Yangzhong

There were only several smaller shoals in the area of present-day Yangzhong during the Eastern Jin. As time went on, they enlarged and merged into an elongated shoal by Tang dynasty, which was called Xiaozhou ({{lang|zh|小洲}}; literally: "Small shoal") in Song dynasty. It was renamed Xinzhou ({{lang|zh|新洲}}) and then Ximinzhou ({{lang|zh-hant|細民洲}}) during Ming dynasty, and was designated Taipingzhou ({{lang|zh|太平洲}}) in Qing dynasty.

In 1904, the imperial court decided to establish a subprefecture named after Taiping. In 1911, it was promoted to a county. Since there is a namesake in Anhui. The county was renamed Yangzhong, the abbreviation of "{{lang|zh-hant|揚子江中}}" which means "(the shoal is) in the Yangtze River".

• In 1938, the Japanese army captured the county, then it was governed by the pro-Japanese collaborators.
• In 1939, the Jiangnan Counter-Japanese Volunteers' Army attacked the county, then the Nationalist Government controlled it.
• In 1940, the Japanese army recaptured the county.
• In July 1945, the force of CPC overthrew the puppet county government, but the Nationalist Government controlled the county in December.
• On 22 April 1949, the PLA captured the county.
• In 1994, the county was turn into a county-level city.

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• Yangzhong Economic Development Zone ({{lang|zh-Hans|扬中经济开发区}})

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|Jan high C = 7.1

|Feb high C = 9.6

|Mar high C = 14.4

|Apr high C = 20.6

|May high C = 26.1

|Jun high C = 29.0

|Jul high C = 32.0

|Aug high C = 31.3

|Sep high C = 27.5

|Oct high C = 22.6

|Nov high C = 16.5

|Dec high C = 9.8

|Jan mean C = 3.2

|Feb mean C = 5.3

|Mar mean C = 9.7

|Apr mean C = 15.5

|May mean C = 21.0

|Jun mean C = 24.7

|Jul mean C = 28.2

|Aug mean C = 27.7

|Sep mean C = 23.5

|Oct mean C = 18.1

|Nov mean C = 12.0

|Dec mean C = 5.6

|Jan low C = 0.3

|Feb low C = 2.0

|Mar low C = 5.8

|Apr low C = 11.1

|May low C = 16.7

|Jun low C = 21.4

|Jul low C = 25.2

|Aug low C = 24.8

|Sep low C = 20.3

|Oct low C = 14.4

|Nov low C = 8.4

|Dec low C = 2.4

|Jan record high C = 19.9 |Jan record low C = -9.0

|Feb record high C = 26.0 |Feb record low C = -9.0

|Mar record high C = 33.7 |Mar record low C = -5.1

|Apr record high C = 33.2 |Apr record low C = -0.4

|May record high C = 35.6 |May record low C = 5.4

|Jun record high C = 37.5 |Jun record low C = 12.7

|Jul record high C = 38.5 |Jul record low C = 18.6

|Aug record high C = 38.6 |Aug record low C = 17.5

|Sep record high C = 37.5 |Sep record low C = 8.9

|Oct record high C = 32.6 |Oct record low C = 1.5

|Nov record high C = 28.9 |Nov record low C = -3.6

|Dec record high C = 22.4 |Dec record low C = -11.2

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|Jan precipitation mm = 52.0

|Feb precipitation mm = 49.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 76.8

|Apr precipitation mm = 69.4

|May precipitation mm = 89.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 173.9

|Jul precipitation mm = 200.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 167.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 78.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 55.5

|Nov precipitation mm = 54.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 37.7

|Jan humidity = 73

|Feb humidity = 73

|Mar humidity = 71

|Apr humidity = 71

|May humidity = 71

|Jun humidity = 76

|Jul humidity = 80

|Aug humidity = 81

|Sep humidity = 79

|Oct humidity = 74

|Nov humidity = 73

|Dec humidity = 71

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 8.7

|Feb precipitation days = 9.0

|Mar precipitation days = 10.4

|Apr precipitation days = 9.5

|May precipitation days = 10.3

|Jun precipitation days = 11.2

|Jul precipitation days = 13.0

|Aug precipitation days = 12.2

|Sep precipitation days = 8.8

|Oct precipitation days = 7.4

|Nov precipitation days = 8.4

|Dec precipitation days = 7.3

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|Jan sun = 132.6

|Feb sun = 130.5

|Mar sun = 160.1

|Apr sun = 185.3

|May sun = 195.8

|Jun sun = 152.8

|Jul sun = 193.2

|Aug sun = 204.4

|Sep sun = 175.7

|Oct sun = 174.3

|Nov sun = 148.2

|Dec sun = 145.0

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| Jan percentsun = 42

| Feb percentsun = 42

| Mar percentsun = 43

| Apr percentsun = 48

| May percentsun = 46

| Jun percentsun = 36

| Jul percentsun = 45

| Aug percentsun = 50

| Sep percentsun = 48

| Oct percentsun = 50

| Nov percentsun = 47

| Dec percentsun = 47

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|Jan snow days = 3.1

|Feb snow days = 2.4

|Mar snow days = 0.8

|Apr snow days = 0.1

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0

|Nov snow days = 0.2

|Dec snow days = 1.1

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Yangzhong is famous for its pufferfish aquaculture and cuisine. It is also home to a 2,300 ton giant bronze pufferfish sculpture.{{Cite web |date=2013-09-09 |title=江苏扬中耗资7000万元建“河豚塔”引争议 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSCNE98S027/}} Each spring the city hosts a pufferfish food festival, which in 2018 attracted over 850,000 tourists.{{Cite web |title=江苏扬中河豚节一个月揽客85万人次，发行《扬中河豚记忆》_长三角政商_澎湃新闻-The Paper |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2090030?commTag=true |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.thepaper.cn}}

• Yangzhong Land Park

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• {{cite web |url=http://kfq.yz.gov.cn/en/location.htm |title=About Yangzhong |access-date=2007-11-17 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071217235403/http://kfq.yz.gov.cn/en/location.htm |archive-date = 2007-12-17}}

• [http://www.jiangsu.net/city/city.php?name=yangzhong Yangzhong City English guide] (Jiangsu.net)

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