Overview of Wutai County People's Government's County Situation

Wutai County, located in Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, is a mountainous area with continental climate. Now it has jurisdiction over 2 districts (Wutai Mountain Scenic Area and Tuoliang Scenic Area), 6 towns, 13 townships and 573 administrative villages, with a total population of 326,600 in 2008, including 280,000 agricultural population. Wutai Mountain in Wutai County ranks first among the four famous Buddhist mountains in China. Wutai county is located in the northeast of Shanxi province, east longitude112 57' 41"-13 50' 56", north latitude 38 28'-39 4' 45. The county starts from Erling in the north and is adjacent to Fan Shi and Daixian. South to Niudaoling, bounded by Yuxian; It is adjacent to Changchengling in the east and Pingshan and Fuping counties in Hebei Province in the north. West to Jisheng Bridge, bordering Dingxiang and Yuanping. The county seat is 50 kilometers long from north to south and 70 kilometers wide from east to west, slightly rectangular. The total area of the county is 2865 square kilometers. Wutai county belongs to a rocky mountainous area, with high terrain in the northeast and low terrain in the southwest. Ye Doufeng in Beitai is 3058 meters above sea level, known as the "roof of North China", and the lowest place is Shang Ping Village in Shenxi Town, with an altitude of only 624 meters. The area is full of mountains and canyons. According to natural conditions, the county can be divided into three types: mountainous area, hilly area and Pingchuan area. There are hills in Pingchuan area and mountains in hilly area. There are four small basins in the deep mountain circle: Rucun, Doucun, Gounan and Dongye. The mountainous area is 3.29 million mu, accounting for 77.3% of the total area, the hilly area is 426,000 mu, accounting for 10% of the total area, and the Pingchuan area is 54.