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Yangzhou 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℃, 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.
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.
There are many scenic spots and historical relics in Yangzhou, such as
the Shouxi Lake scenic area, 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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