is a
county-level city
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a Administrative divisions of China#County level (3rd), county-level administrative divi ...
of
Zhejiang Province
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,
East
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Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...
China
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, it is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of China' ...
of
Hangzhou
Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whi ...
.
History
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jiande was the capital of
Yanzhou Prefecture
Yanzhou Prefecture () was an administrative unit (prefecture) in Zhejiang Province of China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was abolished in 1912, soon after the fall of the Qing. The territory of the former Yanzhou Prefecture is now part ...
. On account of this, Jiande was often referred to as Yanzhou Fu (). A transcription commonly seen in both French and English writing of the time was Yen-tcheou-fou, derived from French missionary writing.
Administrative divisions
Subdistricts:
*
Yangxi Subdistrict Yangxi may refer to:
*Yangxi County (阳西县), a county in Guangdong, China
Towns
* Yangxi, Anhui (扬溪), in Jixi County, Anhui, China
* Yangxi, Fujian (洋溪), in Meilie District, Sanming, Fujian, China
*Yangxi, Daozhen County (阳溪), in D ...
(洋溪街道),
Genglou Subdistrict (更楼街道),
Xin'anjiang Subdistrict
Xin'anjiang Subdistrict () is a subdistrict in Jiande, Zhejiang, China. , it administers the following eleven residential communities and four villages:
*Baisha Community ()
*Fudong Community ()
*Fuxi Community ()
*Cangtan Community ()
*Luotong C ...
(新安江街道)
Towns:
*
Meicheng (梅城镇),
Xiaya (下涯镇),
Yangcunqiao (杨村桥镇),
Qiantan (乾潭镇),
Sandu (三都镇),
Shouchang (寿昌镇),
Datong
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(大同镇),
Hangtou (航头镇),
Lijia (李家镇),
Dayang (大洋镇),
Lianhua (莲花镇),
Daciyan
Daciyan () is a town in Jiande, Zhejiang province, China
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(大慈岩镇)
The only township is
Qintang Township
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(钦堂乡)
Climate
Transportation
Direct trains for freight link Jiande with
Yiwu
Yiwu () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jinhua in Central Zhejiang Province, East China. As of the 2020 census, the city had 1,859,390 inhabitants and its built-up (or metro) area, joined with that of the neighboring Dongy ...
and
Jinhua
, alternately romanized as Kinhwa, is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province in eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou to the east, ...
See also
*
Xinye Village
Xinye () is a historic village in Daciyan Town (), Jiande City, Hangzhou, in the west of Zhejiang Province. Founded in the Southern Song dynasty, Xinye is noted for its well-preserved Ming and Qing era architecture and ancient residential build ...
, a village in Jiande
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Geography of Hangzhou