Yangzhou, known as Guangling, Jiangdu and Weiyang in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city and a second-class big city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province. It is an important part of Jiangsu Yangtze River Economic Belt, a member city of Nanjing metropolitan area and a central city of Yangtze River Delta. It is the food capital of the world, the canal capital of the world, the cultural capital of East Asia, the first batch of national historical and cultural cities and a scenic tourist city with traditional characteristics, with a total area of 659 1.2 1 square kilometer.
It governs 3 districts 1 county and 2 county-level cities. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 165438+ 10/0 in June 2020, the resident population of Yangzhou was 4,559,797. Yangzhou is located in the middle of Jiangsu Province, at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and is known as the geographical and geometric center of Jiangsu Province (Gaoyou City, Yangzhou).
Slender West Lake
Slender West Lake is located at No.28 Dahongqiao Road, Weiyang District, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, between Shugang and the urban area, starting from Ganlongyu Wharf and ending at Pingshantang and Guanyin Mountain in the north of Shugang. It covers an area of nearly 2000 mu, including 700 mu of water surface area. Slender West Lake belongs to the transition zone from subtropical monsoon humid climate to temperate monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine and rainfall, and the prevailing wind direction changes obviously with the seasons.
Slender West Lake is divided into two tributaries from the foot of Shugang Mountain in daming temple in the north to Xichuntai in the south. One of Jingnian Bridge in the southwest leads to Haoxi, and the other leads to Xiaojinshan in the east, which is divided into two tributaries, one from Xiaojinshan to Friendship Bridge to Chaohe River in the north, and the other from Xiaojinshan to Dahongqiao to Ximen Erdaohe River in the south along the long embankment. It is about 3.3 kilometers long, among which daming temple Shugangxia-Chuntai-lianhua bridge-Xiaojinshan-Dahongqiao is the main water area where Jingsheng is concentrated.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yangzhou