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 county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...
of
Zhejiang Province
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,
East
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Etymology
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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 Chi ...
of
Hangzhou
Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also Chinese postal romanization, romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the prov ...
.
History
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jiande was the capital of
Yanzhou Prefecture. 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 ...
(洋溪街道),
Genglou Subdistrict
Genglou Subdistrict () is a Subdistrict (China), subdistrict in Jiande, Zhejiang, China. , it administers the following three residential neighborhoods and 14 villages:
*Genglou Community
*Genghua Community ()
*Dengjia ()
*Zhangjia Village ()
*L ...
(更楼街道),
Xin'anjiang Subdistrict (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 (大慈岩镇)
The only township is
Qintang Township (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, a village in Jiande
Notes
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County-level cities in Zhejiang
Geography of Hangzhou