Qingjiangpu District () is one of four districts 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 ...

Huai'an Huai'an (), formerly called Huaiyin () until 2001, is a prefecture-level city in the central part of Jiangsu province in East China, Eastern China. Huai'an is situated almost directly south of Lianyungang, southeast of Suqian, northwest of Yan ...

, Jiangsu Province, China. It was approved to establish on June 8, 2016. The district has an area of with a population of 735,900 (as of 2016). The district of Qingjiangpu has 12 subdistricts and seven towns or townships under its jurisdiction, its seat is ''Chengnan Subdistrict'' ().

History

The district was named after ''Qingjiangpu River'' () cut in 1415 which was a ship canal that traversed ''Shanyang County'' () connecting the

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and

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. The river of Qingjiangpu is a channel segment of ''Li Canal'' (). As a part of the Grand Canal, it historically is the name of an artificial that connects the ''docks of Qinghe'' () with the ''city of Shanyang'' (; modern

Huai'an District Huai'an District () is one of four districts of the prefecture-level city of Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, China. The southeast district was formerly named Shanyang County (), Huai'an County () and Chuzhou District (). The district is the home tow ...

). Its origins can be traced to the Spring and Autumn period. For wars and transport of army provisions,

Fuchai Fuchai (reigned 495–473BC), sometimes also written Fucha, was the last king of the state of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. His armies constructed important canals linking the Yellow, Ji, and Huai River systems of t ...

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commanded to canalize ''Hangou Canal'' () located between ''Hancheng'' (; modern

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 ...

) and ''Mokou'' (, modern ''ancient town of Hexia'' in Huai'an) in 486 BC, the waterway Links two major

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s of the

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/ref> ''Today's Qingjiangpu District is historically roughly Qingjiang City established in 1951''. The city of Qingjiang was formed from a portion of ''Huaiyin County'' in January 1951, it was merged to ''Huaiyin County'' in August 1958, and as a county-level city of ''Huaiyin Prefecutre'', it was reformed in October 1964. ''Huaiyin Prefecture'' ceased to be a separate prefecture, Huaiyin prefecture-level city was established in March 1983, dividing ''Qingjiang City'', the two districts of Qinghe and

Qingpu Qingpu District, is a suburban district of Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality. Lake Dianshan is located in Qingpu. The population of Qingpu was counted at 1,081,000 people in the 2010 Census. It has an area of . Qingpu District is the western ...

bounded by the ''Li Canal'' were created. The district of Qingjiangpu was approved to establish by the

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through the merger of two districts of Qinghe and

on June 8, 2016, and officially created on October 8, 2016.
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Geography

The district of Qingjiangpu is located in the main urban areas of Huai'an. It is bordered to the east by

, to the west and north by the district of Huaiyin, to the south by Hongze District. The ancient Yellow River, ''Li Canal'', Grand Canal and

run through it. The roads, railways and waterways extend in all directions,

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, Nanjing-Huai'an Expressway and Nanjing-Lianyungang Expressway converge here, the

Xinyi–Changxing railway The Xinyi–Changxing railway or Xinchang railway (), also known as the Xinchang line (), is a single-track railway line in eastern China between the cities of Xinyi in Jiangsu Province and Changxing County in Zhejiang Province. It runs north-sout ...

runs through the whole territory. The district is near Huai'an Airport, it is an important regional transportation hub in northern Jiangsu.Brief introduction of Qingjiangpu District / 清江浦区简介 se
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Administrative divisions

* Qingjiangpu District is formed from former Qinghe District and former Qingpu District. ;4 townships are administrated by the Management Committee of ''Huai'an Economic and Technological Development Zone'' * Bochi Township () * Xuyang Township () * Nanmachang Township () * Zhangma Office or the former Zhangma Township () ;an area is administrated by the Management Committee of ''Huai'an Industrial Park'' * Ninglianlu Office ()

Economy

According to preliminary accounting of the statistical authority, the gross domestic product in 2016 was 40,030 million yuan (6,027 million US dollars), up by 8.8 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the value added of the primary industry was 1,025 million yuan (154 million US dollars), up by 1.8 percent, that of the secondary industry was 9,427 million yuan (1,419 million US dollars), up by 10.3 percent and that of the tertiary industry was 29,578 million yuan (4,453 million US dollars), up by 8.6 percent. The value added of the primary industry accounted for 2.6 percent of the GDP; that of the secondary industry accounted for 23.5 percent; and that of the tertiary industry accounted for 73.9 percent. The per capita GDP in 2016 was 112,624 yuan (16,956 US dollars).

Attractions

* The ''Ruins of Hanxin Fortress'' () and ''Tomb of

Han Xin Han Xin (; 231/230–196 BC) was a Chinese military general and politician who served Liu Bang during the Chu–Han Contention and contributed greatly to the founding of the Han dynasty. Han Xin was named as one of the "Three Heroes of the ea ...

's mother'' (): The ''Hanxin Fortress'' () is located in the south of the urban area in Qingjiangpu District, on the west of ''Grand Canal Bridge'' and on the south of ''Huaihai Road'' which runs through the urban area of Huai'an. It was built in 202 BC, its ruins still exist there. Tomb of Han Xin's mother is also as ''Qingshui Mound'' (), it is situated on the south east of the ''Hanxin Fortress''. * ''Bochi Mountain'': The mountain of Bochi () is one of 72 Taoist paradises in the book of ''Remember the Fairy Grottoes'' () by

Du Guangting Du Guangting (杜光庭; 850–933) was a Taoist priest and fiction writer in imperial China's Tang dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. His most famous work was a short novel entitled "The Man with the Curly Beard" (虯髯客� ...

(the late

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), it is a park with an area of . * ''Qingjiang Dam Gate'': The Dam Gate of Qingjiang (清江大闸;or ''Qingjiang Locks'') is one of four sets of canal's locks built in 1410 (

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo ...

) within the channel segment of Qingjiangpu, it is one of the best preserved masonry buildings in the Grand Canal. * Qing Yan Garden: Qing Yan is an ancient Chinese garden. It became the seat of ''governor-general of riverways'' () in 1678, the ''governor-general of riverways'' ceased to be a governor in 1860, instead of that, it was the seat of ''governor of water transportation'' (). Qing Yan Garden / 清晏园 se
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References

External links

Official Website
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