Jianhu County

建けん湖みずうみ县
Jiàn Hú Xiàn

Administration Type	County
City Seat	Qiaocheng District (33°52′N 115°45′E)
Area
Population
GDP - Total - Per Capita	¥ ¥
Major Nationalities
County-level divisions
Township-level divisions
CPC Committee Secretary
Mayor
Area code	0515
Postal Code	224700
License Plate Prefix

Jianhu County (Chinese: 建たて湖みずうみ县 Pinyin: Jiànhú Xiàn), located in 33º27'49"N 119º47'40"E, is one of the nine counties of Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. The county consist mainly of Han people.

In Chinese, the word Jianhu literally means "build lake". However, this is a misnomer, as there are no lakes being constructed, nor was there ever one, in Jianhu.

The main town in Jianhu is commonly just called Jianhu, and sometimes Huduo.

The county includes 15 towns:

近きん湖みずうみ = Jìn-hú 建けん阳 = Jiàn-yáng 蒋营 = Jiǎng-yíng 恒つね济 = Héng-jì 颜单 = Yán-dān/chán/shàn(?) 沿河 = Yán-hé 芦あし沟 = Lú-gōu 庆丰 = Qìng-fēng 上じょう冈 = Shàng-gāng 冈东 = Gāng-dōng 草くさ堰口せきぐち = Cǎo-yàn-kǒu 冈西 = Gāng-xī 钟庄 = Zhōng-zhuāng 宝塔ほうとう = Bǎo-tǎ 高だか作さく = Gāo-zuò

External links

• Jianhu site (Chinese)
• Jianhu City English guide (Jiangsu.NET)