Yangzhou (chn)

Yangzhou

Yangzhou ranks 3,236th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Autun, Macedonia (region), and Yekaterinoslav Governorate. Memorable people born in Yangzhou include Jiang Zemin, Jianzhen, and Pan Yuliang. Memorable people who died in Yangzhou include Shitao, and Wu Jingzi. Yangzhou has been the birth place of many religious figures, and politicians and the death place of many painters, and writers. Yangzhou is located in China.

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. Read more on Wikipedia