Jintan
Encyclopedia
Jintan is a county-level city
within Changzhou
in Jiangsu
province of the People's Republic of China
.
province in the south, surrounded by Shanghai
, Hangzhou
and Nanjing
. The name Jintan developed from Jinshan
county, which continued to be used up to now (on November 10, 1993 Jintan was removed from county and became officially a city). In 1987, the county had 22 towns, the county government located in Jincheng
town, it belonged to Changzhou
, Jiangsu province. Jintan has a total area of 976.7 square kilometers. Among them land area covers 781.27 square kilometers, and water covers an area of 194.22 square kilometers. Because of such proportion, Jintan is commonly known as the "two mountain two water six points field". It has a permanent resident population of 552047 people (2010). Jintan is approximately 2-3 hours away from Shanghai
by highway bus.
flatlands, part of the Taihu Plain, with an area of about 752 square kilometers (square miles).
was born in Jintan. The mathematician Hua Luogeng
was also from the city. There is now a very prestigious middle school named after him.
Hua Luogeng (1910 - 1985) was a world-renowned mathematician
. He had 10 monographs during his lifetime, and more than 200 papers. He was listed in the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology as one of the 88 great mathematician of the world.
County-level city
A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....
within Changzhou
Changzhou
Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, Jinling, and Wujin. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the...
in Jiangsu
Jiangsu
' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...
province of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
.
Location
Jintan, is located in JiangsuJiangsu
' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...
province in the south, surrounded by Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
and Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
. The name Jintan developed from Jinshan
Jinshan
-Mainland China:*Jinshan District , Shanghai*Mount Jin , mountain in Zhenjiang, JiangsuSubdistricts *Jinshan Subdistrict, Fuzhou, in Cangshan District, Fuzhou, Fujian*Jinshan Subdistrict, Xiamen, in Huli District, Xiamen, Fujian...
county, which continued to be used up to now (on November 10, 1993 Jintan was removed from county and became officially a city). In 1987, the county had 22 towns, the county government located in Jincheng
Jincheng
Jincheng is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi province of north China. It is an industrial city in an area where coal mining is an important industry. It has a population of 2.2 million....
town, it belonged to Changzhou
Changzhou
Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, Jinling, and Wujin. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the...
, Jiangsu province. Jintan has a total area of 976.7 square kilometers. Among them land area covers 781.27 square kilometers, and water covers an area of 194.22 square kilometers. Because of such proportion, Jintan is commonly known as the "two mountain two water six points field". It has a permanent resident population of 552047 people (2010). Jintan is approximately 2-3 hours away from Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
by highway bus.
Dialect
Wu Chinese is the vernacular language spoken here. Local words and northern Jiangsu words are two parts of it. For the reason of geographical position, it caused the fusion of languages. The language habits of the floating population also had influence on the local language. In a word, the dialect is always changing.Geography and geomorphologyc
In the west of Jintan ,there are some mountains, all these mountains belong to Maoshan, cover an area of about 223 square kilometers (square miles). The highest peak of Maoshan is 372.5 meters above sea level. In the east of Jintan areflatlands, part of the Taihu Plain, with an area of about 752 square kilometers (square miles).
Lakes
There are 216 rivers in Jintan, in total 512 km long. The southeast Tiao Lake (also named Changdang Lake), covers 8200 hectares. This lake is One of the ten largest freshwater lake in Jiangsu province .Climate
Jintan is in municipal Northern subtropical monsoon climate zone. Jintan City climate is characterized by four seasons, adequate heat, precipitation little rain hot with quarter disasters. Annual average temperature 15.3 degrees, average annual precipitation 1063.5 mm. The frost-free period covers 228 days, Average humidity is 78% .Economy
Jintan is a relatively important and clean industrial city. It is known for its brown vinegar production. In 2008 the GDP reached 26.3 billion yuan and GDP per capita reached 48,257 yuan (US$7,060).Notable persons
Song Ruixiang, the former governor of QinghaiQinghai
Qinghai ; Oirat Mongolian: ; ; Salar:) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake...
was born in Jintan. The mathematician Hua Luogeng
Hua Luogeng
Hua Luogeng was a Chinese mathematician born in Jintan, Jiangsu. He was the founder and pioneer in many fields in mathematical research. He wrote more than 200 papers and monographs, many of which became classics. Since his sudden death while delivering a lecture at the University of Tokyo, Japan,...
was also from the city. There is now a very prestigious middle school named after him.
Hua Luogeng (1910 - 1985) was a world-renowned mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. He had 10 monographs during his lifetime, and more than 200 papers. He was listed in the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology as one of the 88 great mathematician of the world.