Wujin

Wǔjìn Qū ; 武进区; Wujin
	Wujin
	Wujin
Coordinates	31 ° 42 ′ N , 119 ° 56 ′ E Coordinates: 31 ° 42 ′ N , 119 ° 56 ′ E
	Location of Wujin (light green) within Changzhou
Basic data
Country	People's Republic of China
province	Jiangsu
District-free city	Changzhou
ISO 3166-2	CN-JS
surface	1065 km²
Residents	1,450,400 (2018)
density	1,361.9 Ew. / km²
Website	wj.changzhou.gov.cn
	Entrance to the Baolin Temple in the Wujin District

Wujin (武进区; Pinyin : Wǔjìn Qū) is a Chinese municipality in Jiangsu Province . It belongs to the administrative area of the prefecture-level city Changzhou in the south of the province. It has an area of 1065.26 square kilometers and had around 1,450,400 inhabitants at the end of 2018.

geography

Wujin is located in the Yangtze River Delta . The relief is level and is crossed by numerous watercourses.

population

At the end of 2018, Wujin had a registered population of 969,600 residents and a resident population of 1,450,400 residents. The population census of 2000 showed a total population of 1,420,204 people in 409,955 households for the then independent city of Wujin, of which 719,200 men and 701,004 women.

history

Changzhou was already a political center in ancient times, as evidenced by the ruins of the Chunqiu Yancheng settlement from the spring and autumn annals.

Administrative structure

From 1995 to 2002 Wujin had the status of an independent city . On April 3, 2002, the State Council approved the conversion into a city district, then with 23 large parishes. Seven of the large parishes then administered by Wujin were separated and incorporated into the Xinbei district. On April 28, 2015, the State Council approved a territorial reform in Changzhou, during which the Qishuyan District was dissolved and added to the Wujin area. As part of this reform, some parishes were transferred from the newly formed Wujin District to the neighboring Zhonglou , Xinbei, and Tianning Districts .

At the end of 2018, the Wujin district was divided into three street districts , eleven large municipalities and a few state economic areas. These are:

Road quarter Qishuyan (戚墅堰街道) Dingyan (丁堰街道) Lucheng (潞城街道)
Large communities Hutang (湖塘镇), Niutang (牛塘镇), Luoyang (洛阳镇), Yaoguan (遥观镇), Henglin (横林镇), Hengshanqiao (横山桥镇), Xueyan (雪堰镇), Qianhuang (前黄镇), Lijia (礼嘉镇), Jiaze (嘉泽镇), Huangli (湟里镇)
Wujin Industrial Area, Wujin High-Tech Park, Wutai Lake Nature and Recreation Area, Taihu Tourism Area

Wujin's seat of government is located in Hutang Township.

economy

Thanks to its length in the middle of the Yangtze River Delta, Wujin has a very dense transport infrastructure. There are four railway lines and five highways across the Wujin territory.

sons and daughters of the town

The writers Li Boyuan (1867–1906), Zhao Zunyue (1898–1965), Propaganda Minister of the Reorganized Government of the Republic of China , the writer Gao Xiaosheng (1928–1999) and the politician Liu Qi (* 1942) were born in Wujin .

Web links

Commons : Wujin Municipality - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c 武进概况.常州市武进区人民政府, accessed July 30, 2019 (Chinese).
↑ 江苏省乡、镇、街道人口. State Statistics Office of the People's Republic of China , accessed June 11, 2019 (Chinese).
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↑ ^a ^b 武进区. State Statistics Office of the People's Republic of China , accessed July 29, 2019 (Chinese).

[wj-gk-1] 武进概况.常州市武进区人民政府, accessed July 30, 2019 (Chinese).

[stats-2-2] 江苏省乡、镇、街道人口. State Statistics Office of the People's Republic of China , accessed June 11, 2019 (Chinese).

[xzqh5463-3] 武进区历史沿革.行政区划网站, June 17, 2015, accessed on July 30, 2019 (Chinese).

[stats-1-4] 武进区. State Statistics Office of the People's Republic of China , accessed July 29, 2019 (Chinese).