Haiyan County () is a

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under the administration of

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City, in the north of

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province, China, situated on the north shore of

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and includes the north end of the

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. Its area is . Population is 370,000. Postal code: 314300. The county government is located on 118 Zaoyuan Middle Rd, Wuyuan town. In August 2010, Haiyan was selected to house the 'Nuclear City'. China will reportedly spend some €130 billion over the next ten years on developing the 130 square-kilometer Haiyan Nuclear City, which will be needed by local industry. By 2014, nine

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s should be in operation, with electrical generating capacity of around 6300 MWe, which will help reduce the country's

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. In September 2015, Six Flags and Riverside Group announced that they would build the first international

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theme park in Haiyan County, Zhejiang.

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts: *

Wuyuan Subdistrict Wuyuan may refer to: Locations in China * Wuyuan County, Jiangxi (婺源县) * Wuyuan County, Inner Mongolia (五原县) * Wuyuan Commandery (五原郡) of ancient China * Wuyuan, Shanxi (吾元), a town in Tunliu County, Shanxi * Wuyuan Sub ...

(武原街道),

Qinshan Subdistrict The Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant (秦山核电站) is a multi-unit nuclear power plant in Qinshan Town, Haiyan County, in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China. Development The construction of the units involved three separate phases. ;Phase I: ...

(秦山街道), Xitangqiao Subdistrict (西塘桥街道),

Yuantong Subdistrict Yuantong may refer to: * Yuantong Temple (圆通), the most famous Buddhist temple in Kunming, Yunnan province, China * Yuantong Station (元通), a railway station on lines 1 and 2 of the Nanjing Metro, in Jiangsu province, China {{dab ...

(元通街道) Towns: * Shendang (沈荡镇), Tongyuan (通元镇), Chepu (澉浦镇), Yucheng (于城镇), Baibu (百步镇)

Climate

References

External links

Official website of Haiyan County Government
County-level divisions of Zhejiang Jiaxing {{Zhejiang-geo-stub