Jintan

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Jintan
Simplified Chinese 金坛
Traditional Chinese 金壇
Postal Map Jintan

Jintan (simplified Chinese: 金坛; traditional Chinese: 金壇; pinyin: Jīntán) is a county-level city within Changzhou in Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China.

Location

Jintan, is located in Jiangsu 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 kilometres (377.1 sq mi). Among them land area covers 781.27 square kilometres (301.65 sq mi), and water covers an area of 194.22 square kilometres (74.99 sq mi). Because of such proportion, Jintan is commonly known as the "two mountain two water six points field". As of 2010, it has a permanent resident population of 552,047 people. Jintan is approximately 2–3 hours away from Shanghai 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.

Environment

Geography and geomorphology

In the west of Jintan, there are some mountains, all these mountains belong to Maoshan, cover an area of about 223 square kilometres (86 sq mi). The highest peak of Maoshan is 372.5 metres (1,222 ft) above sea level. In the east of Jintan are flatlands, part of the Taihu Plain, with an area of about 752 square kilometres (290 sq mi).

Lakes

There are 216 rivers in Jintan, in total 512 kilometres (318 mi) long. The southeast Tiao Lake (also named Changdang Lake), covers 8,200 hectares (32 sq mi). 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 °C (59.5 °F), average annual precipitation 1,063.5 millimetres (41.87 in). 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 from Jintan

  • The world-renowned mathematician Hua Luogeng (1910–1985) was born in Jintan. He was listed in the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology as one of the 88 great mathematician of the world.

There is now a very prestigious middle school named after him.

  • Song Ruixiang, a geologist and former Minister of Geology and Mineral Resources and former governor of Qinghai was born in Jintan.

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Coordinates: 31°42′03.60″N 119°32′42.00″E / 31.7010000°N 119.5450000°E / 31.7010000; 119.5450000

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