Xinghua, Jiangsu
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| Xinghua 兴化市 |
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Sipai Tower (四牌楼; 四牌樓), the emblem of the Xinghua Ancient City (兴化古城; 興化古城)
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 Xinghua
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Prefecture-level city | Taizhou |
| Area[2] | |
| • Total | 2,394.96 km2 (924.70 sq mi) |
| Population [3] | |
| • Total | 1,253,548 |
| • Density | 520/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 2257XX |
Xinghua (simplified Chinese: 兴化; traditional Chinese: 興化; pinyin: Xīnghuà) is a county-level city under the administration of Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China. It is located in the central part of Jiangsu Province. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Yancheng to the north and east and Yangzhou to the west.
It has a long history and is the hometown of several famous characters, including Zheng Banqiao, Shi Nai'an, etc.
Notable people
- Bi Feiyu, fiction writer
- Fan Zhongyan, politician, was once magistrate in Xinghua[4]
- Hou Yifan, chess player, born in Xinghua
- Kong Shangren, Qing dynasty dramatist and poet
- Li Jitong (1897-1961), botanist and phytophysiologist[5]
- Zheng Banqiao, Qing dynasty painter
See also
References
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- (Chinese) Official Local Government website
- (English) (Chinese) "Illustrated Album of Yangzhou Prefecture", from 1573-1620, has illustrations of Xinghua
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Taizhou Statistical Yearbook 2012/《泰州统计年鉴2012》.(Chinese) Accessed 9 July 2014.
- ↑ China 2010 Census County-by-county Statistics/《中国2010年人口普查分县资料》.(Chinese) Accessed 9 July 2014.
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- ↑ 30 Years' Review of China's Science & Technology, 1949-1979 (World Scientific Publishing Co., 1981), p. 283.
