Jiaojiang District
Jiaojiang
椒江区 | |
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  Jiaojiang Location in Zhejiang | |
| Coordinates: 28°40′N 121°26′E / 28.667°N 121.433°ECoordinates: 28°40′N 121°26′E / 28.667°N 121.433°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Taizhou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Jiaojiang District (Tai-chow dialect: Tsiao-kông K'ü; simplified Chinese: 椒江区; traditional Chinese: 椒江區; pinyin: Jiāojiāng Qū) is a district and the seat of the prefecture-level city of Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, China. It is named after the Jiao River (Jiaojiang in Chinese).
The district has its mainland area of 266.5 km2 (102.9 sq mi), and its islands area is 13.6 km2 (5.3 sq mi). The total area is 280.1 km2 (108.1 sq mi). As of 2003, the population was approximately 471,500.
It has an average annual precipitation of 1,500 mm (59 in). The average temperature in January is 6 °C, in July it is 28 °C, and average annual temperature is 17 °C.
Until 1980, the district was under the administration of Huangyan and was called Haimen District. When Haimen was upgraded to a county-level city in 1981, it was renamed as Jiaojiang City to avoid confusion with Haimen in Jiangsu province.
In 1994, the prefecture-level city of Taizhou was established, and Jiaojiang City became the main district of Taizhou.
Administrative divisions[]
Subdistricts:[1]
- (海门街道), (白云街道), (葭沚街道), (章安街道), (洪家街道), (下陈街道), (前所街道), (三甲街道)
The only town is (大陈镇)
Notable people[]
[2] was born in 1923 in Jiaojiang District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province. He attended the in May 1938, joined the New Fourth Army in February 1939 and was admitted to the Communist Party of China in May 1941. He graduated from the second Aviation School of the air force. He participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese civil war and the Korean war . He was awarded the three-level Medal of independence and freedom, the three-level Medal of liberation, and the medal of independent merit and honor. He is a retired cadre at the Deputy military level. He is now the director of the painting and calligraphy branch of the Arctic Temple of the general staff, and a senior art consultant of China Sanwei painting and Calligraphy Academy.
References[]
- ^ "台州市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ http://ren.bytravel.cn/history/5/ruanjiqiang.html
External links[]
- (in Chinese) Introduction of Jiaojiang District
- Districts of Zhejiang
- Taizhou, Zhejiang
- Zhejiang geography stubs