| Hongze | |
| Other Name: | Hungtze |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 223100 |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Jiangsu |
| Pushpin Label: | Hongze |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jiangsu |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jiangsu |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Huai'an |
| Subdivision Type3: | Divisions |
| Area Total Km2: | 1394 |
| Population Total: | 388000 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 33.224°N 118.826°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Hongze is one of four districts (a former county) of the prefecture-level city of Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, China. Occupying the southeastern shores of Lake Hongze, it borders the prefecture-level cities of Suqian to the northwest and Yangzhou (briefly) to the east.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the New Fourth Army established Huaibao and Hongze counties around Lake Hongze, in 1940 and 1941 respectively. Both counties were dissolved in 1950. The new Hongze county, within a wider area around the lake, was founded to implement the guiding principle of "reshuffling administrative divisions by the lake" in 1956.[1]
At present, Hongze District has 11 towns.[2]
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