Jieyang City is located in the east of Guangdong Province, with a land span of 1 15 36 ˊ to163771439 "and a land span of 22 53 ˊ to 23 4671"north latitude. Meizhou in the north, Nanhai in the south, Shantou and Chaozhou in the east and Shanwei in the west. The land area is 5240.5 square kilometers. The mainland coastline is 136.9 km long, and there are more than 30 coastal islands. The inland rivers mainly include Rongjiang, Longjiang and Lianjiang.
In the thirty-third year of Qin Shihuang (2 14 BC), Jieyang County was built, which was named after Jieyang Mountain, one of the five mountains in the northwest of the county. 199/kloc-0 was set as a prefecture-level city in June, 2008+February, and it is an emerging city with the longest history, the largest area and the largest population in Chaoshan area.
Jieyang terrain inclines from west to east, with low hills and valleys and plains alternating and unevenly distributed. The northwest and southwest are mostly hills and mountains, while the middle, south and southeast are vast and fertile Rongjiang alluvial plain and coastal sedimentary plain. Known as the "land of plenty".
Jieyang enjoys the reputation of "Jade Capital of China". Jieyang's jade industry has a history of more than 100 years, and it has the highest grade, largest scale and most concentrated middle and high-grade jade marketing professional market and production and processing base in China and even in Asia. Products are sold to mainland provinces, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Southeast Asia and even countries around the world.
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The Historical Evolution and Culture of Jieyang
Jieyang is an ancient city with a long history in eastern Guangdong, with a history of more than 2,200 years. It was named after Jieyang Mountain, one of the five mountains, and it was a hundred in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. After Qin Shihuang Pingyue, in thirty-three years (2 14 BC), Jieyang garrison was established, belonging to Nanhai County. In the sixth year of Emperor Gaozu's Ding Yuan (BC 165438+ BC 0 1), Jieyang County was established, which governed Chaoshan, Meizhou and Longxi and Zhangpu in southern Fujian.
In the sixth year of Hecheng in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 33 1), Jieyang was divided into four counties: Haiyang, Chaoyang, Haining and Sui 'an. After several recycling, Jieyang County was established in Shaoxing of Song Dynasty in 10 (AD 1 140).
After the founding of New China, Jieyang County successively belonged to Chaoshan District, Yuedong Administrative District, Shantou City and Shantou City. 199 1 year 65438+February 7th, the State Council (Guo Han [1991] No.84) approved Jieyang to withdraw from the county and set up a city (prefecture level).
The Rongjiang and Lianjiang river basins in Jieyang city are historically one of the economically developed areas in eastern Guangdong. Foreign trade has a long history. As early as the Tang Dynasty, Rongjiang Fort Port, Shenquan Port and Jinghai Port were opened to navigation with Southeast Asian countries, which promoted the development of local economy. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, handicrafts and commerce were more developed.
In the early years of the Republic of China, with the input of modern industrial technology, hardware products industry, garment processing industry and cotton textile industry with simple machining appeared. From the late period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to the eve of liberation, Jieyang's economy was paralyzed.
194910 June19, Rongcheng city was liberated. Since then, Jieyang has started a new period of socialist revolution and construction. Since the reform and opening up, especially since the founding of the city, Jieyang's economy and society have developed rapidly and great progress has been made in the construction of two civilizations.
Baidu encyclopedia-Jieyang
Jieyang Municipal People's Government-Geographical Location
Jieyang Municipal People's Government-Overview of Jieyang City
Jieyang Municipal People's Government-Historical Evolution and Culture