Wuyang Township is located on the northeastern border of Hefeng County, 59 kilometers away from the county seat, bordering Niuzhuang Township, Wufeng County, Yichang City, Guandian Town, Jianshi County, and Jinguoping Township, Badong County Adjacent to each other, it is commonly known as "three counties with one foot".
Wuyang Township governs 16 villages, 148 villager groups, and a total population of 16,687 people. The total land area of ??the township is 196 square kilometers, including 19,062 acres of cultivated land. The territory has four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall. The annual precipitation is more than 1,500 mm, the frost-free period is more than 280 days, the highest altitude is 1,849 meters, and the lowest altitude is 375 meters. Many rivers in the territory, such as the Xianying River, the Yuejia River, and the Gaoqiao River, merge into the Qingjiang River here. The water flow is large, and it contains exploitable hydropower resources of up to 50,000 kilowatts. It is rich in mineral resources, including the Phoenix Coal Mine and Sanyuan Coal Mine with reserves of 3.3 million tons. Coal mines, Jinji Coal Mine, Hongyanhe and Lizi Iron Mines are rich in reserves.
There are many kinds of animals and plants, and they are rich in tea, chestnut, konjac, palm slices and other specialties, as well as Codonopsis pilosula, Gastrodia elata, Huanglian, Eucommia ulmoides, Phellodendron cypress, Angelica sinensis, Dipsacus, Yunxiang, papaya, Fritillaria and other products. precious Chinese medicinal materials; animal husbandry is dominated by pigs, goats, pheasants, etc.; wild animal resources are rich, with a variety of nationally protected animals, such as South China tiger, golden pheasant, deer, wild boar, muntjac, myna, grass carp, carp, rock carp, etc. Bar fish, crab, etc. The chestnut development area in the township has now reached 32,000 acres, with an average population of nearly 2 acres. Wuyang tea has a unique aroma, early picking season, and strong market competitiveness. The "Qilong" brand of high-quality tea produced by Hefeng Qilong Tea Co., Ltd. is deeply favored by consumers and has been rated as a famous trademark in Hubei Province. At the end of 2006, the total tea garden area in the township was 9,933 acres, of which 1,500 acres were clonal tea gardens. The tobacco planting area is stable at about 3,500 acres every year. The planting area of ??konjac is 6003 acres. In 2006, the number of pigs raised was 19,628, and the number of goats raised was 2,188.
In the past few years, combined with the national implementation of "whole village promotion", poverty alleviation and relocation, rural energy construction, rural road construction, radio and television, telephone "every village access" and other project opportunities. Pay close attention to infrastructure construction and the development of various undertakings, and rural production and living conditions have been fundamentally improved. The income of farmers continues to increase. In 2006, the total rural economic income of the township was 53.02 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers in the township reached 1,559 yuan. Great progress in transportation, communications, and energy has created a better economic development environment and laid a solid foundation for all-round investment promotion.