Zhancheng Town is located in the southwest of Pizhou City, with a total area of 79 square kilometers and cultivated land area of 7 1.340 mu, per capita 1.5 mu. The government is located in Zhancheng Village, with a town area of 2 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 15 villagers' committees, 4 orchards and 153 villagers' groups, with a total population of13,305 households with 47,502 people, including 422 people from Han, Zhuang, Dai and Tujia ethnic groups 16. In 2006, the total social output value of rural areas was 733 million yuan, including industrial output value of 208.3 million yuan, agricultural output value of 275 million yuan, tertiary industry income of 60 million yuan, financial income of 5.8 million yuan and per capita net income of farmers of 5,436 yuan.