Luotian County

Luotian County 罗田县
County
Luotian Location in Hubei
Coordinates:
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hubei
Prefecture-level city	Huanggang
Area
• Total	2,144 km2 (828 sq mi)
Population
• Total	600,000
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Luotian County (simplified Chinese: 罗田县; traditional Chinese: 羅田縣; pinyin: Luótián Xiàn) is a county of eastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Huanggang City. Located in the foothills of the Dabie Mountains, the county has a population of about 600,000 and covers an area of 2,144 square kilometres (828 sq mi).

Geography

Luotian County is located at the east of Hubei Province. It located at South of Dabie Mountains.

The east is Yingshan County, the south is Xishui County, the west is Tuanfeng County and Ma Chen City, the north is Kin Zai County of Anhui Province.

History

523year, Liang dynasty established this county first.

621year, Tang dynasty closed Luotian County, and Incorporated into the Lan Xi County.

1093year, Song dynasty established Luotian County again.

1234year, This county was occupied by Mongolia. after Song dynasty, this county was abandoned.

1237year, Waste county again.

1275year, re-established Luotian County.

Economy

Luotian County is well known for its abundant production of silkworm, sweet persimmon, and particularly chestnut, in which it is the leading producer of all Chinese counties. The county is more than 60% covered by forest, with many chestnut trees. The Staple is chestnut.

The county has produced geothermal energy and high quality mineral water for more than 150 years. It also has silver, lead, zinc, iron, fluorspar, feldspar, mica, chiolite and other minerals, as well as granite and white marble.

The main industries are food processing, electrical machinery, pharmaceuticals, car parts, building materials, and tourism.

Transportation

• Although in a mountainous area, transportation in Luotian is good, with numerous roads and highways, plus the Beijing-Guangzhou rail line passing through it. Huangzhou port is not far away on the Yangtze river and Wuhan airport is 110 kilometers away.
• China National Highway 318

personage

• Luotian is the birthplace of Xu Shouhui (徐壽輝), (? - 1360) who was a rebel leader in the late Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368) who proclaimed himself Emperor.
• Also known as Xu Zhenyi (真一 or 真逸), Xu originally was a cloth vendor by profession. In 1351, he worked with others in Qizhou (蘄州), in present-day Qichun County to establish the rebel army of Red Turbans under the pretense of the Buddhist White Lotus Society. Otherwise, the history of Luotian is little known until about 523AD.

References

• Luotian website (Chinese)