Yixing

Yixing
宜兴市
Ihing
A park in Yixing
A park in Yixing
Yixing is located in Jiangsu
Yixing
Yixing
Location within Jiangsu
Coordinates: 31°21′36″N 119°48′54″E / 31.360°N 119.815°E / 31.360; 119.815
CountryChina
ProvinceJiangsu
Prefecture-level cityWuxi
SeatYicheng Subdistrict [zh]
Area
 • Total1,996.6 km2 (770.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,075,800
 • Density540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
214200
Area code0510
Websitewww.yixing.gov.cn

Yixing (simplified Chinese: 宜兴; traditional Chinese: 宜興; pinyin: Yíxīng) is a county-level city administered under the prefecture-level city of Wuxi in southern Jiangsu province, China, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware tea pots. It is a pene-exclave with Changzhou. The city spans an area of 1,996.6 square kilometres (770.9 sq mi),[1] and has a registered hukou population of about 1,075,800 as of 2020.[2]

  1. ^ 地理位置 [Geographic Location]. www.yixing.gov.cn (in Chinese). Yixing Municipal People's Government. 2021-08-25. Archived from the original on 2021-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  2. ^ 区划人口 [Divisions and Population]. www.yixing.gov.cn (in Chinese). Yixing Municipal People's Government. 2021-08-25. Archived from the original on 2021-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-30.