Weixian county is located in the south of Hebei province. Located in the alluvial plain of Heilonggang River basin. Qinghe County in the east, Guangzong County in the west, Nangong City in the north and linxi county and Qiu County in the south. It is 48.2 kilometers long from north to south and 32 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of 10 12 square kilometers.

Wei county has a long history. According to legend, Gun once built a dike here to prevent floods. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Guangzong State was established. In the Yuan Dynasty, wei county was the seat of Weizhou Prefecture. In the second year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1369), the state was reduced to county, which was called Wei County. 1949, Xingtai Special Zone was established, under the jurisdiction of Wei County. 1958, Wei County was merged into Nangong County, which was under the jurisdiction of Handan District. 196 1 year, wei county was restored, belonging to Xingtai area of Hebei province. 1970 Xingtai area was changed to Xingtai area. Wei county belongs to it. 1993 Xingtai area was abolished and a prefecture-level Xingtai city was established, under the jurisdiction of Wei County.

Geographical environment of Wei county

Weixian county is an alluvial plain formed by the long-term flooding and siltation of the ancient Yellow River and the ancient Zhanghe River. The existing landform is Quaternary loose sediments. The terrain is flat, open and the soil layer is deep. The terrain slopes from southwest to northeast, with an altitude of 30 to 35 meters. The slope of the ground dropped to one in ten thousand. The landform of Wei county is basically single, mainly flat, with gentle hills, sand dunes and depressions in between.

Weixian is a continental semi-arid monsoon climate zone with four distinct seasons. The annual sunshine duration is 2574.8 hours, with an average sunshine percentage of 58%. Annual average temperature 13. 1℃, frost-free period 183 days. The average annual precipitation is 574.3mm. ..

The canals in Wei County mainly include Laoshahe River, Qingliang River, Guzhang River, Zhaowang River, Linwei Canal, Luolu River, Dongfeng Canal, Xisha River and Weixi main canal, with a total length of 132.5438+02km, which are distributed in the county from north to south.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Weixian County