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Dafeng District
Dafeng () is a coastal district under the administration of Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China. Located on the Jiangsu North Plain with a coastline of , Dafeng was historically one of the largest salt-making areas in China and now is famed for its well preserved eco-system and numerous national conservation parks. The district has the largest national nature reserve for a rare deer species, Père David's Deer or Milu () in Chinese. It borders the prefecture-level city of Taizhou to the southwest. The district nicknamed "the enclave of Shanghai" was a major destination for the sent-down youth from the city. Part of the county was put under Shanghai to establish a municipal farm since 1950, and there are still several farms and two prisons administered by Shanghai at present. History Zhang Jian established Ts'ao-yen-ch'ang Ta-feng Salt&Cultivation Limited Company () in 1917, at Caoyan, a town of Dafeng nowadays. The northern Dongtai under the CPC became a separate county in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Of The People's Republic Of China
The term ''district'', in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. In the modern context, district (), formally city-governed district, city-controlled district, or municipal district (), are subdivisions of a municipality or a prefecture-level city. The rank of a district derives from the rank of its city. Districts of a municipality are prefecture-level; districts of a sub-provincial city are sub-prefecture-level; and districts of a prefecture-level city are county-level. The term was also formerly used to refer to obsolete county-controlled districts (also known as district public office). However, if the word ''district'' is encountered in the context of ancient Chinese history, then it is a translation for '' xian'', another type of administrative division in China. Before the 1980s, cities in China were administrative divisions containing mostly urban, built-up areas, with very little farmland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xinghua, Jiangsu
Xinghua () is a county-level city under the administration of Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China. It is located in the central part of Jiangsu Province. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Yancheng to the north and east and Yangzhou to the west. Xinghua's name () is the abbreviation for "" () which means "prospering (the Confucian) teaching". History In 920, the Yang Wu state of the Ten Kingdoms separated the northern part of the then Hailing county to establish Xinghua county. The county was downgraded to Zhaoyang township in 1135, but was restored in 1149. In 1987, the county was turned into a city of Yangzhou. The area was under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou until 1996, and then reassign to Taizhou, Jiangsu. Administrative divisions In the present, Xinghua City has 29 towns and 5 townships. ;29 towns ;5 townships Climate Education * Chushui Experimental School Notable people * Bi Feiyu, fiction writer *Fan Zhongyan Fan Zhongyan (5 September 989 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baiju, Jiangsu
Baiju () is a town in Dafeng District, Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China. , it administers Haining Residential District () and the following 16 villages: *Yandi Village () *Majia Village () *Minyao Village () *Qiliqiao Village () *Tuanjie Village () *Sanlishu Village () *Shizikou Village () *Tangshe Village () *Tangxi Village () *Xiao'ao Village () *Jinbu Village () *Xinduo Village () *Zhushe Village () *Dongyao Village () *Yaogang Village () *Yangxin Village () See also * List of township-level divisions of Jiangsu This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Jiangsu, People's Republic of China (PRC). After province, prefecture, and county-level divisions, township-level divisions constitute the formal fourth-level administrative divisi ... References {{reflist Township-level divisions of Jiangsu Yancheng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
