Jintan, Changzhou
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Jintan District is a district under the administration of Changzhou in the Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China.
History
Jintan, known as Jinshan (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in ancient times, was a township of Yanling commandery since the reign of the Emperor Yuan of Jin. Then it was promoted by its inhabitants as Jinshan county to strengthen the local vigilance in the late Sui dynasty, without permission. As a densely populated area, the county was reestablished in about 688 under the Tang dynasty, but since there was a namesake in present-day Jinhua, Zhejiang, it was named after Jintan, a hill of Mao Mountain.[1][2]
Location
In 1987, the County comprised 22 towns, with the county government located in Jincheng town. On November 10, 1993, Jintan was reclassified from a county and officially became a city. The county was part of Changzhou, Jiangsu province. In 2015, Jintan County has been changed to Jintan District.[3]
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Administrative divisions
At present, Jintan District has 3 communities and 6 towns.[4]
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 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
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Lakes and Rivers
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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 Script error: No such module "convert"., while average annual precipitation is Script error: No such module "convert".. The frost-free period covers 228 days and the average humidity is 76%.
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Economy
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018年 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP/Billion Yuan (Renminbi) | 101 | 122.1 | 149 | 182 | 223 | 263 | 261.4 | 308.3 | 365.1 | 373.81 | 406.12 | 471.48 | 525.49 | 600.02 | 708.34 | 801.93 | 908.6 | 973.15 |
| Per capita GDP/ Yuan (Renminbi).Template:NoteTag | 18650 | 22594 | 27567 | 33854 | 41023 | 48257 | 47858 | 56000 | 65946 | 67129 | 72755 | 84495 | 94090 | 107242 | 126376 | 142819 | 161514 | 166300 |
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 (1910-1985), mathematician and politician
- Xifeng Wu, Chinese-American cancer epidemiologist
- Duan Yucai (1735–1815), philologist
References
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- ↑ New Book of Tang. 41. "金壇，緊。本曲阿縣地。隋末，土人保聚，因為金山縣。隋亡，沈法興又置琅琊縣，李子通以琅琊置茅州，以金山隸之。賊平，因之，後隸蔣州。武德八年省入延陵。垂拱四年復置，來屬，更名"; 太平寰宇記 [Gazetteer of the World during the Taiping Period]. 80. "垂拱四年，以人物繁廣復立金山縣。又以東陽郡已有金山縣，故改名金壇。取邑界句曲之山、金壇之陵以為號。按河圖云，乃有「地肺土良水清句曲之山金壇之陵」"
- ↑ The name of Jintan supposedly derives from a huge altar inside a cave on Mao Mountain. According to one account, the altar was golden, thus it was designated "Golden Altar". In another account, the altar was named after a hill nearby, Jijin(積金山), and abbreviated to Jintan. See 茅山志 [Gazetteer of Mao Mountain]. 6.
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