Siyang County Explained

Siyang
Other Name:Szeyang
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:223700
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:China Jiangsu
Pushpin Label:Siyang
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:Suqian
Subdivision Type3:Divisions
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1418
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:1067700
Population As Of:2018
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:33.721°N 118.703°W
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Siyang County is under the administration of Suqian, Jiangsu province, China. It borders the prefecture-level city of Huai'an to the southeast.

Siyang is famous for its poplar tree. It is the earliest Chinese county and the Italian poplar tree were the highest poplar coverage of China as China polar tree industry county of the most developed county forestry of China and to learn the unique honor of "China YiYang township of" title of county the name. In addition, SiYang because has the Chinese unique poplar museum, and hold China unique YangShuJie which is famous and well-known.

Administrative divisions

At present, Siyang County has 11 towns and 5 townships.[3]

11 towns
  • Zhongxing (Chinese: 众兴镇)
  • Aiyuan (Chinese: 爱园镇)
  • Wangji (Chinese: 王集镇)
  • Peixu (Chinese: 裴圩镇)
  • Xinyuan (Chinese: 新袁镇)
  • Likou (Chinese: 李口镇)
  • Linhe (Chinese: 临河镇)
  • Chuancheng (Chinese: 穿城镇)
  • Luji (Chinese: 卢集镇)
  • Gaodu (Chinese: 高渡镇)
  • Zhangjiaxu (Chinese: 张家圩镇)
5 townships
  • Zhuangwei (Chinese: 庄圩乡)
  • Liren (Chinese: 里仁乡)
  • Sanzhuang (Chinese: 三庄乡)
  • Baji (Chinese: 八集乡)
  • Nanliuji (Chinese: 南刘集乡)

References

Notes and References

  1. Suqian Statistical Yearbook 2012/. Accessed 9 July 2014.
  2. China 2010 Census County-by-county Statistics/. Accessed 9 July 2014.
  3. Web site: 宿迁市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org . XZQH . zh . 2012-05-24.