Yangzhou

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Yangzhou

Total population

4,559,797

Air quality index

41Good

WeatherAvg high 71.5°F

Coordinates29.16°, 115.38°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze, it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yancheng to the northeast, Taizhou to the east, and Zhenjiang across the river to the south. Its population was 4,559,797 at the 2020 census and its urban area is home to 2,635,435 inhabitants, including three urban districts, currently in the agglomeration.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Jiangxi

• Meitang
  15.9 mi away
• Nanyi
  20 mi away
• Aimin
  21.6 mi away
• Anyi
  23.8 mi away · pop. 73,700
• Gongqingcheng
  24.5 mi away · pop. 126,100
• Dinghu
  24.6 mi away
• Leyuan
  26.2 mi away
• Wanbu
  27.1 mi away
• Jinhu
  27.7 mi away · pop. 179,200
• Henggang
  28.1 mi away
• Changjun
  29 mi away
• Changbu
  29.1 mi away

Browse all places in Jiangxi →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Yangzhou

Jiangxi kao gu lu

Mo Wang · 1767

Yangzhou shui dao ji

Wenqi Liu · 1845

Jiangxi tong zhi

Zhiqian Zhao · 1987

江西攷古錄 ／

王謨 · 1988

Ma En Lie Si wen yi lun zhu xuan du

1981

Wuyuan ting zhi gao

1982

Xi xiang ji

Wang Shifu · 1603

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Black-throated Tit

Aegithalos concinnus

Seen 2026-02-19

Pallas's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus proregulus

Seen 2026-02-19

Asian Tit

Parus cinereus

Seen 2026-02-19

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-02-19

Long-billed Plover

Thinornis placidus

Seen 2025-12-01

Common Pochard

Aythya ferina

Seen 2025-12-01

Eastern Buzzard

Buteo japonicus

Seen 2025-11-30

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Seen 2025-11-30

Rough-legged Hawk

Buteo lagopus

Seen 2025-11-29

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Yangzhou, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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