Jieshou () is a
county-level city
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a Administrative divisions of China#County level (3rd), county-level administrative divi ...
under the administration of
Fuyang
() is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Anhui province, China. It borders Bozhou to the northeast, Huainan to the southeast, Lu'an to the south, and the province of Henan on all other sides.
Its population was 8,200,264 inhabitants at the ...
City, located on the Huang-Huai Plain in northwestern
Anhui
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province,
People's Republic of China
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. Jieshou, an important commercial port and gateway, borders
Henan
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Province on the west and the
Ying River
The Ying River () is the largest tributary of the Huai River with its origin in Henan Province, People's Republic of China. From Zhoukou City in Henan the river flows through Fuyang City in Anhui Province then empties into the Huai River at Zheng ...
, a major tributary of the
Huai River
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flows in a southeasterly direction across the county to Fuyang. According to the "
China Statistical Yearbook
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" the population of Jieshou city stood at 109,103 in 2010, while
GeoNames
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, puts the population at over 140,000 inhabitants. Covering a total area of 667 square kilometers, the county-level city comprises three urban sub-districts of Jieshou, and in the surrounding rural area a further 15 towns and townships make up the total population of 740,000.
History
During the
Qing dynasty
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Jieshou was part of the
Yingzhou Prefecture.
Administrative divisions
In the present, Jieshou City has3 sub-districts, 12 towns, and 3 townships.
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Sub-District:
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Dongcheng ()
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Xicheng ()
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Yingnan ()
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Town
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Origin and use
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Township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
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Bingji ()
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Jinzhai
Jinzhai County (), previously Lihuang County (, named after Wei Lihuang), is a county in the west of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, bordering the provinces of Henan to the northwest and Hubei to the southwest. It is under the jurisdi ...
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Renzhai ()
Climate
References
{{County-level divisions of Anhui
Cities in Anhui
Fuyang