• Mesa
  • Dongkou county

A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge or hill, which is bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and stands distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas characteristically consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks capped by a more resistant layer or layers of harder rock, e.g. shales overlain by sandstones. The resistant layer acts as a caprock that forms the flat summit of a mesa. The caprock can consist of either sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and limestone; dissected lava flows; or a deeply eroded duricrust. Unlike plateau, whose usage does not imply horizontal layers of bedrock, e.g. Tibetan Plateau, the term mesa applies exclusively to the landforms built of flat-lying strata. Instead, flat-topped plateaus are specifically known as tablelands.

Dongkou County, which belongs to Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, is located in the southwest-central part of Hunan Province, bordering Longhui County in the east, Wugang City and Suining County in the south, Hongjiang City in Huaihua City in the west, and Xupu County in the north. The terrain is mountainous and steep in the northwest, low and flat in the middle, and hilly in the southeast, which is a subtropical monsoon humid climate with four distinct seasons. Dongkou County is 80.15km long from east to west and 65.3km wide from north to south, with a total area of 2184.01 square kilometers. As of 2018, Dongkou County has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 14 towns, 6 townships (including 3 ethnic townships) and 1 administrative district. The county government is stationed in Wenchang Street. The total registered population of the county is 901200, the resident population is 805300, the completed regional gross domestic product (GDP) is 17.221 billion yuan, and the tertiary industrial structure is 26.9. 34.0.
Airport In Dongkou county - Shaoyang Wugang Airport
Shaoyang Wugang Airport (Shaoyang Wugang Airport, IATA: WGN, ICAO: ZGSY), located at the junction of Toutang Township and Wantouqiao Town, Wugang City, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, China, 9 kilometers south of Wugang City Center, is 4C Level tourist feeder airport   .
On July 31, 2013, Shaoyang Wugang Airport was jointly approved by the State Council and the Central Military Commission; on March 28, 2017, the test flight of Shaoyang Wugang Airport was successful; on June 28, 2017, Shaoyang Wugang Airport was officially opened to navigation   .
As of February 2021, the terminal area of ​​Shaoyang Wugang Airport is 3,210 square meters, and there are 4 C-class seats on the civil aviation apron; the runway is 2,600 meters long and 45 meters wide; it can meet the annual passenger throughput of 250,000 passengers, cargo Demand for postal throughput of 500 tons and aircraft takeoff and landing of 3189 sorties     .
In 2021, Shaoyang Wugang Airport will handle a total of 302,563 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%, ranking 160th in the country; cargo and mail throughput will be 3.8 tons, a year-on-year increase of 20.2%, ranking 220th in the country; 4,250 aircraft takeoffs and landings, Year-on-year growth of 2.6%, ranking 177th in the country   .
Travel Guides In Dongkou county
Travel Sights In Dongkou county
Travel Notes In Dongkou county
Travel Asks In Dongkou county
Travel Asks In Dongkou county