Where is Yangzhou?

Yangzhou is located at the eastern end of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River plain, in the middle of Jiangsu Province, with 32-33 "north latitude and 1 19" east longitude. East of the Yellow Sea, bordering Nantong and Yancheng; Nanjing to the west and Liuhe and Tianchang counties to the west; It faces the Yangtze River in the south and Zhenjiang and Wuxi across the river. Huaiyin City is adjacent to the north, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the north and south. It is located at 32 24 "north latitude and east diameter119 26", and the urban area is surrounded by Hanjiang County. It has always been a land and water transportation hub, the throat of north-south water transportation and an important gateway to northern Jiangsu. Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province. It has jurisdiction over eight cities (all county-level), including Taizhou, Yizheng, Xinghua, Gaoyou, Taixing, Jingjiang, Jiangdu and Jiangyan, two counties of Baoying and Hanjiang, and two districts directly under Guangling District and suburbs. 85 towns, 233 townships, 2 1 sub-district office, 565438+. The city's jurisdiction is north-south long 140 km, and east-west wide 80 km; Area 1243 1 km2, of which land area 148 km2. The coastline of the Yangtze River is 206 kilometers long, and the counties (cities) along the Yangtze River are Jingjiang, Taixing, Jiangdu, Hanjiang, Yizheng 1 county; The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is142.3km long in Yangzhou, connecting Baima Lake, baoying lake, gaoyou lake, Shaobo Lake and the Yangtze River from north to south. Yangzhou accounts for 12.43% of the total land area of large and medium-sized cities in the Yangtze River Delta 14, and the length of river bank line accounts for 29. 13%.

Social composition

1999, the total number of households in Yangzhou148.69 million. The total registered population is 4,473,900, an increase of 7,979 compared with 1.998. Of the total population, the agricultural population (including migrant workers and businessmen with rural hukou) is 3,335,300, and the non-agricultural population1088,600; Female 22048? Ten thousand people, accounting for 49.28% of the total population; The annual birth population was 37,900, with a birth rate of 8.47 ‰. The death population was 28,800, with a mortality rate of 6.44 ‰; The natural growth rate is 2.03‰. The urban population is 520,000, including 257,000 women, 405,400 non-agricultural people, and the agricultural population 1 1.46 million (including migrant workers and businessmen with rural hukou). There were 4,698 births and 2,586 deaths, with a natural increase of 2 1 12 (excluding floating population). The average population density in urban areas is 35 13 people per square kilometer. Yangzhou has 36 ethnic groups. The Han nationality has the largest population, accounting for 99.67% of the total population. Among ethnic minorities, the Hui nationality has the largest population, accounting for 73% of the total population of ethnic minorities. Ethnic minorities with a population over 100 include Hui, Tujia, Manchu, Dong, Miao and Mongolian. Others such as Zhuang, Buyi, Korean, Bai, Yi, Tibetan, Yao, Uygur, Tu, Dai and She are relatively few. There are 8 ethnic groups, each with 1 person, and the minority population is widely distributed, showing the characteristics of relatively concentrated distribution in the city and its surrounding areas. For example, Hui people are mainly distributed in Gaoyou City, Guangling District, Jiangdu City, Yizheng City and the suburbs of Yangzhou City. In Gaoyou, Hui people are relatively concentrated in Tang Ling. Tang Ling Hui Nationality Township is the only minority nationality township in Jiangsu Province. Tujia people are relatively distributed in Baoying, Jiangdu, Gaoyou and Hanjiang. Manchu is distributed in Yizheng, Guangling District and Jiangdu, while Dong is mainly distributed in Yizheng City. There are 22 ethnic minorities in urban areas (Guangling district and suburbs), 22 in Jiangdu, 2 in Yizheng1,0 in Gaoyou/KLOC-8, 0 in Baoying/KLOC-6 and 0 in Hanjiang/KLOC-2.

administrative division

The three districts, 1 county and three county-level cities under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou City were most of the jurisdictions in Yangzhou when People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded. 1950 65438+ 10, Rugao and Hai 'an counties were included in Nantong District, and after Dongtai and Taipei (now Dafeng) counties were included in Yancheng District, Taizhou District merged with Yangzhou District to govern Yangzhou City, Taizhou City, Xinghua County, gaoyou county City, Baoying County, Jingjiang County, Taixing County, Jiangdu County and Yangzhou District. 1March, 956, Jiangdu County was divided into Jiangdu County and Hanjiang County. 1April, 960, Baoying County was divided into Baoying County and Jinhu County. 1March, 983, the local system reform in Jiangsu Province, the adjustment of administrative divisions, and the cancellation of the Yangzhou Administrative Office. Taizhou originally belonged to Yangzhou, and nine counties including Jiangdu, Hanjiang, Taixian, Gaoyou, Jingjiang, Baoying, Taixing, Xinghua and Yizheng were under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou. Yangzhou city was changed to provincial jurisdiction, with Guangling District and suburbs. 1April, 986, Yizheng County was withdrawn from the county. 65438+1February, 987, Xinghua County withdrew from the county and set up a city. 199 1 April, gaoyou county withdrew its county and set up a city. 1September, 1992, Taixing county withdrew from the county and set up a city. 1In August, 993, Jingjiang County withdrew from the county and set up a city. 1April, 1994, Jiangdu County withdrew from the county and set up a city. 1July, 994, Jiangyan City was established in Taixian County. Administrative divisions have not changed since the county was abolished and the city was established. 1August, 1996, with the approval of the State Council, the administrative division of Yangzhou was adjusted, Taizhou at the county level was abolished, and Taizhou at the prefecture level was established. Taixing, Jiangyan, Jingjiang and Xinghua, which were originally managed by Yangzhou City, were placed under the jurisdiction of Taizhou City. Yangzhou has Guangling District, Suburb, Hanjiang District and Baoying County, and has three county-level cities under its jurisdiction: Yizheng, Gaoyou and Jiangdu.