Jiaojiang District
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Jiaojiang District is a district of Taizhou
in Zhejiang
Province, China. It is the seat of the city.
The district has its mainland area of 266.5 km², and its islands area of 13.6 km². The total area is 280.1 km².
As of 2003, it has a population of approximately 471,500.
It has an average annual precipitation of 1500 mm. The average temperature in January is 6 °C, in July it is 28 °C, and average annual temperature is 17 °C.
Until 1980, the district was under the administration of Huangyan, and was called Haimen District.
When Haimen District was upgraded to a county-level city in 1981, it was renamed as Jiaojiang City to avoid confusion with Haimen
in Jiangsu province.
In 1994, the prefecture-level city of Taizhou was established, and Jiaojiang City became its district.
Taizhou, Zhejiang
Taizhou is a prefecture-level city in middle eastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China...
in Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
Province, China. It is the seat of the city.
The district has its mainland area of 266.5 km², and its islands area of 13.6 km². The total area is 280.1 km².
As of 2003, it has a population of approximately 471,500.
It has an average annual precipitation of 1500 mm. The average temperature in January is 6 °C, in July it is 28 °C, and average annual temperature is 17 °C.
Until 1980, the district was under the administration of Huangyan, and was called Haimen District.
When Haimen District was upgraded to a county-level city in 1981, it was renamed as Jiaojiang City to avoid confusion with Haimen
Haimen
Haimen is a county-level city in the southeast of Jiangsu province of Eastern China. It is located at the opposite side of the Yangtze River to Shanghai. Chonghai Bridge links the city to Chongming County.The county has a seat named Haimen Township...
in Jiangsu province.
In 1994, the prefecture-level city of Taizhou was established, and Jiaojiang City became its district.