Lucheng District is located in the southeast of Shanxi Province, at the west foot of Taihang Mountain, on the northeast edge of Shangdang Basin, with east longitude1kloc-0/259' 36 "-1325' 40" and north latitude 3614' 00 "-36". It is surrounded by mountains in Xiangyuan County in the northwest, across the river from Licheng County in the northeast, and staggered with Guling Mountain in Pingshun County in the southeast. Lucheng is an irregular quadrangle with a length of 3 1.5km from east to west, a width of 19.5km from north to south, and an area of 6 15 km2. The northwest is 240 kilometers from Taiyuan, the provincial capital, and the northeast is 620 kilometers from Beijing, the capital.
Plains, hills and mountains account for 15.6%, 62.8% and 2 1.6% of the total area respectively. It is mountainous in the east, plain in the middle and hilly in the west. The highest point of Big Fish Brain 13 16. 1 m, and the lowest point of Xin 'an Valley, 6 16 m, are rich in mineral resources. There are more than 10 minerals with proven mining value, including coal, limestone, gypsum, dolomite, bauxite, iron ore and cement clay, especially dolomite, gypsum, limestone and coal. Dolomite reserves are about 220 million tons, accounting for 90% of the proven reserves in Shanxi Province. Gypsum reserves are about 400 million tons, with concentrated deposits, high grade, shallow burial and easy exploitation. The distribution area of limestone is 3 10 square kilometers, with a reserve of about 500 million tons. The coal distribution area is 22.2 square kilometers, and the raw coal reserves are about 240 million tons.
All rivers in the territory belong to the Haihe River Basin. Can be divided into regular rivers and seasonal rivers; Nanyuan and Zhangzhuo rivers in Zhang Zhuo become regular rivers, while others are seasonal rivers. Henan, Zhang Zhuo originates from Fajiu Mountain (Lu Gu Mountain) in Zhangzi County, flows from south to north through An zhu cun, Luzhou District, Changzhi City, and enters Quli Village, the historical hometown of this area. It passes through Song Cun, Dongbaitu, han cun, Hongling, Dianshang and Hepai to Caojiagou Village, and enters Xiangyuan County to Ganlin Village to join the Hexi source of Zhang Zhuo. The territory is17.5km long and the drainage area is 262.7km2.. Zhang Zhuo was called Lushui and Luchuan in ancient times. It is named after the rapid flow of water and the deposition of loess. Zhang Zhuohe is divided into three sources: south, west and north. Nanyuan originated from Fayushan, the eldest son, with a length of133.5km; Xiyuan originates from Huashan Mountain and Funiu Mountain in the northwest of Bird Village in Qin County, with a total length of 81.4km.. Beiyuan originates from Liushugou, Yushe County, with a total length of 129.8km ... Nanyuan and Xiyuan meet in Ganlin Village, Xiangyuan County, and flow eastward to Hehekou Village to meet Beiyuan, which is called Zhangzhuohe River, which is the natural dividing line between Lucheng, Licheng and Pingshun County. Enter from Nanma Village in this area, pass through Liang Shi, Shangcun, Changcun, Xucun, Liuhe, Gucheng, Liu Xi and Nanliu, and leave Xin 'an Village. The territory is 20 kilometers long and the drainage area is 352.24 square kilometers. There are more than ten main tributaries in the territory, such as Danan River, Bailitan River and Manliu River.
Lucheng has a warm temperate climate with four distinct seasons and a pleasant climate, with an average annual temperature of 9.5℃. The annual average rainfall is 503.7 mm, the annual average sunshine hours are 2434.9 hours, and the annual frost-free period is 176 days. The conditions for developing efficient three-dimensional agriculture are superior.
In March of 20 19, Lucheng district was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in China in 20 18.
From 2065438 to March 2009, Lucheng District was included in the list of the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization counties (Shanxi, Hebei and Henan regions).
20 10 February, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development named Lucheng District as the National Garden City in 2009.