Suining County, Jiangsu

Suining

睢宁县
Suining 睢宁县
County
	Location in Xuzhou
	Suining Location of the seat in Jiangsu
	Coordinates: 33°56′28″N 117°51′11″E / 33.941°N 117.853°ECoordinates: 33°56′28″N 117°51′11″E / 33.941°N 117.853°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city	Xuzhou
Area
• Total	1,769 km2 (683 sq mi)
Population (2018)
• Total	1,450,000
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal Code	221200
Website	www.cnsn.gov.cn

Suining County (simplified Chinese: 睢宁县; traditional Chinese: 睢寧縣; pinyin: Suīníng Xiàn; Wade–Giles: Sui-ning) is under the administration of Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, China; it is the southernmost county-level division of Xuzhou and borders the prefecture-level cities of Suqian to the east and Suzhou of Anhui to the south and west.

History[]

Suining basically was a part of former Suiling (睢陵) county by the Han. The seat of the Suiling was relocated to present-day Suining during the Three Kingdoms,^[1] and Suiling was merged into Suqian later. In 1218, it became a separate county seated at the old walled city of Suqian,^[2] and named "Suining" (literally: Bring peace to the Sui basin).^[3] The county was defunct in early Yuan, but restored in 1275. It was under Pizhou of Huai'an until Pizhou became a part of Xuzhou in 1733.

The ancient city Xiapi, where Pizhou used to seated is located in Gupi (古邳) Town.^[3]

Administration[]

Suining County is divided into 3 subdistricts and 15 towns.^[4]

3 subdistricts

(睢城街道)
(金城街道)
(睢河街道)-is upgraded from town.

15 towns

(王集镇)
(双沟镇)
(岚山镇)
(李集镇)
(桃园镇)
(官山镇)
(高作镇)
(沙集镇)

(凌城镇)
(邱集镇)
(古邳镇)
Yaoji (姚集镇)
(魏集镇)
(梁集镇)
(庆安镇)

Education[]

Wenhua Middle School
Ninghai Middle School
Jinghua Middle School
Shuren Middle School
Liji Middle School

Transport[]

Xuzhou Guanyin Airport is located in Shuanggou Town.

The town is served by two railway stations both located on the Xuzhou–Yancheng high-speed railway: Guanyin Airport and Suining.^[5]

References[]

^ 中国历史大辞典·历史地理卷 [The Great Encyclopaedia of Chinese history, Volume on Historical Geography] (in Chinese). Shanghai Cishu Press. 1996. p. 944. ISBN 7-5326-0299-0.
^ Gu, Zuyu. 讀史方輿紀要 [Essentials of Geography for Reading History]. 22. 睢寧縣，州南六十里。西北至徐州二百里，西至宿州二百四十里，東南至泗州二百里。本宿遷縣地。金興定三年，以宿遷縣之古城置睢寧縣
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 江苏市县概况 [A Survey of Cities and Counties in Jiangsu] (in Chinese). pp. 123–6. ISBN 978-7-55-373496-5.
^ "徐州市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
^ “十三五”期间徐州市将新建高铁241公里. Jiangsu Provincial People's Government (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.

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[:1-1] 中国历史大辞典·历史地理卷 [The Great Encyclopaedia of Chinese history, Volume on Historical Geography] (in Chinese). Shanghai Cishu Press. 1996. p. 944. ISBN 7-5326-0299-0.

[2] Gu, Zuyu. 讀史方輿紀要 [Essentials of Geography for Reading History]. 22. 睢寧縣，州南六十里。西北至徐州二百里，西至宿州二百四十里，東南至泗州二百里。本宿遷縣地。金興定三年，以宿遷縣之古城置睢寧縣

[:0-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b 江苏市县概况 [A Survey of Cities and Counties in Jiangsu] (in Chinese). pp. 123–6. ISBN 978-7-55-373496-5.

[4] "徐州市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

[5] “十三五”期间徐州市将新建高铁241公里. Jiangsu Provincial People's Government (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.

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Suining 睢宁县
County
Location in Xuzhou
Suining Location of the seat in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 33°56′28″N 117°51′11″E / 33.941°N 117.853°E / 33.941; 117.853Coordinates: 33°56′28″N 117°51′11″E / 33.941°N 117.853°E / 33.941; 117.853
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city	Xuzhou
Area
• Total	1,769 km² (683 sq mi)
Population (2018)
• Total	1,450,000
• Density	820/km² (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal Code	221200
Website	www.cnsn.gov.cn