Huai'an

Huai'an
淮安市
Hwaian, Huai-an
Left to right, top to bottom: Zhenhuailou Tower above the city gate, the skyline of Huai'an, Huai'an tram line 1, the Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall, night view of Hexia old town.
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Location of Huai'an City (red) in Jiangsu
Location of Huai'an City (red) in Jiangsu
Huai'an is located in Jiangsu
Huai'an
Huai'an
Location of the city center in Jiangsu
Huai'an is located in Eastern China
Huai'an
Huai'an
Huai'an (Eastern China)
Huai'an is located in China
Huai'an
Huai'an
Huai'an (China)
Coordinates (Huai'an municipal government): 33°33′04″N 119°06′47″E / 33.551°N 119.113°E / 33.551; 119.113
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangsu
Municipal seatHuai'an District
Government
 • MayorHui Jianlin (惠建林)
Area
 • Prefecture-level city9,950 km2 (3,840 sq mi)
 • Urban
4,494.3 km2 (1,735.3 sq mi)
 • Metro
3,202.6 km2 (1,236.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Prefecture-level city4,556,230
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,829,864
 • Urban density630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
 • Metro
2,544,767
 • Metro density790/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
GDP[2]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 360 billion
US$ 54.4 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 73,204
US$ 11,083
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
223000, 223200, 223300
(Urban center)
211600, 211700, 223100, 223400
(Other areas) (Other areas)
Area code517
ISO 3166 codeCN-JS-08
Major NationalitiesHan
County-level divisions8
Township-level divisions127
License Plate Prefix苏H
Websitewww.huaian.gov.cn
Huai'an
Chinese淮安
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuái'ān
Wade–GilesHuai2-an1
IPA[xwǎɪ.án]
Huaiyin
Traditional Chinese淮陰
Simplified Chinese淮阴
Literal meaningSouth Bank of the Huai
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuáiyīn
Wade–GilesHuai-yin

Huai'an, formerly Huaiyin, is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province in Eastern China. As of 2020, the built-up area (metro) of its 3 central urban districts had 2,544,767 inhabitants and the prefecture-level city as a whole had 4,556,230 inhabitants, down from 4.8 million in 2010.

Long an important regional center, Huai'an lies on and is named for the Huai River, the historical boundary between Northern and Southern Chinese culture. Once much closer to the East China Sea, it now lies in the middle of Jianghuai, the vast alluvial plain created by silt from the Huai and from the Yellow River, which flowed nearby for centuries prior to the massive floods in the mid-19th century which returned it to its old course north of Shandong. Huai'an is known as the birthplace of Han Xin, a famed general who helped found the Han dynasty and overwhelm Xiang Yu in Chu-han contention; Wu Cheng'en (1500–1582), the Ming author of Journey to the West; and Zhou Enlai (1898–1976), a prominent and early Chinese Communist leader who served as premier of the PRC from 1949 until his death in 1976.

  1. ^ "China: Jiāngsū (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  2. ^ "存档副本". Archived from the original on 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2019-10-07.