Huai'an

Huai'an 淮安市 Hwaian, Huai-an
Prefecture-level city
Left to right, top to bottom: Zhenhuailou Tower above the city gate, the skyline of Huai'an, Huai'an tram line 1, the Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall, night view of Hexia old town.
Location of Huai'an City (red) in Jiangsu
Huai'an Location of the city center in Jiangsu Show map of Jiangsu Huai'an Huai'an (Eastern China) Show map of Eastern China Huai'an Huai'an (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Huai'an municipal government): 33°33′04″N 119°06′47″E / 33.551°N 119.113°E / 33.551; 119.113
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Municipal seat	Huai'an District
Government
• Mayor	Hui Jianlin (惠建林)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	9,950 km2 (3,840 sq mi)
• Urban	4,494.3 km2 (1,735.3 sq mi)
• Metro	3,202.6 km2 (1,236.5 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	4,556,230
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Urban	2,829,864
• Urban density	630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Metro	2,544,767
• Metro density	790/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 360 billion US$ 54.4 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 73,204 US$ 11,083
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	223000, 223200, 223300 (Urban center) 211600, 211700, 223100, 223400 (Other areas) (Other areas)
Area code	517
ISO 3166 code	CN-JS-08
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	8
Township-level divisions	127
License Plate Prefix	苏H
Website	www.huaian.gov.cn

Huai'an, formerly Huaiyin, is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province in Eastern China. As of 2020, the built-up area (metro) of its 3 central urban districts had 2,544,767 inhabitants and the prefecture-level city as a whole had 4,556,230 inhabitants, down from 4.8 million in 2010.

Long an important regional center, Huai'an lies on and is named for the Huai River, the historical boundary between Northern and Southern Chinese culture. Once much closer to the East China Sea, it now lies in the middle of Jianghuai, the vast alluvial plain created by silt from the Huai and from the Yellow River, which flowed nearby for centuries prior to the massive floods in the mid-19th century which returned it to its old course north of Shandong. Huai'an is known as the birthplace of Han Xin, a famed general who helped found the Han dynasty and overwhelm Xiang Yu in Chu-han contention; Wu Cheng'en (1500–1582), the Ming author of Journey to the West; and Zhou Enlai (1898–1976), a prominent and early Chinese Communist leader who served as premier of the PRC from 1949 until his death in 1976.