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Yaozhou District has a long history and outstanding people. There are more than 200 existing cultural relics and historic sites, among which Wang Yao in China, Daxiangshan and Xuejiazhai in Zhao Jin have become the hot spots of tourism in northern Shaanxi. Yaozhou District was once the hometown of Liu Gongquan, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, Ling Hudefen, a historian, Sun Simiao, a physician, and Fan Kuan, a famous landscape painter in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Yaozhou District is a rare treasure house of species resources in Weibei Plateau. More than 800 species of plants have been identified, the forest coverage rate is 4 1.4%, the national average annual precipitation is 567.8mm, the frost-free period is 228 days, the annual average temperature is 12.3℃, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and the light is good. It is a eugenic area for apples, peppers and Chinese herbal medicines. There are nearly 400 kinds of wild Chinese herbal medicines. There are more than 600 kinds of animals, among which Marmots and Musk deer are the key protected animals of the country.
Yaozhou District is rich in mineral resources and reserves, which is one of the important energy and building materials bases in Shaanxi Province. The proven coal reserves in China are 84.68 million tons, the annual output of coal is 6.5438+0.5 million tons, the limestone reserves are about 65.438+0.8 billion cubic meters and the annual output of cement is 600,000 tons. In addition, there are rich mineral resources such as iron ore, crucible, kaolin, oil shale, clay, calcium carbide and natural gas.
Yaozhou District is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and its regional agriculture has a broad prospect. The total land area of the county is 2.42 million mu. The valley area in the northern mountainous area accounts for 56.2% of the total land area, which is an ideal area for developing forestry, animal husbandry and agricultural diversification. The hilly area in the middle of Liang Mao is suitable for the development of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery. Chuan Dao District, located in the south of the plateau, is the main producing area of commodity grain, vegetables and foreign trade agricultural products with flat original ground, fertile soil and superior irrigation conditions. There are many kinds of agricultural products in the county, among which peppers, peppers, garlic, apples, walnuts, bees and precious Chinese herbal medicines are the most famous.
Yaozhou District is the traffic artery connecting Guanzhong area and northern Shaanxi area. Tongchuan in the north and Xi and Xianyang international airports in the south are all within 70 kilometers. Xitong first-class highway and Xiantong and Meiqi railways pass through the territory, and the traffic is very developed. Urban construction has begun to take shape, and various infrastructure facilities tend to be perfect. Science and technology, education, culture, commerce, foreign trade, finance and other undertakings have developed rapidly.
At present, the county has formed an energy industry dominated by coal; Building materials industry with cement and cement processing industry as the main industry; Light chemical industry with papermaking, ceramics and chemical industry as the main industries, and agricultural and sideline products processing industry with pepper, pepper, apple and beans as the main industries; Five pillar industries, such as Chinese herbal medicine processing industry, medicine and health care products industry based on Yaowangshan.
Since 1986 Yaozhou District was opened to the outside world, scholars, experts, merchants and tourists from home and abroad have come to Yaozhou District for investigation, negotiation and sightseeing. In order to make the economy of Yaozhou District develop rapidly, the county people's government has formulated a series of preferential policies, opening to the outside world in an all-round way and introducing foreign capital. The people of Yaozhou District warmly welcome overseas Chinese from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and friends from all over the world to come for various forms of exchanges, cooperation and sightseeing.
If you want to go, you can take a bus from Xi 'an to Tongchuan and get off at Yaoxian. Take a through train from Xi 'an to Yaoxian.