Yangzhong () is a

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under the administration of

Zhenjiang Zhenjiang, alternately romanized as Chinkiang, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, China. It lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze River near its intersection with the Grand Canal. It is opposite Yangzhou (to its north) and ...

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province, China. It is the easternmost

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of Zhenjiang City.

History

There were only several smaller

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s in the area of present-day Yangzhong during the

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. As time went on, they enlarged and merged into an elongated shoal by

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, which was called Xiaozhou (; literally: "Small shoal") in

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. It was renamed Xinzhou () and then Ximinzhou () during

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, and was designated Taipingzhou () in

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. In 1904, the imperial court decided to establish a

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named after Taiping. In 1911, it was promoted to a county. Since there is a namesake in Anhui. The county was renamed Yangzhong, the abbreviation of "" which means "(the shoal is) in the Yangtze River".

Overview

* In 1938, the Japanese army captured the county, then it was governed by the pro-Japanese collaborators. * In 1939, the Jiangnan Counter-Japanese Volunteers' Army attacked the county, then the Nationalist Government controlled it. * In 1940, the Japanese army recaptured the county. * In July 1945, the force of CPC overthrew the puppet county government, but the Nationalist Government controlled the county in December. * On 22 April 1949, the PLA captured the county. * In 1994, the county was turn into a county-level city.

Administrative divisions

At present, Yangzhong City has 5 towns and 1 other. ;5 towns ;1 other * Yangzhong Economic Development Zone ()

Climate

Culture

Yangzhong is famous for its

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aquaculture and cuisine. It is also home to a 2,300 ton giant bronze pufferfish sculpture. Each spring the city hosts a pufferfish food festival, which in 2018 attracted over 850,000 tourists.

Parks

* Yangzhong Land Park

References

External links

Yangzhong City English guide
(Jiangsu.net) {{authority control Cities in Jiangsu County-level divisions of Jiangsu Zhenjiang