Rugao
Rugao 如皋市 | |
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  Rugao Location in Jiangsu | |
| Coordinates: 32°14′46″N 120°35′28″E / 32.246°N 120.591°ECoordinates: 32°14′46″N 120°35′28″E / 32.246°N 120.591°E[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Prefecture-level city | Nantong |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Rugao (Chinese: 如皋; pinyin: Rúgāo) is a county-level city under the administration of Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, located in the Yangtze River Delta on the northern (left) bank of the river.
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History[edit]
In 411, the western part of then Hailing (Taizhou) was separated from the county to create Rugao county, which named after a coastal village. During Sui dynasty, the county was merged into Ninghai county. Restored in 952, the county was transferred to then Tongzhou in 1724.[2] Around the 1930s, Rugao was the most populous county in then Jiangsu province.[3] Two county governments of the New Fourth Army were established in the then county: Ruxi (literally Western Rugao) and Rugao (1940–5, was renamed as Rudong by the CPC in November 1945 ), while the Tongzhou-Yangzhou Canal marked the boundary between the two regions, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Ruxi succeed to the designation Rugao in 1945, the reshuffling of territory came true only in January 1949, when the CPC totally controlled the area. On 1 June, 1990, with approval of the State Council, Rugao was turned into a county-level city, which went into effect in 1991.[2]
Administrative divisions[edit]
Rucheng Subdistrict
Tourism[edit]
- Shuihui Garden
- Lingwei Taoist Temple
- Red Army Memorial Museum
Notable people[edit]
- Henry Lee, criminologist
- Zhu Qianhua, writer
- Huang Beijia, writer
References[edit]
- ^ Google (2014-07-02). "Rugao" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ^ a b 中国历史地名大辞典 [The Great Encyclopaedia of Chinese Historical Toponyms]. p. 1154. ISBN 978-7-500-44929-4.
- ^ 江苏省志・人口志 [Jiangsu Provical Gazetteer, Volume on Demography]. Fangzhi Publishing House. pp. 90–8. ISBN 978-7-801-22526-9.
External links[edit]
- (in Chinese) Rugao government
- (in Chinese) Rugao City English guide (Jiangsu.NET)
- (in English) (in Chinese) "Illustrated Album of Yangzhou Prefecture", from 1573-1620, has illustrations of Rugao
