Xinghua, Jiangsu
This article is about the city. For other uses, see Xinghua (disambiguation).
| Xinghua 兴化市 | |
|---|---|
| County-level city | |
|
Sipai Tower (四牌楼; 四牌樓), the emblem of the Xinghua Ancient City (兴化古城; 興化古城) | |
  Xinghua Location in Jiangsu | |
| Coordinates: 32°55′48″N 119°49′48″E / 32.930°N 119.830°ECoordinates: 32°55′48″N 119°49′48″E / 32.930°N 119.830°E[1] | |
| 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 grandmaster, 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
- ↑ Google (2014-07-02). "Xinghua" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Buckley Ebrey, Patricia (1993). Chinese Civilization a sourcebook. Simon and Schuster. p. 200.
- ↑ 30 Years' Review of China's Science & Technology, 1949-1979 (World Scientific Publishing Co., 1981), p. 283.
External links
- (Chinese) Official Local Government website
- (English) (Chinese) "Illustrated Album of Yangzhou Prefecture", from 1573-1620, has illustrations of Xinghua
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