Yancheng

Yancheng 盐城市 Yencheng
Prefecture-level city
[[file:Bank of Jiangsu Yancheng, China.jpg|0px|alt=]] Top to bottom, left to right: Flower Street in Yancheng, Yancheng TV Tower, Bank of Jiangsu Yancheng, a Yancheng Monastery, a second Yancheng Monastery, Lu Xiufu Temple
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Yancheng Location in Jiangsu Show map of Jiangsu Yancheng Yancheng (Eastern China) Show map of Eastern China Yancheng Yancheng (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Yancheng municipal government): 33°21′0″N 120°9′25″E / 33.35000°N 120.15694°E / 33.35000; 120.15694
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Established	January 18, 1983
Government
• Type	Prefecture-level city
• CCP Committee Secretary	Zhu Kejiang (朱克江)
• Mayor	Dai Yuan (戴源)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	16,920.83 km2 (6,533.17 sq mi)
• Urban	1,914 km2 (739 sq mi)
Population  (2020[1])
• Prefecture-level city	6,709,629
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
• Urban	2,379,194
• Metro	2,379,194
Languages
• Native language	Jianghuai Mandarin
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 549 trillion US$ 83 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 75,986 US$ 11,504
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	224000 (Urban center) 224100-224700 (Other areas)
Area code	515
ISO 3166 code	CN-JS-09
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	9
Township-level divisions	144
License Plate Prefix	苏J
Website	www.yancheng.gov.cn
Symbols
Flower	Crape Myrtle Peony
Tree	Ligustrum Ginkgo

Yancheng (simplified Chinese: 盐城; traditional Chinese: 鹽城; pinyin: Yánchéng), formerly known as Yandu, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern coastal Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. As the city with the largest jurisdictional area in Jiangsu, Yancheng borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai'an to the west, Yangzhou and Taizhou to the southwest, Nantong to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the east. Formerly a county, the current Yancheng city was founded on January 18, 1983.

Yancheng, literally "Salt City", is named after the salt harvest fields surrounding the city. According to historical records,^[which?] collection and production of sea salt in the region began as early as 119 BC, during the Western Han dynasty, when the settlement on the current location of Yancheng was named Yandu County (盐渎县). According to the 2020 census, Yancheng had a registered population of 6,709,629, with 1,733,591 inhabitants in its built up area comprising the districts of Tinghu and Yandu.