Yangzhou

This article deals with the Chinese city of Yangzhou, for the asteroid of the same name see (3729) Yangzhou .

Yángzhōu Shì 扬州 市 Yangzhou
Morning idyll in Yangzhou
Yangzhou
Coordinates	32 ° 23 '  N , 119 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 32 ° 23 '  N , 119 ° 26'  E
Location of the prefecture-level city of Yangzhou
Basic data
Country	People's Republic of China
region	East china
province	Jiangsu
status	district-free city
structure	3 city districts, 1 district, 2 independent cities
surface	6591 km²
Residents	4,459,760 (2010 (census))
density	676.6  Ew. / km²
Post Code	225000
Telephone code	+86 (0) 514
Time zone	China Standard Time (CST) UTC +8
License Plate	苏 K
Website	www.yangzhou.gov.cn

Yangzhou ( Chinese  揚州 市  /  扬州 市 , Pinyin Yángzhōu Shì ) is a district-free city in the Chinese province of Jiangsu . It is located on the Yangtze River . Your administrative area has an area of ​​6,591 km² and almost 4.5 million inhabitants (as of the end of 2010).

Yangzhou is about 70 km from Nanjing . It used to be an important hub for the salt trade . Due to its position directly on the Imperial Canal , it became a very prosperous and powerful trading city in the Middle Ages. With the introduction of the railway lines in China, it lost its importance as an important trading location. Marco Polo (allegedly) spent several years here as governor for the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty .

Today Yangzhou is known nationwide for the three gardens Shouxihu Gongyuan, Ge Yuan and He Yuan . These classical-style gardens from the Tang period attract most tourists from their own country. Outside of China, Yangzhou is very respected in Japan . One of the most important missionaries of the Buddhist faith in Japan was Jianzhen , a monk from Daming Si Monastery not far from the city limits. You can see the Japanese influence on three large pagodas , which are a gift from Japan and reflect the architectural style of Japanese pagodas.

The city was a cultural stronghold from the 10th to the 14th century and many important poets and artists of the time lived and lived in the city. The painting school of the eight eccentrics is well known , of which pictures can be seen in the Yangzhou Museum.

The preserved Islamic graves from the Song era on the banks of the Changjiang are also of cultural and historical importance .

Former President of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin was born in Yangzhou in 1926.

Administrative structure

At the district level, Yangzhou is made up of three urban districts, one district and two independent cities (population figures: 2010 census). These are:

• Guangling District (广陵区), 468 km², 341,043 inhabitants, seat of the city government, city center;
• Hanjiang District (邗江区), 553 km², 576,909 inhabitants;
• Jiangdu District (江都 区), 1,330 km², 1,006,372 inhabitants;
• Circle Baoying (宝应县), km² 1461, 752,425 inhabitants, capital: greater community Anyi (安宜镇);
• Yizheng City (仪征 市), 857 km², 564,021 inhabitants;
• City of Gaoyou (高邮 市), 1,922 km², 744,685 inhabitants.

During the 2010 census, the Weiyang District still existed with a population of 474,611. It was disbanded in October 2011.

Sports

Yangzhou Sports Center Gym , which can hold 5,500 people, is located in the city . The Yangzhou Jianzhen Half Marathon has been held since 2006 (named after the monk Jianzhen).

Sons and daughters

• Jiang Zemin , Chinese politician and statesman
• Zhuang Zedong , Chinese table tennis world champion

Twin cities

Yangzhou lists the following 26 twin cities :

city	country	since
Bree	Flanders, Belgium
Canberra	Capital Territory, Australia	1997
Colchester	East of England, UK	2007
Daegu	South Korea	2002
Damiette	Egypt	2008
Gunsan	Jeollabuk, South Korea	2014
Herzlia	Tel Aviv, Israel	1999
Honolulu	Hawaii, United States	1999
Jeju	South Korea	2000
Kent	Washington, United States
Kilkenny	Leinster, Ireland	2005
Kristiansand	Vest-Agder, Norway	2009
Lenacle	Tafea, Vanuatu	2014
Malacca	Malaysia	2008
Murcia	Spain	2013
Neubrandenburg	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany	1996
Offenbach am Main	Hessen, Germany	1997
Orechowo-Sujewo	Moscow, Russia	2002
Orleans	Center-Val de Loire, France	2015
Oyo	Cuvette, Republic of the Congo	2015
Porirua	Wellington, New Zealand	2000
Rasgrad	Bulgaria	2001
Richmond	British Columbia, Canada	2007
Zhytomyr	Ukraine	2009
tanga	Tanzania	2018
Vaughan	Ontario, Canada	1995
Venice	Veneto, Italy	2013
Vlora	Albania	2015
Westport	Connecticut, United States
Yeosu	Jeollanam, South Korea	1997

Web links

Commons : Yangzhou  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website ( English version )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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). 
2. ↑ 扬州 市 （含 县 市区） 友好 交往 城市 一览表 - 扬州 市 人民政府 外事 办公室 - 中国 扬州 门户 网站 群 - 欢迎 您. Retrieved November 24, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Yangzhou, China . Archived from the original on May 18, 2015.
4. ↑ Yangzhou. In: neubrandenburg.de , accessed on June 10, 2018.
5. ↑ town twinning. From: offenbach.de, accessed on March 25, 2018.
6. ^ Sister Cities Committee .