Jianhu County

Jianhu 建けん湖みずうみ县
County
Jianhu County Geography
Jianhu Location in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 33°28′59″N 119°49′48″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city	Yancheng
Area
• Total	1,154 km2 (446 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	800,600
• Density	690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	224700
Area code	0515

Jianhu County (simplified Chinese: 建けん湖みずうみ县; traditional Chinese: 建けん湖みずうみ縣けん; pinyin: Jiànhú Xiàn) is under the administration of Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Huai'an and Yangzhou to the west.

The main town in Jianhu is commonly just called Jianhu, and sometimes Huduo (湖みずうみ垛) or “Hutu“ (“糊のり涂“).

Administrative divisions

In the present, Jianhu County includes 12 towns.

• Jinhu (近きん湖みずうみ镇 :Jìn-hú)
• Jianyang (建けん阳镇 :Jiàn-yáng)
• Jiangying (蒋营镇 :Jiǎng-yíng)
• Hengji (恒つね济镇 :Héng-jì)
• Yanhe (沿河镇 :Yán-hé)
• Lugou (芦あし沟镇 :Lú-gōu)
• Qingfeng (庆丰镇 :Qìng-fēng)
• Shanggang (上うえ冈镇 :Shàng-gāng)
• Gangxi (冈西镇 :Gāng-xī)
• Baota (宝塔ほうとう镇 :Bǎo-tǎ)
• Gaozuo (高作こうさ镇 :Gāo-zuò)
• Yandan (颜单镇 :Yán dān)- is new town.

-Former Towns

• Yanshan (颜单镇 :Yán-shàn) - is merged to other.
• Gangdong (冈东镇 :Gāng-dōng) - is merged to other.
• Caoyankou (草くさ堰口せきぐち镇 :Cǎo-yàn-kǒu) - is merged to other.
• Zhongzhuang (钟庄镇 :Zhōng-zhuāng) - is merged to other.

Education

There are two key senior high schools in Jianhu County. One is Jianhu Senior High School, which is located in Downtown Jianhu. The other one is Shanggang Senior High School, which is located in Downtown Shanggang.

Transportation

Recent development of transportation infrastructure in Northern Jiangsu has greatly impacted Great Yancheng area, including Jianhu. The Jianhu train station opened in July 2004, and Jianhu now offers overnight train service (on Train Z156) to Beijing.

External links

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