Yancheng, formerly known as Yandu, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern coastal Jiangsu province, China, the city with the largest jurisdictional area in the province. It borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai'an to the west, Yangzhou and Taizhou to the southwest, Nantong to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the east. The current city, formerly a county, was founded on 18 January 1983.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Longitude120.156944 degrees east 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Yancheng (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Wikipedia infobox 'Established' = 'January 18, 1983' on 'Yancheng'
Lead
and the Yellow Sea to the east
Infobox, population
6,709,629
View the Source 2. Yancheng (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 33.35, longitude 120.156944
P2046 (area)
area 16931.29 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2020)
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Yancheng - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1787746
33.3575 120.1573 P PPLA2 CN 04 3209 1615717 3 Asia/Shanghai
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 3 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.25, 120.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.25, 120.25
33.25 120.25 Cwa
Wikidata: Yancheng
Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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