Jieshou

Jieshou

界首市
Kieshu
Jieshou 界首市 Kieshu
County-level city
	Coordinates: 33°15′25″N 115°22′29″E / 33.2570°N 115.3746°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Anhui
Prefecture-level city	Fuyang
Area
• Total	667.3 km2 (257.6 sq mi)
Elevation	39 m (128 ft)
Population (2019)	834,000
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal Code	236500

Jieshou (Chinese: 界首; pinyin: Jièshǒu) is a county-level city under the administration of Fuyang City, located on the Huang-Huai Plain in northwestern Anhui province, People's Republic of China. Jieshou, an important commercial port and gateway, borders Henan Province on the west and the Ying River, a major tributary of the Huai River flows in a southeasterly direction across the county to Fuyang. According to the "China Statistical Yearbook" the population of Jieshou city stood at 109,103 in 2010,^[1] while GeoNames, puts the population at over 140,000 inhabitants.^[2] Covering a total area of 667 square kilometers, the county-level city comprises three urban sub-districts of Jieshou, and in the surrounding rural area a further 15 towns and townships make up the total population of 740,000.^[3]

^ Britannica Book of the Year 2013. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 2013. ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4.
^ "Jieshou, China". GeoNames. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
^ 界首市情 [Jieshou City]. ahjscz.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2012-11-14. Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2019-10-03.

[1] Britannica Book of the Year 2013. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 2013. ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4.

[2] "Jieshou, China". GeoNames. Retrieved 2019-10-03.

[3] 界首市情 [Jieshou City]. ahjscz.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2012-11-14. Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2019-10-03.

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