Jiangdu District
Jiangdu District (simplified Chinese: 江都区; traditional Chinese: 江都區; pinyin: Jiāngdū Qū) is one of three districts of Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China. The district had approximately 1,017,000 inhabitants as of 2018.[2]
Jiangdu
江都区 Kiangtu | |
|---|---|
  Jiangdu Location in Jiangsu | |
| Coordinates: 32°32′46″N 119°41′02″E[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Prefecture-level city | Yangzhou |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 1,017,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Yangzhou Taizhou Airport, which serves the cities of Yangzhou and Taizhou, is located in Dinggou town, Jiangdu.
History
Human agricultural production in the area has been dated back to approximately five to six thousand years ago, according to government sources.[2] During the Three Kingdoms Period, the district belonged to the Wu Kingdom.[2] During the last years of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of Sui fled to Jiangdu to escape from rebellions in the north, and stayed until he was murdered in a coup.
During the Japanese Invasion of China, most of the district was occupied by Japanese forces.[2]
In November 1950, Gao Feng, the local communist party secretary, organized a large rally at the Fairy Temple for the purpose of denouncing local landlords. At they rally, PLA soldiers executed two men, aged about 80 and 30, respectively, with gunshots to the head for "refus[ing] to reform themselves ".[3]
Jiangdu was a county-level city under the administration of Yangzhou until November 2011, when it was converted into a district.[4]
Geography
Jiangdu District is located within the Jiangsu province.
| Climate data for Jiangdu District | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
3.7 (38.7) |
11.0 (51.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
11.4 (52.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
16.1 (61.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 94.0 (3.70) |
30.7 (1.21) |
73.6 (2.90) |
30.9 (1.22) |
261.1 (10.28) |
62.7 (2.47) |
227.6 (8.96) |
183.3 (7.22) |
38.2 (1.50) |
20.2 (0.80) |
96.4 (3.80) |
109.0 (4.29) |
1,227.7 (48.33) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 103.2 | 149.1 | 164.4 | 193.0 | 150.3 | 203.6 | 227.1 | 236.8 | 148.3 | 215.0 | 112.4 | 82.2 | 1,985.4 |
| Source: [5] | |||||||||||||
References
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
- Google (2014-07-02). "Jiangdu" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- 江都概况 (in Chinese). Jiangdu District People's Government.
- Xu, Hongci (2017). No Wall too High: One Man's Daring Escape from Mao's Darkest Prison. Translated by Hoh. New York: Sarah Crichton Books. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978 - 0 - 374 - 21262 - 9.
- 江苏扬州行政区划调整 江都市改区维扬区被撤销 (in Chinese). China Network Television. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- 江都概况 (in Chinese). Jiangdu District People's Government. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- "扬州市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
External links
- (in English and Chinese)"Illustrated Album of Yangzhou Prefecture", from 1573 to 1620, has illustrations of Jiangdu District