Haimen
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Haimen 海门市 |
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| County-level city | |
| Nickname(s): The River Gateway to the Sea (江海门户) | |
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| Coordinates: 31°56′56″N 121°17′24″E / 31.949°N 121.290°ECoordinates: 31°56′56″N 121°17′24″E / 31.949°N 121.290°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Prefecture-level city | Nantong |
| Established (as a county) | 958 |
| Became independent subprefecture | 1768 |
| Became county-level city | June 1994 |
| Seat | Haimen Town |
| Government | |
| • Deputy Mayor | Lu Yifei (陆一飞) (Communist Party of China) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,148.77 km2 (443.54 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4.96 m (16.27 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 5.2 m (17.1 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 2.5 m (8.2 ft) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 942,952 |
| • Density | 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 226100 |
| Area code | 0513 |
| Website | haimen |
Haimen (simplified Chinese: 海门; traditional Chinese: 海門; pinyin: Hǎimén, Qihai dialect: [haɪ.məŋ], Shanghai: [hɛ̝.məŋ]) is a county-level city under the administration of Nantong, Jiangsu province, with a population of approximately 1 million. It is located at the opposite side of the Yangtze River to Shanghai and is directly north of Chongming Island except for a small portion that forms Haimen City's Haiyong Township.Haimen is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haimen.
The area that is now Haimen was formed from silt deposits from the Yangtze River. Several sandbanks, including Dongzhou (东洲; 東洲) and Buzhou (布洲), joined together with the mainland in the Tang dynasty. In 958 CE, during the Later Zhou dynasty in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Haimen County was established, the seat established at Dongzhou Town.
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