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Yangzhou China lies in the south of Jiangsu Province. It is not only a historical and cultural city but also an important industrial base of china. Yangzhou has an area of 12,431 square kilometers and a population of 9.31 million.
Yangzhou is a plain. The Grand Canal passes through it from north to south, and the Tongyang Canal passes through it from west to east. Yangzhou has a subtropical monsoon climate with an annual average temperature of 14.8¡æ, and has 224 frost-free days. Annual rainfall averages 1,100 millimeters. There are many natural resources in Yangzhou, including petroleum, natural gas, and pottery clay. The country's largest gas field is located in Yangzhou. Yangzhou City industries include machinery, chemical, textile, food processing, and electronics. The collectively-owned enterprises of Yangzhou are flourishing. The chief farm products of Yangzhou are rice, pigs, rapeseed, freshwater fish, and poultry. The main transportation facilities of Yangzhou are road and waterways. Yangzhou has some harbors, including the Bian Harbor which ships of up to 10,000-DWT can call at, the Gao Harbor - a harbor of middle size in Taixing, and the Yizheng Harbor - one of the China's 4 large oil harbors. For Yangzhou Travel, there are many scenic spots and historical relics in Yangzhou, such as the Shouxi Lake scenic area - it has a slender and elegant characteristic of its own, hence it is called Shouxi Lake. The Ge Garden, the Daming Monastery, the Guanyinshan Monastery, the Xianque Monastery, the Tianning Monastery, and the Tomb of Puhaddin. The special locally-made products include lacquerware, jade-ware, shell sculptures, embroidery, and toys. |
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Yangzhou Travel Guide & Tourist Information