The town covers an area of 69.5 square kilometers, with 7 1 10,000 mu of cultivated land and 5 1 village streets, with a population of 40,500.
In 608 AD, Yang Di dug the Grand Canal and opened the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. Hexi affairs is named after its proximity to the west bank of the canal.
After the Yuan Dynasty made Beijing its capital, all the military supplies and salaries were returned to the south of the Yangtze River, and Hexi affairs became the waterway throat in and out of Kyoto. Therefore, there are as many as thirteen yamen, such as money gates, post stations and military equipment, which are set up by the imperial courts in the past dynasties. The highest rank is Zhengsanpin, which shows that Hexi affairs have a prominent position. In the sixth year of Qin Long (1572), Hexi Affairs built a brick city.
In the following hundreds of years, it was known as "the first town of JD". COM "and" Golden Gate First Post "because of its prosperity.
After the founding of New China, the people of Hexi Affairs, under the leadership of China, have made unprecedented achievements and written a new chapter in history after more than half a century of hard struggle.
1976 after the Tangshan earthquake, the town moved to both sides of the Beijing-Tianjin highway.
It is 60 kilometers away from Beijing and Tianjin, right in the middle of the two cities.
After more than 20 years of development, Hexi Affairs has now become a new small town.
The spring tide of reform and opening up has promoted the rapid economic development.
In 200 1 year, the town * * * achieved a GDP of 340 million yuan, a town-level fiscal revenue of19.97 million yuan, and a per capita net income of 4,850 yuan in rural areas, thus achieving a high level of economic strength and people's living standards.
To this end, Hexi affairs has been among the famous towns in Tianjin for many years.