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Also known as Yangchow, Yang-chou, Yangchou
Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze, it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yancheng to the northeast, Taizhou to the east, and Zhenjiang across the river to the south. Its population was 4,559,797 at the 2020 census and its urban area is home to 2,635,435 inhabitants, including three urban districts, currently in the agglomeration.
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Yangzhou is a major city in central Jiangsu Province in eastern China, located on the north bank of the Yangtze River with a population of over 4.5 million people. The city serves as an important regional hub, positioned strategically between the provincial capital Nanjing and several neighboring cities, with a substantial urban core of roughly 2.6 million residents spread across three urban districts.
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Place details
- Locality
- 邗江区
- Region
- 江苏省
- Country
- 中国
- Population
- 1,584,237
- Timezone
Travel guide
Understand
thumb|A typical modern middle-class neighborhood in Yangzhou The city has a history of over 2,500 years and developed as a major trading center for salt, rice and silk. Marco Polo served as the city's governor (or possibly a Salt Official for the government, or he just stayed there for that period of time) for three years in the late 13th century. Yangzhou has a population exceeding 1,000,000.
Built on flat land a few miles north of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou is criss-crossed by a network of canals of all size, from the Grand Canal of China (which, actually, has two routes - the old, next to the city center, and the modern, a few miles to the east) to small neighborhood canals.
Several walled cities existed here over the two millennia, but even the last (Ming Dynasty) wall has been demolished long ago. Still, the contours of the Ming city wall are traced by the canals surrounding the two kilometer square in Yangzhou's city center. New neighborhoods have grown for about 5 km or more in all directions outside of the former walled city.
Yangzhou is the birthplace of former Chinese politician and CCP general secretary Jiang Zemin, the leader of the third Chinese generation.
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thumb|Yangzhou Railway Station
Get around
City buses are reliable and cheap (typically ¥2 per ride), but the service of many routes ends at around 18:00-19:00, with several key routes operating until around 22:00 or the last train arrivals. Bus stops are well marked; bus schedules (in Chinese), with the list of stops along the route, are posted at bus stops.
The key east-west routes Z6, K1, and 88, along the city's central axis, Wenchang Rd, connect the two main railway stations in the city. The key "tourism" routes 游1/2/3 run through major tourist spots in town. Information on all the bus routes is available in major Chinese navigation apps (e.g., Amap and Baidu Maps).
Rideshare and taxi services are widely available. Pedicabs are also abundant in the old town (tourist area) for a leisure ride through the narrow alleys.
Bicycling around Yangzhou is fairly pleasant, as major streets usually have protected bicycle lanes with usually low traffic outside of the city center. Like in many other Chinese cities, cheap shared bicycles are ubiquitous in the urban area of Yangzhou. However, please be alert to the mopeds that often disregard traffic laws.
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