Yancheng
| Yánchéng Shì 盐城市 Yancheng |
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 21 ′ N , 120 ° 10 ′ E | ||
 Location of Yancheng in Jiangsu |
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| Country | People's Republic of China | ||
| region | East china | ||
| province | Jiangsu | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-JS | ||
| status | District-free city | ||
| structure | 3 city districts, 1 independent city, 5 districts | ||
| surface | 1720 km² | ||
| Metropolitan area | 16,921 km² | ||
| Residents | 1,526,400 (2007) | ||
| Metropolitan area | 7,200,000 (2018) | ||
| density | 887.4 Ew. / km² | ||
| Metropolitan area | 425.5 Ew. / km² | ||
| Post Code | 224000 | ||
| Telephone code | +86 (0) 515 | ||
| Time zone | China Standard Time (CST) UTC +8 |
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| License Plate | 苏 J | ||
| Website | www.yancheng.gov.cn | ||
Yancheng ( 盐城市 , Yánchéng Shì ) is a district-free city in the northeast of the Chinese province of Jiangsu .
geography
In 2007 the urban districts of the city with 1720 square kilometers had 1,526,400, the entire administrative area of Yancheng had almost 8 million inhabitants. Close to the city is the Yancheng Nature Reserve , where the David deer, which was once extinct in China, was released back into the wild.
Administrative structure
At county level, Yancheng sets of three districts one independent city and five counties together. These are:
- Tinghu Municipality - 亭 湖区Tínghú Qū ;
- Yandu Municipality - 盐都 区Yándū Qū ;
- Dafeng District - 大丰 区Dàfēng Qū ;
- Binhai County - 滨海 县Bīnhǎi Xiàn ;
- Funing County - 阜宁县Fùníng Xiàn ;
- Kreis Jianhu -建湖县Jianhu Xiàn ;
- Sheyang County - 射阳 县Shèyáng Xiàn ;
- Circle Xiangshui -响水县Xiǎngshuǐ Xiàn ;
- City Dongtai -东台市Dongtai Shì .
traffic
The city is the southern end point of the new Qingdao – Yancheng line , which went into operation on December 26, 2018.
Industrial accident
In mid-March 2019, a fire and explosion broke out at a fertilizer plant on the Yancheng industrial estate, triggering a 2.2 magnitude earthquake and collapsing several buildings. On March 22, Die Zeit reported 47 deaths, 640 injured people were treated in hospitals, many of them with cuts, 90 people are seriously injured. The ORF reported on March 30th with 78 deaths for the accident with a major fire in the chemical plant.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 走进 江苏 行政 区划.江苏 省政府 门户 网站, May 18, 2018, accessed August 24, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ bac: China is putting numerous new lines into operation . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International 4/2019, p. 186f.
- ↑ Five dead in explosion in Chinese factory orf.at, March 30, 2019, accessed March 30, 2019.
- ↑ China: 47 dead after explosion at the Chinese chemical plant zeit.de, March 22, 2019, accessed March 30, 2019.