- Jiaojiang District
Jiaojiang District (zh-cp|c=椒江区|p=Jiāojiāng Qū; "literary" 'Jiao River') is a district of Taizhou in
Zhejiang Province, China. It is the seat of the city.The district has its mainland area of 266.5 km², and its islands area of 13.6 km². The total area is 280.1 km². As of 2003, it has a population of approximately 471,500.
It has an average annual precipitation of 1500 mm. The average temperature in January is 6 °C, in July it is 28 °C, and average annual temperature is 17 °C.
Until 1980, the district was under the administration of
Huangyan , and was called Haimen District. When Haimen District was upgraded to a county-level city in 1981, it was renamed as Jiaojiang City to avoid confusion withHaimen in Jiangsu province.In 1994, the prefecture-level city of Taizhou was established, and Jiaojiang City became its district.External links
* [http://www.jj.gov.cn/intro/intro/ Introduction of Jiaojiang District]
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