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1、ShennongjiaForestryDistrictAdministrationTheadministrativestatusofShennongjiaisratherunique,inthatitistheonlycounty-leveladministrativeunitofthePeople'sRepublicofChinathatisdesignateda"forestrydistrict"ratherthanamoreusualcountyorcounty-levelcity.Shennongjiaisacounty-levelunitdirectlyadministe
2、redbytheprovincialgovernmentasopposedtobepartofaprefecture-levelcityorprefecture.Thedistrictwascreatedin1970withBadongCounty,XingshanCounty,andFangCountyastheadjacentareas.GeographyShennongjiaForestryDistrictislocatedinthenorthwestofHubeiprovince,whichisboundedbyMountainsseries,coveringatotala
3、reaofabout3250sqkm.Itisthesingleregioninthenameof‘forestarea’.Theforestfractionofcoverageis69.5percent.ItbordersonXiangyang,Shiyan,Yichang,andWanxiancountyofChongqingcity.Theridgeextendsfromsouthwesttonortheast.over3,000squarekilometers.Theresidentpopulationinthisregionisof76,140accordingtothe
4、sixthnationalcensus.Thespecialterrainherecreatesawonderfulclimatehere,Shennongjiaisinthemid-latitudenorthernsubtropicalmonsoonzone,thetemperatureslightlycoolandrainy,averageannualtemperatureis12℃,andannualprecipitationis900-1000mm.Ithasapleasantclimatewithnointenseheatinsummerandnointensecoldi
5、nwintermakingitaparadiseforplantsandanimalsatthemeetingpointofNorthandSouthChina.NatureNaturalEnvironmentKnownas“TheOrientalBotanicGarden”andthenaturalgenebankofbiologicalspecies,Shennongjiashelterssomeoftheworld'srareorendangeredplantsandanimals,suchasChinesedovetrees,SouthChinatigers,whitebe
6、arsandwhitesnakes.Shennongjiaisthe“SacredGreenLand”inpeople'sminds,whereaprimitivenaturalecologyiswellpreserved.In1986withtheapprovaloftheStateCouncil,Shennongjiabecame“TheNationalNatureReserveofForestsandWildAnimalSpecies”.In1990,ShennongjiaislistedasamemberofManandBiosphereProgrambytheUnited
7、NationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization(UNESCO).In1992,itwasselectedasthe“DemonstrationofNaturalReserveofBiodiversity”bytheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgram.In1995,Shennongjiaisalsolistedas"biodiversityconservationdemonstrati