Jianhu County () is under the administration of
Yancheng
Yancheng () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province of China, province, People's Republic of China. As the city with the largest jurisdictional area in Jiangsu, Yancheng borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai'an to the west, ...
,
Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...
province, China. It borders the
prefecture-level cities of
Huai'an
Huai'an (), formerly called Huaiyin () until 2001, is a prefecture-level city in the central part of Jiangsu province in Eastern China. Huai'an is situated almost directly south of Lianyungang, southeast of Suqian, northwest of Yancheng, almos ...
and
Yangzhou
Yangzhou, postal romanization Yangchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province (Suzhong), East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze, it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yan ...
to the west.
The main town in Jianhu is commonly just called Jianhu, and sometimes Huduo () or “Hutu“ (“糊涂“).
Administrative divisions
In the present, Jianhu County includes 12 towns.
-Former Towns
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Yanshan () - is merged to other.
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Gangdong () - is merged to other.
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Caoyankou () - is merged to other.
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Zhongzhuang () - is merged to other.
Climate
Education
There are two key senior high schools in Jianhu County. One is Jianhu Senior High School, which is located in Downtown Jianhu. The other one is Shanggang Senior High School, which is located in Downtown Shanggang.
Transportation
Recent development of transportation infrastructure in Northern Jiangsu has greatly impacted Great Yancheng area, including Jianhu. The Jianhu train station opened in July 2004, and Jianhu now offers overnight train service (on Train Z156) to Beijing.
References
External links
Jianhu site (Chinese)Jianhu City English guide
(Jiangsu.NET)
County-level divisions of Jiangsu
Yancheng
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