Yangzhong () is a

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under the administration of

Zhenjiang Zhenjiang, alternately romanized as Chinkiang, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, China. It lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze River near its intersection with the Grand Canal. It is opposite Yangzhou (to its north) a ...

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province, China. It is the easternmost

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of Zhenjiang City.

History

There were only several smaller

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s in the area of present-day Yangzhong during the

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. As time went on, they enlarged and merged into an elongated shoal by

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, which was called Xiaozhou (; literally: "Small shoal") in

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. It was renamed Xinzhou () and then Ximinzhou () during

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, and was designated Taipingzhou () in

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. In 1904, the imperial court decided to establish a

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named after Taiping. In 1911, it was promoted to a county. Since there is a namesake in Anhui. The county was renamed Yangzhong, the abbreviation of "" which means "(the shoal is) in the Yangtze River".

Overview

* In 1938, the Japanese army captured the county, then it was governed by the pro-Japanese collaborators. * In 1939, the Jiangnan Counter-Japanese Volunteers' Army attacked the county, then the Nationalist Government controlled it. * In 1940, the Japanese army recaptured the county. * In July 1945, the force of CPC overthrew the puppet county government, but the Nationalist Government controlled the county in December. * On 22 April 1949, the PLA captured the county. * In 1994, the county was turn into a county-level city.

Administrative divisions

In the present, Yangzhong City has 5 towns and 1 other. ;5 towns ;1 other *

Yangzhong Economic Development Zone Yangzhong () is a county-level city under the administration of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of Zhenjiang City. History There were only several smaller shoals in the area of present-day Yangzho ...

()

Climate

References

External links

Yangzhong City English guide
(Jiangsu.NET) {{authority control Cities in Jiangsu County-level divisions of Jiangsu Zhenjiang