Yancheng
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Yancheng 盐城市 |
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| Coordinates: 33°23′N 120°7′E / 33.383°N 120.117°ECoordinates: 33°23′N 120°7′E / 33.383°N 120.117°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • CPC Yancheng Secretary | Zhu Kejiang (朱克江) |
| • Mayor | Dai Yuan (戴源) |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 16,920.83 km2 (6,533.17 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,914 km2 (739 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 7,260,240 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,615,717 |
| • Metro | 1,615,717 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 224000 (Urban center) 224100-224700 (Other areas) |
| Area code(s) | 515 |
| GDP | ¥191.7 billion (2009) |
| GDP per capita | ¥25,553 (2009) |
| Major Nationalities | Han |
| County-level divisions | 9 |
| Township-level divisions | 144 |
| License Plate Prefix | 苏J |
| Website | http://www.yancheng.gov.cn |
| Yancheng | |||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 盐城 | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鹽城 | ||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yánchéng | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Salt City | ||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yánchéng |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | yie平zen平 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | jim4sing4 |
Yancheng (Chinese: 盐城; pinyin: Yánchéng) is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. As the city with the largest jurisdictional area in Jiangsu, Yancheng borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai'an to the west, Yangzhou and Taizhou to the southwest, Nantong to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the east.
Yancheng, literally "Salt City", is named after the salt harvest fields surrounding the city. According to historical records, collection and production of sea salt in the region began as early as 119 BC during the Western Han Dynasty, when the settlement on the current location of Yancheng was named Yandu County (鹽瀆縣). According to the 2010 Census, Yancheng has a registered population of 8,203,728 — with 7,260,240 permanent residents. Its built up area of Tinghu and Yandu Districts, was home to 1,615,717 inhabitants in 2010.
The prefecture-level city of Yancheng administers 9 county-level divisions, including 3 districts, 1 county-level city and 5 counties. The population information here presented uses 2010 census data of permanent residents.
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