Wenling
Coordinates: 28 ° 22 ' N , 121 ° 22' E
The city of Wenling ( 温岭市 , Wēnlǐng Shì ) is a county-level city in the prefecture-level city of Taizhou in the province of Zhejiang of China . It has an area of 836 km² and has 1.15 million inhabitants.
The lock bridges on the Xin He River (Xin He zhaqiao qun 新 河闸 桥 群) - the four bridges Zhongzha 中 闸, Cizha 糍 闸, Beizha 北 闸 and Xialuzha 下 卢 闸 - have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 2006 ( 6-541) .
Wenling has been connected to the high-speed rail network since October 2009.
Oddities
In November 2012, reports of a so-called dingzihu ( nail house ) in Wenling caused a worldwide sensation, around which a multi-lane road was built after the owners refused to sell.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chinese pensioner couple lives on the traffic island in Hamburger Abendblatt from November 23, 2012, accessed on November 23, 2012
- ↑ No nos moverán (Spanish) on www.montevideo.com.uy of November 23, 2012, accessed on November 23, 2012