Macheng

Macheng has a long history, dating back to the Spring and Autumn period as part of the state of Chu, and was the site of the historic Battle of Boju fought between Chu and Wu in 506 BC. It was named Macheng in 598 AD.

In 1927, a major peasant revolt erupted in Macheng, creating a strong base for the ensuing Communist revolution in 1949. More than 100,000 people joined Mao's Red Army under local Generals, Wang Shusheng and Chen Zaidao. A guerilla base in Macheng was eliminated in the Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Dabieshan.

Macheng played a key role during the Great Leap Forward. In an effort to increase crop yields, the local communist cadres began demolishing walls of old buildings, abandoned huts and farm stables where animals had urinated to provide nutrients for the soil. In January 1958, Macheng County was exalted by the provincial party secretary, Wang Renzhong. for reaching a rice yield of six tonnes per hectare. The People's Daily applauded the efforts in an op-ed and labelled it as a 'model commune' which attracted more than half a million cadres in 1958, including Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi and Li Xiannian. Spurred on by the positive coverage, overzealous local officials destroyed more than 50,000 houses in an effort to make more manure which spurred other neighboring counties and provinces to follow. As many as 30–40% of all houses in China were destroyed following this incident during the Great Leap Forward.{{Cite book|title=Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958–62|last=Dikötter|first=Frank|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2010|isbn=978-0-8027-7768-3|location=United States of America|pages=37|chapter=Chapter 5 (Launching Sputniks)}}

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Macheng administers:{{cite web |url=http://www.macheng.gov.cn/info/1014/8686.htm |script-title=zh:行政区划 |language=zh-hans |publisher=Macheng People's Government |quote="{{lang|zh-hans|2015年，辖鼓楼、南湖、龙池桥3个街道办事处，阎家河、三河口、木子店、张家畈、龟山、盐田河、夫子河、白果、歧亭、宋埠、中馆驿、顺河、乘马岗、黄土岗、福田河15个镇，铁门岗1个乡，麻城经济开发区1个省级经济开发区等共有20个乡级行政机构；}}" |access-date=6 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118064801/http://www.macheng.gov.cn/info/1014/8686.htm |archive-date=18 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hb/15251.html |script-title=zh:"黄冈市乡镇（街道）名录" |trans-title=Huanggang City Township-level Divisions List | language = zh-hans|publisher=XZQH.org |quote="{{lang|zh-hans|麻城市辖3个街道、15个镇、1个乡：龙池桥街道、鼓楼街道、南湖街道、中馆驿镇、宋埠镇、歧亭镇、白果镇、夫子河镇、阎家河镇、龟山镇、盐田河镇、张家畈镇、木子店镇、三河口镇、黄土岗镇、福田河镇、乘马岗镇、顺河集镇、铁门岗乡。}}"|date=15 August 2014|access-date=6 January 2018}}{{cite book|script-title=zh:中国地质邮政编码簿(2015)|publisher=China Post|year=2015|pages=595}}{{cite web |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2017/42/11/421181.html |script-title=zh:2017年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：麻城市 |trans-title=2017 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Macheng City |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China |date=2017 |access-date=7 August 2018 |quote={{lang|zh-hans|统计用区划代码 名称 421181001000 龙池办事处 421181002000 鼓楼办事处 421181003000 南湖办事处 421181100000 中馆驿镇 421181101000 宋埠镇 421181102000 歧亭镇 421181103000 白果镇 421181104000 夫子河镇 421181105000 阎家河镇 421181106000 龟山镇 421181107000 盐田河镇 421181108000 张家畈镇 421181109000 木子店镇 421181110000 三河口镇 421181111000 黄土岗镇 421181112000 福田河镇 421181113000 乘马岗镇 421181114000 顺河镇 421181200000 铁门岗乡 421181401000 宋埠良种场 421181402000 麻城明山水库 421181403000 麻城三河水库 421181404000 狮子峰林场 421181405000 麻城林店茶场 421181471000 湖北省麻城开发区 421181472000 龟山风景区管理处 421181473000 湖北浮桥河国家湿地公园管理处 421181500000 五脑山林场|}}}}

The county-level city of Macheng has a total land area of 3,600 km² (1,400 sq mi). It is located in the northeastern portions of Hubei. Most of the higher elevation portions of the Dabie Mountains is on the northern portions of the city. It is bordered by Henan to the northwest and Anhui to the northeast respectively. The region where Macheng is located is considered as a subtropical area and the Dabie mountainous terrain is mainly to the north and northeast.

Macheng has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa) with very hot summers and relatively cold winters.

