Hongze District

Hongze (simplified Chinese: 洪泽; traditional Chinese: 洪澤; pinyin: Hóngzé) is one of four districts (a former county) of the prefecture-level city of Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, China. Occupying the southeastern shores of Lake Hongze, it borders the prefecture-level cities of Suqian to the northwest and Yangzhou (briefly) to the east.

Hongze

洪泽区

Hungtze
County
Hongze
Location in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 33°13′26″N 118°49′34″E[1]
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangsu
Prefecture-level cityHuai'an
Area
 • Total1,394 km2 (538 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total388,000
 • Density280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
223100

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the New Fourth Army established Huaibao and Hongze countries around Lake Hongze, in 1940 and 1941 respectively. Both countries were dissolved in 1950. The new Hongze country, within a wider area around the lake, was founded to implement the guiding principle of "reshuffling administrative divisions by the lake" in 1956.[2]

Administrative divisions

In the present, Hongze District has 11 towns.[3]

11 towns
  • Gaoliangjian (高良涧镇)
  • Jiangba (蒋坝镇)
  • Renhe (仁和镇)
  • Chahe (岔河镇)
  • Xishunhe (西顺河镇)
  • Laozishan (老子山镇)
  • Sanhe (三河镇)
  • Dongshuanggou (东双沟镇)
  • Wanji (万集镇)
  • Huangji (黄集镇)
  • Gonghe (共和镇)

See also

References
  1. Google (2014-07-02). "Hongze" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  2. 江苏省志・地理志 [Jiangsu Provical Gazetteer, Volume on Geography] (PDF). Jiangsu Guji Press. 1999. pp. 100–1. ISBN 978-7-806-43266-2.
  3. "淮安市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.


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