Yangzhou, known as Guangling, Jiangdu and Weiyang in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province. It is an important part of Jiangsu Yangtze River Economic Belt, a member city of Nanjing Metropolitan Area, a city in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and one of the 27 cities in the central area of the Yangtze River Delta. It is a world heritage city, a world food capital, a world canal capital, an East Asian cultural capital, the first batch of national historical and cultural cities and a scenic tourist city with traditional characteristics.
The city covers a total area of 659 1.2 1 km2, and governs 3 districts 1 county, and 2 county-level cities. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 165438+ 10/0 in June 2020, the resident population of Yangzhou was 4,559,797. In 20021year, Yangzhou achieved a regional GDP of 669.643 billion yuan.
Location context:
Yangzhou is located in the middle of Jiangsu Province, on the north bank of the Yangtze River and at the southern end of the Jianghuai Plain. The area under its jurisdiction is between 32 degrees 15 minutes north latitude and 33 degrees/25 minutes east longitude19 degrees 0 1 minute to 1 19 degrees 54 minutes east longitude. Yancheng and Taizhou in the east; It faces the Yangtze River in the south and Zhenjiang across the river. The southwest is connected with Nanjing; The west is bordered by Chuzhou City, Anhui Province; The northwest borders Huai 'an City.
Yangzhou is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, 32 degrees 24 minutes north latitude and 1 19 degrees 26 minutes east longitude. The maximum distance from east to west is 85km, and the maximum distance from north to south is 125km, with a total area of 659 1.2 1 km2, of which the urban area is 2305.68km2 (including the built-up area 140km2) and the county (city) area is 4285.53km2 (.