Administrative divisions of Jiaxing

1949, Jiaxing County and Jiaxing City were separated and retreated frequently.

1in August, 983, the administrative office of Jiaxing was abolished and Jiaxing and Huzhou were established respectively. Jiaxing has urban and suburban areas, and governs five counties including Jiashan, Pinghu, Tongxiang, Haining and Haiyan.

1993165438+1October, Jiaxing was renamed as Xiucheng District.

1June 2, 9991day, the suburb was renamed Xiuzhou District.

In 2005, Xiucheng District of Jiaxing City was renamed Nanhu District.

Jiaxing is located in the northeast of Zhejiang Province, in the hinterland of Hangjiahu Plain in the Yangtze River Delta, and is one of the important cities in the Yangtze River Delta. The city boundary is between 30 degrees 2 1 min north latitude and 3 1 min east longitude 120 degrees 18 minutes to12/degree 16 minutes east, with the sea in the east and Qiantang River in the south. The Grand Canal runs through the whole territory. Located at the intersection of rivers, seas, lakes and rivers, the city is less than100km away from Shanghai, Hangzhou, Jiangsu, Lake and other cities, and is in the middle of Shanghai and Hangzhou, with obvious location advantages.

The city's land area is 92 kilometers long from east to west, 76 kilometers wide from north to south, and 39 15 square kilometers, including 3,477 square kilometers of plains, 328 square kilometers of water surface, 40 square kilometers of hills and mountains, and 4,650 square kilometers of urban waters. Jiaxing City is located in the southern edge of the northern subtropical zone, belonging to the East Asian monsoon region, with alternating winter and summer monsoon, four distinct seasons, moderate temperature, abundant rain and sunshine, with the characteristics of wet in spring, hot in summer, dry in autumn and cold in winter. Because of its mid-latitude, the hot and humid weather in summer is much shorter than the dry and cold weather in winter. Annual average temperature 15.9 degrees Celsius. The average annual precipitation is 1 168.6 mm. The annual average sunshine time is 20 17.0 hours.