Wulipu


Wulipu is a town in the northwest corner of Shayang County, Jingmen, Hubei Province, China. The name 'Wulipu' means 'a relay station for post horses five Li away from the city'.

History

In early 1928, elements from the Communist Party of China participated in a violent agrarian uprising that erupted in Wulipu's Jinjiahu.
In 2000, a cache of Chu Warring States period funerary artifacts dating to 340-300 BC was unearthed in eastern Wulipu's Zuozhong village during the construction of the G55 Erenhot–Guangzhou Expressway, locally the Xiang-Jing Highway.
In March 2001, Shayang County's Caochang Township was disestablished. The former township became part of western Wulipu.

Geography

Wulipu lies to the north of Shilipu, and south of Tuanlinpu.

Administrative divisions

As of 2016, Wulipu comprised 21 village-level divisions including two communities and nineteen villages which were further divided into 250 villager groups and 18 residential groups:
Two residential communities:
Nineteen villages:
The two major incomes of the town are agriculture and tourism. The government of Shayang is trying to develop a tourism business based on cole flower fields in the area and holds an annual event for those interested in the flowers.

Demographics

In 2016, 433 births and 211 deaths were recorded in Wulipu. The birth rate was 8.9‰ and death rate was 4.3‰ resulting in a natural population increase of 4.6‰. In the results of a separate survey published by the Shayang County government, Wulipu's population had increased from 48,044 to 48,132 during a survey period. 424 children were born during the survey period resulting in a birth rate of 8.82‰. During the same period, 63 people died, resulting in death rate of 1.31‰. Of the births in the survey, 406 were in compliance with the family planning policy of China. 312 of the births were the firstborn in the family. Among the firstborn children, 157 were female. 107 of the births were the second-born child in the family. 90 of these births were in compliance with the family planning policy of China. Among the second-born children, 47 were female. Five of the births surveyed were neither the firstborn nor second-born child in the family. Four of these births were in compliance with the family planning policy of China. Among the children born who were neither firstborn nor second-born, two were female.

Transportation

North-South:
East-West:
Wulipu Central Primary School, abbreviated "Wuxiao" is a prominent school in Wulipu.