Historical evolution of Suizhou

In the name of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The Spring and Autumn Period belongs to Sui, Li and Tang Dynasties. At the end of the warring States period, it belonged to Chu and was a county. Suizhou was located in the first year of the Western Wei Dynasty (AD 535). 1949 belongs to Xiaogan area. 1952 belongs to Xiangyang area. 1970 belongs to Xiangyang area. 1983, revoked with the county, merged into Suizhou City, and belonged to Xiangyang City. 1994 is a municipality directly under the provincial government. Suizhou was founded in 2000.

1983 19 In August, the State Council approved the cancellation of Suixian County and merged the administrative area of Suixian County into Suizhou City (county level).

1988 65438+ 10/01the State Council approved the revocation of yingshan county and the establishment of Guangshui City (county level).

1994, the Hubei provincial government changed Suizhou from Xiangyang to a municipality directly under the central government.

Ratified by the State Council on June 25th, 2000:

1. Cancel Suizhou City at the county level directly under the province and establish Suizhou City at the prefecture level. The Municipal People's Government is located in the newly established Zengdu District.

2. Suizhou City established Zengdu District, with the original county-level Suizhou City administrative area as the administrative area of Zengdu District. Lieshan Avenue District People's Government.

3. Place Guangshui City under Xiaogan City and prefecture-level cities under Suizhou City.

In 2000, according to the data of the fifth national census, the total population of Suizhou was 2,484,688. Among them, there are 885936 people in Zengdu District 1598752 and Guangshui City.