Gushi County
Description
Gushi is a county of 1,023,857 people directly governed by Henan province, People's Republic of China.
History
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2010)Gushi County was the capital of one of the two States of Liao during the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history (771–436 BCE).
Geography
Demographic
Population of Gushi since the 14th century Ancient times Year Pop. ±% 1392 71,082 — 1412 70,420 −0.9% 1452 77,612 +10.2% 1462 78,570 +1.2% 1472 73,531 −6.4% 1475 52,038 −29.2% 1482 48,417 −7.0% 1492 52,075 +7.6% 1502 50,451 −3.1% 1512 52,180 +3.4% 1522 52,500 +0.6% 1532 52,136 −0.7% 1542 42,160 −19.1% 1596 53,889 +27.8% 1777 318,942 +491.8% 20th century and after Year Pop. ±% 1935 523,950 — 1945 529,034 +1.0% 1950 705,430 +33.3% 1955 754,734 +7.0% 1960 702,784 −6.9% 1965 814,277 +15.9% 1970 989,300 +21.5% 1975 1,148,370 +16.1% 1980 1,217,817 +6.0% 1985 1,263,694 +3.8% 1990 1,363,100 +7.9% 1995 1,465,100 +7.5% 2000 1,529,400 +4.4% 2005 1,566,100 +2.4% 2010 1,722,000 +10.0% 2013 1,734,100 +0.7% Source:Gushi is the most-populous county in the Henan Province, with an estimated record high of 1,734,100 citizens with registration as of 2013, according to the 2013 annual statistics report. As of the sixth national census in 2010, there are 1,023,857 residents living inside the county, showing that nearly half of the population moved out of the county without changing their residents registration status.
In 2010, the county had a population density of 348 people per square kilometer (901/mi²).
Transportation
The Nanjing–Xi'an Railway along as G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway passing through the southern side of Gushi from the east to the west, connect the county with Xinyang and Hefei. A branch line, S39 Huaibin-Gushi Expressway links the county seat to the national expressway network from north to south. One major railway station located in the Town of Duanji in the southern part of the county and three intersections of the expressways have connections with local roads in the central and southern area. The national highway network, connecting other counties in this region, consists of three different routes: Line 220, Line 312 and Line 328. In the north border to Anhui, Huai River flowing from the west to the east serves as a class III Waterway.