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Lianyungang city lies between 34o12£§and 35o07£§north latitude, and between 118 o24£§and 119 o48£§east longitude, and is located in the middle of China¡¯s east coast, with a width of 129 km from east to west, and a length of 132 km from south to north, covering a total land area of 7499.9 sq km and a total water area of 1759.4 sq km. With its center part facing the Lian Island, backed by the Yuntai Mount, and embracing the port, the city gets its name from the mixture of above three names in Chinese.
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The city governs four counties including Donghai, Ganyu, Guanyun, Guannan, three districts including Xinpu, Haizhou, Lianyun, and a state-level economic and technological zone, with a ?total population of 4.72 million.
Being listed among the first batch of China¡¯s coastal open cities, the top ten seaport cities, the key national highway hub cities, China¡¯s Excellent Tourist Cities, and the top three commercial, trade and logistics centers in Jiangsu province, Lianyungang city boasts unique location advantages, huge development potential, and is striding forward towards its ambitious goal of international coastal city, modernized industrial port city, and well-known tourist city featuring a mixture of blue sea and green mountains. |
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¡¾Historical Sites ¡¿ |
Lianyungang was called Yingzhou in ancient time. In Qin Dynasty, a county named Ju was set up here, and in Tang Dynasty, it was named Haizhou which is used till today. The city has been referred to as ¡°Gigantic Town at the Mouth of Huaihe River¡± and ¡°Famous County alongside the East Sea (in ancient China, all seas in the east of China were referred to as east sea )¡±. Confucius once visited here to climb mountain and view the sea, while Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of China, came here three times during his inspection tours to east of four times, and erected stones here to build the ¡°East Gate of Qin¡±. |
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Archeological study shows that there were early human activities around Guju Mount ( today¡¯s Jinping Mount area) about some ten thousand years ago. In 1959 and 1978, two Paleolithic Period sites were found respectively in Erjian, southern foot of Jinping Mount, and in Daxian Village, Zuokou Town, Donghai County, which are the only sites with accurate stratum relation ever found so far in the coastal areas of Southeast China. Within the Jinping Mount area, there are 19 sites that belong to Neolithic Period. The Erjian Site is one of the earliest primitive agriculture cradles in China. The city has five State-Protected Cultural Heritage Sites. |
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¡¾Tourist Resources¡¿ |
Lianyungang is one of the 49 key tourist cities nationwide as well as one of the three major tourist cities in Jiangsu province, it has 20 scenic zones and 120 scenic spots, among them, there are four state-level AAAA-grade scenic zones: Mount Huaguo Scenic & Historical Zone, Lian Island Tourist Resort Zone, Kongwang Mount Scenic Zone and Yuwan Bay Scenic Zone. Mount Huaguo renowned as the home of the Monkey King in the Chinese classic novel Journey to the West, Peach Blossom Land like secluded and peaceful Sucheng, Mangnolia King in Southern Yuntai Mountains, Longtang Waterfall of Yuwan Bay, and the enjoyment and relaxation of Donghai Hot springs, endow the city with four distinctive features: sea, ancient, legend and peaceful. |
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