Jintan

Jintan
Traditional Chinese	金壇
Simplified Chinese	金坛
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Jīntán - Wade–Giles Chin-t'an - IPA [tɕíntʰǎn] - Postal Map Jintan

Jintan (simplified Chinese: 金坛; traditional Chinese: 金壇; pinyin: Jīntán) is a county-level city within Changzhou in Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China.

Location

Jintan, is located in Jiangsu province in the south, surrounded by Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing. The name Jintan developed from Jinshan county, which continued to be used up to now (on November 10, 1993 Jintan was removed from county and became officially a city). In 1987, the county had 22 towns, the county government located in Jincheng town, it belonged to Changzhou, Jiangsu province. Jintan has a total area of 976.7 square kilometers. Among them land area covers 781.27 square kilometers, and water covers an area of 194.22 square kilometers. Because of such proportion, Jintan is commonly known as the "two mountain two water six points field". It has a permanent resident population of 552047 people (2010). Jintan is approximately 2–3 hours away from Shanghai by highway bus.

Dialect

Wu Chinese is the vernacular language spoken here. Local words and northern Jiangsu words are two parts of it. For the reason of geographical position, it caused the fusion of languages. The language habits of the floating population also had influence on the local language. In a word, the dialect is always changing.

Environment

Geography and geomorphologyc

In the west of Jintan, there are some mountains, all these mountains belong to Maoshan, cover an area of about 223 square kilometers (square miles). The highest peak of Maoshan is 372.5 meters above sea level. In the east of Jintan are flatlands, part of the Taihu Plain, with an area of about 752 square kilometers (square miles).

Lakes

There are 216 rivers in Jintan, in total 512 km long. The southeast Tiao Lake (also named Changdang Lake), covers 8200 hectares. This lake is One of the ten largest freshwater lake in Jiangsu province .

Climate

Jintan is in municipal Northern subtropical monsoon climate zone. Jintan City climate is characterized by four seasons, adequate heat, precipitation little rain hot with quarter disasters. Annual average temperature 15.3 degrees, average annual precipitation 1063.5 mm. The frost-free period covers 228 days, Average humidity is 78% .

Economy

Jintan is a relatively important and clean industrial city. It is known for its brown vinegar production. In 2008 the GDP reached 26.3 billion yuan and GDP per capita reached 48,257 yuan (US$7,060).

Notable persons

Song Ruixiang, the former governor of Qinghai was born in Jintan. The mathematician Hua Luogeng was also from the city. There is now a very prestigious middle school named after him. Hua Luogeng (1910–1985) was a world-renowned mathematician. He had 10 monographs during his lifetime, and more than 200 papers. He was listed in the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology as one of the 88 great mathematician of the world.

External links

• - China Jintan
• Jintan Information Portal
• Jintan Personnel Network
• Jintan News
• Jintan Talent Network
• Jintan Technology Network
• Jintan City English guide (Jiangsu.NET)
• Jintan-Jinten-Hitam-Habbatussauda Habasyah