Which province is Yancheng?

Yancheng is a city in Jiangsu Province.

Yancheng city is located in the middle of Jiangsu coastal area, between 32 34 ′ and 34 28 ′ north latitude and between119 27 ′ ~120 54 ′ east longitude. It borders the Yellow Sea in the east, Nantong and Taizhou in the south, Huai 'an and Yangzhou in the west, and Lianyungang across the Guanhe River in the north. Yancheng is a prefecture-level city with the largest land area and the longest coastline in Jiangsu Province.

The total land area of the city is 1690 square kilometers, of which the coastal beach area is 4553 square kilometers, accounting for 70% of the coastal beach area of the province; The coastline is 582 kilometers long, accounting for 56% of the total length of the coastline in the province. The coastal area south of Sheyang Estuary also extends to the sea at the rate of 10 square kilometers per year, which is known as the "golden coast" and is the largest and most potential land reserve resource in Jiangsu.

Climatic characteristics:

Yancheng City is located in the transitional zone from the north subtropical zone to the warm temperate zone, generally bounded by the main irrigation canal in northern Jiangsu, with a subtropical climate in the south and a warm temperate climate in the south, which has transitional characteristics. The climate is greatly influenced by the ocean. Compared with western Jiangsu at the same latitude, the temperature in spring is low and rises late.

The temperature drops slowly in autumn and is higher than that in spring. The annual precipitation is also significantly higher than that in the western part of the province. The monsoon climate is obvious, and the winter is affected by the cold air mass in Eurasia, with northerly winds and cold weather; In summer, influenced by the Pacific subtropical high, southerly winds prevail, with hot weather, warm and humid air and abundant rain.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yancheng