Wujin District (;
postal: ''Wutsin'') is a district under the jurisdiction of
Changzhou
Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhen ...
in
Jiangsu
Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...
province of the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
. In 2005 Wujin was ranked as 8th in the top 100 best cities and counties in mainland China.
History
In 2020 the total population was recorded at 1.7 million people, an increase from the 1.2m inhabitants recorded in 1999. In 2005 Wujin was ranked as 8th in the top 100 best cities and counties in mainland China. On May 7, 2015,
Qishuyan District became a part of Wujin District.
Administrative divisions
At present, Wujin District has 5 subdistricts and 14 towns.
;5 subdistricts
*
Nanxiashu ()
*
Xihu ()
-Former Qishuyan District has 3 subdistricts.
*
Qishuyan ()
*
Dingyan ()
*
Lucheng ()
;14 towns
Dialect
The local language is the
Changzhou dialect
The Changzhou dialect (Simplified Chinese: 常州话; Traditional Chinese: 常州話; IPA: ̥ɑŋ.tsei.ɦu(pronunciation in the Changzhou dialect)), sometimes called ''Changzhounese'', is a dialect of Wu, a Sino-Tibetan language family, and b ...
of
Wu Chinese
, region = Shanghai, Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, parts of Anhui and Jiangxi provinces; overseas and migrant communities
, ethnicity = Wu
, speakers = million
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.
Tourism
The district is most famous for the
Chunqiu Yancheng
Chunqiu Yancheng is the remains of an ancient city from the Spring and Autumn period. It is now rebuilt and displayed as a tourist attraction rated as an AAAAA Tourist Attractions of China, AAAAA site, the highest official tourism rating.
Changzh ...
, the remains of an ancient city from the
Spring and Autumn period
The Spring and Autumn period () was a period in History of China, Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou (256 BCE), characterized by the gradual erosion of royal power as local lords nominally subject t ...
.
Education
The
Wycombe Abbey International School of Changzhou (formerly Oxford International College of Changzhou) is located in Wujin District, serving Chinese and foreign students for kindergarten through high school.
Find Us
" Wycombe Abbey International School of Changzhou. Retrieved on January 5, 2019. "School Address No.9 Huanhu North Road, Wujin Economic Zone, Changzhou, Jiangsu, P.R.China, 213149 中国江苏省常州市武进经发区环湖北路9号 邮编：213149"
References
External links
Official site of the Wujin district government
(Chinese)
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County-level divisions of Jiangsu
Changzhou