Funing County () is under the administration of
Yancheng
Yancheng (), formerly known as Yandu, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern coastal Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. As the city with the largest jurisdictional area in Jiangsu, Yancheng borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai' ...
,
Jiangsu
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province, China. The county borders the
prefecture-level city
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of
Huai'an
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to the west. It has a population of 794,036, with 465,096 in the urban area, and a jurisdiction area of 1,436 km
2. It is under the jurisdiction of
Yancheng
Yancheng (), formerly known as Yandu, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern coastal Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. As the city with the largest jurisdictional area in Jiangsu, Yancheng borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai' ...
municipality. The county was incorporated in 1731. Its seat of government is located at Fucheng Town. Funing is a 400-km drive from
Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
via the
G15 Expressway.
Funing is famous for being a revolutionary area of the
Chinese Communist Party
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.
It is also home to the Jiangsu Funing Economic Development Zone.
Administrative divisions
At present, Funing County has 20 towns.
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Climate
See also
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Funing big cake
References
External links
Funing Government websiteFuning County English guide
(Jiangsu.net)
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County-level divisions of Jiangsu
Yancheng