Siyang County

Siyang County
泗阳县
County
Siyang

Location in Jiangsu

Coordinates: 33°43′16″N 118°42′11″E / 33.721°N 118.703°E / 33.721; 118.703Coordinates: 33°43′16″N 118°42′11″E / 33.721°N 118.703°E / 33.721; 118.703[1]
Country People's Republic of China
Province Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city Suqian
Area[2]
 • Total 1,418 km2 (547 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
 • Total 831,112
 • Density 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 2237XX

Siyang County (simplified Chinese: 泗阳县; traditional Chinese: 泗陽縣; pinyin: Sìyáng Xiàn) is under the administration of Suqian, Jiangsu province, China. It borders the prefecture-level city of Huai'an to the southeast.

Siyang is famous for its poplar tree. It is the earliest Chinese county and the Italian poplar tree were the highest poplar coverage of China as China polar tree industry county of the most developed county forestry of China and to learn the unique honor of "China YiYang township of" title of county the name. In addition, SiYang because has the Chinese unique poplar museum, and hold China unique YangShuJie which is famous and well-known.

References

  1. ↑ Google (2014-07-02). "Siyang" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  2. ↑ Suqian Statistical Yearbook 2012/《宿迁统计年鉴2012》.(Chinese) Accessed 9 July 2014.
  3. ↑ China 2010 Census County-by-county Statistics/《中国2010年人口普查分县资料》.(Chinese) Accessed 9 July 2014.
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