Jintan District is a

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under the administration of

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in the

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province of the

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History

Jintan, known as Jinshan () in ancient times, was a township of Yanling commandery since the reign of the

Emperor Yuan of Jin Emperor Yuan of Jin (; 276 – 3 January 323), personal name Sima Rui (), courtesy name Jingwen (), was an emperor of the Jin dynasty and the first emperor of the Eastern Jin. He was the great-grandson of Sima Yi, the grandson of Sima Zhou an ...

. Then it was promoted by its inhabitants as Jinshan county to strengthen the local vigilance in the late

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, without permission. As a densely populated area, the county was reestablished in about 688 under the

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, but since there was a namesake in present-day

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, Zhejiang, it was named after Jintan, a hill of Mao Mountain.

Location

In 1987, the County comprised 22 towns, with the county government located in

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town. On November 10, 1993, Jintan was reclassified from a county and officially became a city. The county was part of

, Jiangsu province. In 2015, Jintan County has been changed to Jintan District. Jintan has a total area of . The total land area is , and water covers an area of . , it has a permanent resident population of 552,047. Jintan is a 2-3 hour bus ride from

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, and the driving distance from Jintan to

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is one and a half hours.

Administrative divisions

At present, Jintan District has 3 communities and 6 towns. 3 communities *Dongcheng Community(东城社区) *Xicheng Community(西城社区) *Yaotang Community(尧唐社区) ;6 towns

Dialect

Wu Chinese , region = Shanghai, Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, parts of Anhui and Jiangxi provinces; overseas and migrant communities , ethnicity = Wu , speakers = million , date = 2021 , ref = e27 , fa ...

is the local dialect of Jintan. Some versions include the local dialect and the northern Jiangsu dialect. A fusion of languages has been created due to the geographical location of Jintan. The language habits of migrants have influenced the local language.

Environment

Geography and geomorphology

Western Jintan includes the mountainous region Maoshan, which covers an area of about . The highest peak of Maoshan is above sea level. Flatlands lie in the east of Jintan, part of the Taihu Plain, with an area of about .

Lakes and Rivers

Jintan District has 216 rivers with a total length of . The southeast Tiao Lake (also named Changdang Lake), covers . This lake is one of the ten largest freshwater lakes in Jiangsu province.

Climate

Jintan District comes under the Northern Subtropical Monsoon climate zone. Jintan City's climate is mild and humid with four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is , while average annual precipitation is . The frost-free period covers 228 days and the average humidity is 76%.

Economy

Notable people

* David Ji (born 1952), Chinese-American electronics entrepreneur who co-founded Apex Digital, and was held against his will in China for months without charges during a business dispute *

Hua Luogeng Hua Luogeng or Hua Loo-Keng (; 12 November 1910 – 12 June 1985) was a Chinese mathematician and politician famous for his important contributions to number theory and for his role as the leader of mathematics research and education in the Peop ...

(1910-1985), mathematician and politician * Xifeng Wu, Chinese-American cancer epidemiologist *

Duan Yucai Duan Yucai () (1735–1815), courtesy name Ruoying () was a Chinese philology, philologist of the Qing Dynasty. He made great contributions to the study of Historical Chinese phonology, and is known for his annotated edition of ''Shuowen Jiezi''. ...

(1735–1815), philologist

References

External links

* {{County-level divisions of Jiangsu Cities in Jiangsu Changzhou