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|Jan high C = 8.8

|Feb high C = 11.9

|Mar high C = 16.7

|Apr high C = 23.0

|May high C = 27.7

|Jun high C = 30.6

|Jul high C = 33.2

|Aug high C = 33.2

|Sep high C = 29.4

|Oct high C = 23.9

|Nov high C = 17.6

|Dec high C = 11.2

|Jan mean C = 3.9

|Feb mean C = 6.8

|Mar mean C = 11.3

|Apr mean C = 17.5

|May mean C = 22.4

|Jun mean C = 26.0

|Jul mean C = 28.8

|Aug mean C = 28.2

|Sep mean C = 24.0

|Oct mean C = 18.2

|Nov mean C = 11.7

|Dec mean C = 5.9

|Jan low C = 0.5

|Feb low C = 3.0

|Mar low C = 7.2

|Apr low C = 12.9

|May low C = 18.0

|Jun low C = 22.1

|Jul low C = 25.3

|Aug low C = 24.5

|Sep low C = 20.0

|Oct low C = 13.9

|Nov low C = 7.5

|Dec low C = 2.1

|Jan record high C = 21.3 |Jan record low C = -12.7

|Feb record high C = 27.7 |Feb record low C = -6.6

|Mar record high C = 34.7 |Mar record low C = -4.3

|Apr record high C = 34.5 |Apr record low C = 1.2

|May record high C = 36.2 |May record low C = 7.6

|Jun record high C = 37.7 |Jun record low C = 11.9

|Jul record high C = 39.7 |Jul record low C = 17.7

|Aug record high C = 40.2 |Aug record low C = 16.7

|Sep record high C = 38.0 |Sep record low C = 10.7

|Oct record high C = 35.1 |Oct record low C = 1.8

|Nov record high C = 30.5 |Nov record low C = -3.9

|Dec record high C = 22.9 |Dec record low C = -14.8

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|Jan precipitation mm = 41.8

|Feb precipitation mm = 55.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 84.0

|Apr precipitation mm = 108.3

|May precipitation mm = 146.3

|Jun precipitation mm = 222.0

|Jul precipitation mm = 264.5

|Aug precipitation mm = 131.3

|Sep precipitation mm = 68.8

|Oct precipitation mm = 62.2

|Nov precipitation mm = 49.2

|Dec precipitation mm = 26.8

|Jan humidity = 72

|Feb humidity = 72

|Mar humidity = 72

|Apr humidity = 71

|May humidity = 72

|Jun humidity = 77

|Jul humidity = 77

|Aug humidity = 76

|Sep humidity = 73

|Oct humidity = 71

|Nov humidity = 72

|Dec humidity = 70

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 9.1

|Feb precipitation days = 9.4

|Mar precipitation days = 11.6

|Apr precipitation days = 10.5

|May precipitation days = 11.5

|Jun precipitation days = 11.4

|Jul precipitation days = 11.5

|Aug precipitation days = 9.8

|Sep precipitation days = 8.0

|Oct precipitation days = 8.5

|Nov precipitation days = 8.0

|Dec precipitation days = 6.8

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|Jan sun = 119.7

|Feb sun = 121.0

|Mar sun = 147.6

|Apr sun = 175.0

|May sun = 186.6

|Jun sun = 175.6

|Jul sun = 217.7

|Aug sun = 230.5

|Sep sun = 191.3

|Oct sun = 174.8

|Nov sun = 153.8

|Dec sun = 139.2

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| Feb percentsun = 38

| Mar percentsun = 40

| Apr percentsun = 45

| May percentsun = 44

| Jun percentsun = 42

| Jul percentsun = 51

| Aug percentsun = 57

| Sep percentsun = 52

| Oct percentsun = 50

| Nov percentsun = 49

| Dec percentsun = 44

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|Jan snow days = 3.7

|Feb snow days = 2.2

|Mar snow days = 0.7

|Apr snow days = 0

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0

|Nov snow days = 0.5

|Dec snow days = 1.1

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Two major rivers, Jushui and Bashui, flow through Macheng. Both of them originate in Dabie Mountains, and flow into the Yangtze.

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{{citation needed span|Macheng is rich in resources, with about one million mu, or {{convert|670|km2}}) under agricultural cultivation. Forests cover about three million mu ({{convert|2,000|km2}}), and water covers about 450,000 mu ({{convert|300|km2}}). The main mineral reserves are basalt, marble, and silicon, with large deposits of jade, gold, silver (large deposits of gold and silver are not verified) and copper, among others. The main plant crops are Chinese chestnuts, chrysanthemums, and persimmon fruit. The area is also famous for mulberry bushes and related silkworm production.|date=January 2018}}

There are two railway stations in Macheng. Macheng railway station is on the Beijing–Kowloon railway between Beijing and Hong Kong. Macheng North railway station is on the Hefei–Wuhan railway.

Macheng NO.1 high school

• Xiangqishan Village

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• [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Macheng Google Maps Mangcheng]
• Willam T. Rowe, Crimson Rain: Seven Centuries of Violence in a Chinese County (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007), {{ISBN|0-8047-5496-9}}

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