Wujin District (;
postal: ''Wutsin'') is a district under the jurisdiction of
Changzhou
Changzhou ( Changzhounese: ''Zaon Tsei'', ) is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provin ...
in
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 of the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. In 2005 Wujin was ranked as 8th in the top 100 best cities and counties in mainland China.
History
In 2005 the total population was recorded at 951,000 people, a decline from the 1.2m inhabitants recorded in 1999. In 2005 Wujin was ranked as 8th in the top 100 best cities and counties in mainland China. On May 7, 2015,
Qishuyan District
Qishuyan District () was a district of the city of Changzhou in Jiangsu, China. The local language is the Changzhou dialect of Wu Chinese. The postal code for the district is 213011. It covers an area of 31.58 square kilometers. In 2005 the total p ...
became a part of Wujin District.
Administrative divisions
In the present, Wujin District has 5 subdistricts and 14 towns.
;5 subdistricts
*
Nanxiashu ()
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Xihu ()
-Former Qishuyan District has 3 subdistricts.
*
Qishuyan ()
*
Dingyan ()
*
Lucheng ()
;14 towns
Dialect
The local language is the
Changzhou dialect
The Changzhou dialect (Simplified Chinese: 常州话; Traditional Chinese: 常州話; IPA: ̥ɑŋ.tsei.ɦu(pronunciation in the Changzhou dialect)), sometimes called ''Changzhounese'', is a dialect of Wu, a Sino-Tibetan language family, and b ...
of
Wu Chinese
The Wu languages (; Romanization of Wu Chinese, Wu romanization and Romanization of Wu Chinese#IPA, IPA: ''wu6 gniu6'' [] (Shanghainese), ''ng2 gniu6'' [] (Suzhounese), Mandarin pinyin and IPA: ''Wúyǔ'' []) is a major group of Sinitic languag ...
.
Tourism
The district is most famous for the
Chunqiu Yancheng Chunqiu Yancheng is the remains of an ancient city from the Spring and Autumn period. It is now rebuilt and displayed as a tourist attraction rated as an AAAAA site, the highest official tourism rating.
Changzhou Spring and Autumn Yancheng site i ...
, the remains of an ancient city from the
Spring and Autumn period
The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 770 to 476 BC (or according to some authorities until 403 BC) which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period. The period's name derives fr ...
.
Education
The
Wycombe Abbey International School of Changzhou (formerly Oxford International College of Changzhou) is located in Wujin District, serving Chinese and foreign students for kindergarten through high school.
Find Us
" Wycombe Abbey International School of Changzhou. Retrieved on January 5, 2019. "School Address No.9 Huanhu North Road, Wujin Economic Zone, Changzhou, Jiangsu, P.R.China, 213149 中国江苏省常州市武进经发区环湖北路9号 邮编：213149"
References
External links
Official site of the Wujin district government
(Chinese)
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County-level divisions of Jiangsu
Changzhou