Shuyang County

Shuyang
沭阳县
Shuyang County in July 2011
Shuyang County in July 2011
Shuyang is located in Jiangsu
Shuyang
Shuyang
Location in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 34°06′52″N 118°46′08″E / 34.11444°N 118.76889°E / 34.11444; 118.76889
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangsu
Prefecture-level citySuqian
Established582 BC
Government
 • TypeProvince Managing County
 • MayorHu Jianjun (胡建军)
Area
 • County2,298 km2 (887 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • County1,930,000
 • Density840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
 • Urban
650,000
 • Metro
650,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
223600
Area code527
GDP¥63.01billion (2015)
Major NationalitiesHan
Township-level divisions34
License Plate苏N
Websitewww.shuyang.gov.cn
Shuyang County
Traditional Chinese沭陽
Simplified Chinese沭阳
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShùyáng

Shuyang (simplified Chinese: 沭阳县; traditional Chinese: 沭陽縣; pinyin: Shùyáng Xiàn) is a county in northern Jiangsu province. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suqian.[1] Shuyang sits on the Northern Jiangsu Plains and borders the cities of Xuzhou, Lianyungang, and Huai'an to the north, east, and south.

Shuyang is a pilot administrative division for "provinces governing county level units directly" in Jiangsu, along with Kunshan and Taixing.

  1. ^ "市县社会经济". Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.