As of June 2019, Lianyungang is a third-tier city.

Based on the commercial data of 160 brands, the user behavior data of 17 internet companies and the city big data of data agencies, CBN-New Tier 1 Cities Research Institute has ranked 338 cities above prefecture level in China again, among which Lianyungang belongs to the third-tier cities.

Lianyungang, known as "Haizhou" in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu province. Lianyungang is located in the center of China's coastal area, in the northeast of Jiangsu Province, between latitude 33°59′~35°07′ north and longitude 118°24′~119°48′ east.

Lianyungang is bordered by the Yellow Sea to the east, with North Korea, South Korea and Japan across the sea, Rizhao City of Shandong Province to the north, Linyi City of Shandong Province and Xuzhou City of Jiangsu Province to the west, and Suqian City, Huai'an City and Yancheng City of Jiangsu Province to the south. The maximum horizontal distance between east and west is about 129 kilometers, and the maximum vertical distance between north and south is about 132 kilometers. The total land area is 7,499.9 square kilometers, the water area is 1,759.4 square kilometers, and the urban built-up area is 120 square kilometers.

Expanded Information

As of June 2019, Lianyungang is under the jurisdiction of three municipal districts and three county-level administrative districts: Haizhou District, Lianyun District, Ganyu District, Gunnan County, Donghai County, and Ganyun County. Specifically introduced the following districts and counties:

1, Haizhou District, under Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, is located in the northern part of the Yangtze River Delta, northeastern Jiangsu Province; located in the Yellow Sea, the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle and the urban agglomeration of the Shandong Peninsula at the point of confluence, the Lianyungang City, is the center of the political, economic and cultural center.

2, Ganyu District, by the former Ganyu County on July 9, 2014 to withdraw the county to build the district, currently one of the three administrative districts of Lianyungang City, located in East China, the Yangtze River Delta region, is located in northeastern Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Coastal Economic Belt and the eastern intersection of the East Longhai Industrial Belt.

3, Guanyun County, belonging to Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, located in northeastern Jiangsu Province, east of the Yellow Sea; west of Shuyang County, Suqian City, and Lianyungang City, Donghai County, as a neighbor; south of the Xinyi River across the Lianyungang City, Gunnan County, neighboring; north of the city of Lianyungang City, borders the Haizhou District.

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