CHINA / About Jiangsu
General Introduction
(chinaculture.org)
Updated: 2006-05-25 11:43
Jiangsu Province, Su for short, lies in East China. The industries and
the agriculture here are well developed. Among its agricultural produces,
the outputs of rice, cotton, silk, tea, oil and freshwater fish hold
important positions in China. Its most important industries are
machinery, chemical industry, electricity, electronics and cement. Known
as a "land of fish and rice", Jiangsu gets its name from the first
character of its two cities, Jiangning (now Nanjing) and Suzhou.
Jiangsu boasts the largest number of historical and cultural cities, such
as Worldly Heaven Suzhou, Yangzhou, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Huai'an, and
Xuzhou, etc. Of the more than 200 lakes, the larger ones are the Hongze
Lake, the West Lake, the Tai Lake, the Xuanwu Lake, and the Gaoyou Lake,
which earn Jiangsu the name "Water Countryside". Historical relics
include the Stone City in Nanjing, Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Tomb, the Xiao Tomb
of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Han Mausoleum and Pits of Terracotta
Soldiers, etc. Other places of interest are Yuntai Mountain, Zhongshan
Mountain, the Suzhou Garden and the Three Caves in Yixing.
Geography
Jiangsu lies in East China and the lower reaches of the Yangtze and
Huaihe rivers, with an area of 102,600 square kilometers. Jiangsu borders
the Huanghai Sea in the east, Shandong Province in the north, Anhui
Province in the west, and Zhejiang Province in the south. The vast
plains, dotted with lakes and crisscrossed by rivers, cover 18% of the
province's total land mass. With three major river systems from north to
south -- the Yishu River, the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River, Jiangsu
has well-developed irrigation systems and shipping. The Grand Canal is an
artery between the north and south.
Climate
Jiangsu Province is situated in the temperate zone and subtropical zone,
with a humid and semi-humid monsoon climate. The annual average
temperature is 13��-16��, -2��-4�� in January, and 26��-29�� in July.
Nanjing area is one of the three well-known "furnaces" in the Yangtze
River basin in the summer season of China. The annual average
precipitation is about 800-1200 millimeters. The recorded heaviest
precipitation of a day is 314.3 millimeters (in Dongtai City on August
21,1965). There is more rain when plums are ripe at the time when spring
is changing into summer. It rains for a short time, but frequently. It is
a common phenomenon that it is raining while the sun is shining. Rains of
this period are generally called "plum rains". But on the other hand,
because of damp climate and appropriate temperature, mould grows quickly,
so this period is also called "mould rains". Typhoons often hit this
province at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.
Administrative Division and Population
It is divided into 13 prefecture-level cities, 31 county-level cities and
33 counties, with a population of 74.38 million as of 2000. It is one of
the most densely populated provinces.
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