Yancheng City is located in the east of Jiangsu Province, bordering Huaihe River and Yangtse River in the west, the Yellow Sea in the east, between 32 ° 34 ′ - 34 ° 28 ′ N and 119 ° 27 ′ - 120 ° 55 ′ E.It has jurisdiction over Tinghu, Yandu District II, Xiangshui, Binhai, Funing, Jianhu, Sheyang and Dafeng, Dongtai.The total area is 14983 square kilometers, and the total population is 7.957 million.The urban area is at the intersection of Chuanchang River and Xinyang Port, with an area of 423 square kilometers and a population of 629000.Yancheng was called "Huaiyi Land" before the Zhou Dynasty.When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set Yandu County, which belonged to Guangling County.It was renamed Yancheng in the seventh year of the reign of Emperor An in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (411).The Tang Dynasty belonged to Huai'an Road, the Song Dynasty belonged to Chuzhou, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties belonged to Huai'an Prefecture.After the 1911 Revolution, it was renamed Yancheng County.In 1940, the New Fourth Army built Yanfu District here.Yancheng District was established in 1949.In 1983, Yancheng was established as a prefecture level city.Yanchengyin
