate with an average temperature of 15.2 ℃ and an average annualrainfall of 828 mm. Shiyan is an important automobile production and scientificresearch base in China, and an important economic, political, cultural andtechnological center in Northwest China. The total area is 1190 squarekilometers, and the urban area is 203 square kilometers. The total population is406900, and the urban population is 293300. It is an open city on the border ofHubei, Henan, Sichuan and Shaanxi.
From the Shang Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, Shiyan was under thejurisdiction of Yunxian County, Yunyang Prefecture. In the middle of the QingDynasty, people here built dams on the Baier River and the Zhihe Riversuccessively to store water and irrigate farmland. The dams were called Shiyan.There were ten dams built on the two rivers, so it was named Shiyan.
Shiyan is one of the tourism center cities in Northwest Hubei. In the East,there is Wudang Mountain, which is famous for its "Xianshan qiongge"; in thesouth, there is Shennongjia, a mysterious natural animal and botanical garden;in the west, there is the site of the great wall of Chu in Zhuxi County; in thenorth, there is the vast Hanjiang River. In the city, there are Saiwudang naturereserve, which is dominated by forest, cloud, peak and waterfall. There arefamous religious temples such as Baima temple, Huilong Temple and mosque.
Shiyan is a famous automobile city at home and abroad. Dongfeng MotorCompany, one of the world's three largest truck factories, and Dongfeng TireFactory, one of China's four largest tire factories, are all built here."Automobile industry development and opening experimental zone" is open to theworld. Now we have established friendly relations with Nantong and chiricosui.Shiyan automobile industry as the main body, rubber, textile, electronics, foodand other industries also develop.
Shiyan is a unique "hundred Li Garden City". Surrounded by green mountains,fresh air, convenient transportation, clean city appearance, stable order,civilized atmosphere, spacious and comfortable housing. With the rapiddevelopment of culture, education, health and sports, cultural and recreationalfacilities are scattered all over the world.
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