Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, located in the middle of Jiangsu Province, where the Yangtze River meets the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Known as the geographical and geometric center of Jiangsu Province, "the capital of Huaizuo, the best place of Zhuxi" and "the first city of China Canal". Known as Yang Yi one or two, Moon City? .

Yangzhou is an important part of Jiangsu Yangtze River Economic Belt, a member city of Nanjing Metropolitan Area and the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, and the water source of the East Route Project of South-to-North Water Transfer. As of May, 20 18, Yangzhou has three municipal districts, namely, Hanjiang District, Guangling District and Jiangdu District, Baoying 1 county, Gaoyou and Yizheng. It is a United Nations Habitat Award-winning city, a national civilized city and a famous hot spring city in China.

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History of Yangzhou Urban Construction

Yangzhou city was built in 486 BC. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yangzhou was called John; Qin and Han Dynasties were called Guangling and Jiangdu; In the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties, Yanzhou was located in the south; In the Zhou Dynasty, it was called Wu Zhou. The Sui Dynasty changed Wu Zhou to Yangzhou in the ninth year of Emperor Huang, but the general office was still located in Danyang (now Nanjing).

In the sixth year of Kangxi (1667), jiangnan province was formally divided into Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, and Yangzhou prefecture was subordinate to Jiangsu province. 1949 65438+1Jiangdu county (Yangzhou) was liberated on October 25th, and Yangzhou city was built on October 27th, which belongs to the second administrative region of Jiangsu-Anhui border region.

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