Linwu County is located at the southernmost tip of Hunan Province, at the northern foot of the eastern section of Nanling Mountains, with latitude 25 ~ 25 35 ′ north and longitude112 20 ′ ~12 47 ′ east. It is one of the oldest counties in southern Hunan. Wuyi was established in the Warring States period, and the county was established in the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu (202 BC). Guiyang in the north, Beihu and Yizhang in the east, Lianzhou in Guangdong in the south, Lanshan in the west, Jiahe in the northwest and Guangzhou in the south, covering more than 300 kilometers. It is the southern gate of Hunan's reform and opening up and the throat of Guangdong's coastal areas. The county covers an area of 1392 square kilometers, governs 5 towns 17 townships, and has a total population of 3 1 10,000.
The territory is rich in mineral resources and is known as the "hometown of non-ferrous metals" and "hometown of coal". There are more than 50 kinds of proven mineral deposits in 9 categories, including 9 kinds of large deposits and 2 kinds of medium-sized deposits/kloc-0. Non-metallic minerals include graphite, granite and fluorite. Hsianghualite is known as a "national treasure" for its unique scientific research value. Linwu coal reserves are nearly 654.38 billion tons, making it one of the 200 key coal-producing counties in China.
Linwu is rich in traditional products, and the most representative varieties are: "Linwu Duck", which is comparable to "Beijing Duck" and is listed as an excellent duck species in China; Xiangtang Fish, a tribute of Qing Dynasty; The prestigious "China Gracilaria lemaneiformis mat"; "Yingbixue" ash, Dongshan Yunwu tea, Linwu winter wine, etc.
A long history and rich materials have given birth to many cultural landscapes in Linwu. There are eight famous places of interest, such as Clouds in Longdong, Lindong Scenic Area, West Mountain Ji Snow, Guabang Cyclobalanopsis, Dancing Water Lan Tu, Downwind Night Scene, North Korea Zhangshanguang and Xiuyan Yue Feng. Han Yu, the leader of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, Mi Fei, a great calligrapher in Song Dynasty, and Xu Xiake, a great traveler and geographer in Ming Dynasty, all stopped in Linwu, leaving behind many humanistic Mo Bao.
Over the years, the Linwu county party committee and government are determined to reform, forge ahead in unity, constantly optimize and expand the economic structure, and promote the all-round development of the county's economy and social undertakings, initially forming an agricultural industrialization management pattern with Linwu duck, high-quality fruits and commercial vegetables as the leading industries and an industrial industrial industrial pattern with non-ferrous metal mining, metallurgy, coal, automobile repair and agricultural product processing as the main industries.
With the deepening of reform and opening up and the vigorous implementation of the strategy of "rejuvenating the county through science and education", Linwu's rich resource advantages have gradually transformed into economic advantages, forming a unique pattern of county economic development. In agriculture, from traditional intensive cultivation to commercialized and industrialized modern agriculture, three major agricultural pillar industries, namely Linwu Duck, Linwu Xiaoguo and Linwu Taro, have been formed. In terms of industry, the construction of industrial parks is being accelerated, and efforts are being made to enlarge and strengthen Dongta New District, Chengnan Industrial Park, Wanshui Industrial Park and Fenshi Smelting Industrial Zone, so that the county-level industries will gradually shift from the traditional single manual operation and family workshop production to industries with high technology content and good scale benefits such as light industry, mining industry and machinery manufacturing, especially non-ferrous metal processing industry. The rapid development of non-public economy has become a new bright spot of Linwu economy. In 2004, Linwu county party committee and county government decided to promote stability through rectification and development through construction. All the work in the county started well and the economy and society developed steadily. 16 the planned investment of key projects is 320 million yuan, and the investment has been completed in June and April1200 million yuan. A prosperous and powerful Linwu is constantly rising.
In July 2020, the Ministry of Commerce announced the list of comprehensive demonstration counties of rural e-commerce in 2020, and Linwu County was selected.
In June 2020, Linwu County was included in the second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization counties (Long March District (Red Army)).
On February 22nd, 20 18, Linwu County was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in China in 20 17.