Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, East China, sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze River. It borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yancheng to the northeast, Taizhou to the east, and Zhenjiang across the river to the south. Its population was 4,559,797 at the 2020 census, with its urban area home to 2,635,435 inhabitants across three urban districts.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year FAQs
How did Yangzhou begin?
Yangzhou began as the fortress of Hancheng, built in 485 BCE to guard the southern end of the Han Canal.
Yangzhou grew from a canal and a fortress. The Wu ruler Fuchai built the Han Canal, which linked the Yangtze River at present-day Yangzhou to the Huai River by 486 BCE. The next year he established a fortress called Hancheng to protect the southern end of the canal. That fortress is the earliest settlement the sources name on the site.
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Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, East China.
Source Yangzhou (Wikipedia)
China is listed under Eastern Asia in the UN M49 geoscheme.
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
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1. Yangzhou (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Yangzhou, History section
The canal connected the Yangtze River within present-day Yangzhou to the Huai River within present-day Huai'an by 486 BC. The next year, Fuchai established a fortress to protect the southern end of the new canal at Hancheng.
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4,559,797
Associated With: China, Lead section
Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, East China.
View the Source 2. Yangzhou (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 32.39117, longitude 119.43625
P2046 (area)
area 6591.21 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2020)
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the SourceWikidata: Yangzhou
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionAssociated With: East Asia, Eastern Asia subregion listQuote, Associated With: East Asia, Eastern Asia subregion list
China, China Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China Macao Special Administrative Region, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea
Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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