Jingde County ( Chinese : 旌德县 ; pinyin : Jīngdé Xiàn ) is a county in the southeast of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Xuancheng City. It has a population of 150,000 and an area of 905 km (349 sq mi). The government of Jingde County is located in Jingyang Town.
17-416: Jingde County has jurisdiction over five towns and five townships. Jingde County is divided to 5 towns and 5 townships. This Xuancheng location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Xuancheng Xuancheng ( Chinese : 宣城 ; pinyin : Xuānchéng ; Xuanzhou Wu : Shye-san ) is a city in the southeast of Anhui province. Archeological digs suggest that
34-401: A higher-level administrative units, the borders of a town would typically include an urban core (a small town with the population on the order of 10,000 people), as well as rural area with some villages ( 村 ; cūn , or 庄 ; zhuāng ). A typical provincial map would merely show a town as a circle centered at its urban area and labeled with its name, while a more detailed one (e.g., a map of
51-427: A provincial atlas - would label the county seat location with both the name of the county (e.g., 通山县 ; Tōngshān xiàn ) and, below, and in a smaller font, with the name of the township (e.g., 通羊镇 ; Tōngyáng zhèn ). Intercity buses, trains, or riverboats destined to, or stopping at a county seat may designate its destination either by the name of the county or the name of the county-seat township. In contrast to
68-419: A single county-level division) would also show the borders dividing the county or county-level city into towns ( 镇 ) and/or township ( 乡 ) and subdistrict (街道) units. The town in which the county level government, and usually the division's main urban area), are located is often not marked on less-detailed maps, because its location is usually labeled with the name of the county level division rather than
85-563: Is a city with 2,000 years of history and cultural relics. It has a profound cultural heritage and rich tourism resources. There are many scenic areas, such as the Anhui Research Center for Chinese Alligator Reproduction (ARCCAR), which is a large captive breeding base for the endangered Chinese alligator ( Alligator sinensis ). There are also four unique scenes – Taiji Cave , Peach Blossom Pool, Jing Ting Mountain , Zhangshan Canyon . Other attractions include cultural sites of
102-809: Is also located within Xuancheng. 59.34% of the city's area is forested . The city has a subtropical humid monsoon climate , with four distinct seasons and abundant precipitation. Of the four seasons, summer is the longest. Its annual average temperature falls round 15.6C (60.1F). Most of the rainfall occurs in summer. The plum rain season lasts from mid-June to early July. Xuancheng City administers seven county-level divisions , including one district , two county-level cities and five counties . These are further divided into 115 township-level divisions , including 61 towns , 44 townships and ten subdistricts . In Xuancheng, Jianghuai Mandarin and Wu Chinese are spoken as well as Standard Mandarin . Xuancheng
119-415: Is known for its production of high quality Xuan paper ( simplified Chinese : 宣纸 ; traditional Chinese : 宣紙 ), Xuan writing brushes ( simplified Chinese : 宣笔 ; traditional Chinese : 宣筆 ), and Xuan ink stones ( simplified Chinese : 宣砚 ; traditional Chinese : 宣硯 ), all of which are used in traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting. These products make up a large proportion of
136-871: Is on the rise. The Ningguo Stadium is located in the city. The 12,000-capacity stadium is used mainly for association football matches. Its population was 2,500,063 as of 2020 Chinese census whom 774,332 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Xuanzhou District. The city is home to 45 ethnic minorities , whose population totals about 13,000 people. Xuancheng administers one ethnic township : Yunti She Ethnic Township [ zh ] . Xuancheng also administers two ethnic villages : Hucun Hui Ethnic Village ( Chinese : 胡村回族村 ) in Shencun [ zh ] , Xuanzhou District , and Qianqiu She Ethnic Village ( Chinese : 千秋畲族村 ) in Yunti She Ethnic Township, Ningguo . As of 2020,
153-521: Is the standard English translation of the Chinese 镇 (traditional: 鎮 ; pinyin : zhèn ; Wade–Giles : chen ). The Constitution of the People's Republic of China classifies towns as third-level administrative units, along with, for example, townships ( Chinese : 乡 ; pinyin : xiāng ). A township is typically smaller in population and more remote than a town. Similarly to
170-424: Is varied and complicated, basically sloping downward from the south to the north. Its landform can be approximately divided into five types: mountain , hill , valley and basin , hillock and plain . The south and southeast regions belong to ranges of Tianmu Mountain , while the southwest and west regions are respectively parts of ranges of Mt. Huangshan and Mt. Jiuhua . Qingliang Peak [ zh ]
187-688: The Liangzhu Culture . During the Spring and Autumn period , the area belonged to the State of Wu , although, upon the decline of Wu , the area was also ruled by the State of Chu and the State of Yue , respectively. Under the Qin dynasty , the area was administered as Zhang Commandery ( Chinese : 鄣郡 ), which became the Danyang Commandery [ zh ] in 109 BCE, under
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#1732772034457204-765: The New Fourth Army , the Ancestral Hall of the Hu Family in Jixi (the former residence of Hu Shih ), the Jiang's Village in Jingde, and so on. Since reform and opening up, the city has achieved a lot of progress and is accelerating the development of municipal services, transport, tourism and other infrastructural facilities. Xuancheng is a city with pleasant environments of living, enterprising, and sightseeing which
221-652: The Western Han dynasty . During the Danyang Commandery, Wanling ( Chinese : 宛陵 , presently Xuanzhou District , the site of the Xuancheng Municipal Government) served as the administrative center. Xuanzhou has been the political, economic and cultural center of administration since then. In 281 CE, Xuancheng Commandery [ zh ] was established. Xuancheng became a prefecture-level city in 2000. Its terrain
238-509: The city has been settled for over 4,000 years, and has been under formal administration since the Qin dynasty. Located in the lower Yangtze River drainage basin and Yangtze River Delta , it borders Wuhu to the northwest, Chizhou to the west, Huangshan to the southwest, and the coastal provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu to the southeast and northeast respectively. Archeological digs in Xuancheng have found pottery and stoneware indicative of
255-551: The city's gross domestic product is estimated at ¥160.75 billion, its inflation rate was 2.4%, and its urban unemployment rate was 2.7%. Total consumer retail sales in 2020 reached ¥62.66 billion, and foreign trade totaled ¥13.44 billion. Xuancheng's per capita disposable income is ¥30,746 as of 2020, and stood at ¥42,134 for urban residents, and ¥18,928 for rural residents. Xuancheng's major industrial products include beverages , cloth, concrete, electronics components , fertilizer , paper and cardboard. Xuancheng
272-1216: The city's exports. Xuancheng is served by the Anhui–Jiangxi Railway and Beijing–Taipei High-Speed Rail Corridor . Town of China Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present When referring to political divisions of China , town
289-529: The name of the actual town into which this urban area falls. For example, the county government of Tongshan County is located in Tongyang Town ( 通羊镇 ; Tōngyáng zhèn ), but the maps would normally show it with a circle labeled "Tongshan County" ( 通山县 ) or simply "Tongshan" ( 通山 ). Road signs would also normally show distance to "Tongshan" rather than "Tongyang". On the other hand, more detailed maps - e.g., maps of individual prefecture-level cities in
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