During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Huaiyi and Xu Yi lived in this city.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were not only the Hangou (the Huaiyang Canal) dug by Fu Cha, the king of Wu, which connected the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, but also the trunk road on land-a good thoroughfare from north to south.
"Huai chronology? The preface says that the middle and lower reaches of the ancient Huaihe River, including the city boundaries, "the benefits of traffic irrigation are in the whole country", which has become an important area for the great powers to compete for and has been owned by Wu Yuechu.
After Qin unified the six countries, the county system was implemented.
It belongs to surabaya county and Donghai County, and the original counties and cities are Huaiyin (now Matou Town, Huaiyin District), Xuyi (now northeast of Xuyi County) and Dongyang (now southeast of Maba, Xuyi County).
During the Western Han Dynasty, the city generally belonged to Linhuai County, with Huaipu (now west of Lianshui County), Sheyang (now southeast of Huai 'an District) and Fuling (now middle of Hongze Lake) added.
Pi State, Guangling County under the Eastern Han Dynasty.
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, cities were at the forefront of war and confrontation for a long time, with disorderly buildings and changeable subordinate relations. At that time, Wharf Town and Huaicheng Town in the urban area were all military fortresses, and many counties and counties were set up, which was the place where border guards were stationed.
Years of war have brought the tragic scene of "a thousand miles between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River", and the economy and culture have been seriously damaged.
In the seventh year of Yongming in the Southern Qi Dynasty (489), Fudong, Huaiyin Town 100 households, located in Huai 'an County, was first named as "Huai 'an".
During the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, the territory was in a stable environment for a long time, and the construction was relatively stable. Generally speaking, Huaibei belongs to Sizhou (now opposite to the North Huaihe River in Xuyi County) and Huainan belongs to Chuzhou (now Huaicheng in Huai 'an District), so the economy has been developing continuously and prospering again.
Chuzhou and Sizhou became two national famous cities along the canal, and Chuzhou was even praised by Bai Juyi as "the first state in the southeast of Huaishui".
During the Northern Song Dynasty, the territory was relatively peaceful, and the city boundary first belonged to Huainan Road, which belonged to Chuzhou and Sizhou. Huainan Road is divided into Huainan East Road and Huainan West Road, which belongs to Huainan East Road.
During the confrontation between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, the market once again became the front line, and the two sides fought repeatedly, and the construction was also chaotic and changeable.
In the Yuan Dynasty, Huaidong appeasement department, Huaidong General Administration Office and Huai 'an Road were successively established in the territory (now Huai 'an Town, Huai 'an District).
Huai 'an Road covers most areas in northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, China established Huai 'an Prefecture.
In the Ming Dynasty, Huai 'an Prefecture governed Yang Shan, Qinghe, Anton, Yancheng, Taoyuan, Suqian, Shuyang, Suining, Ganyu, Pizhou and Haizhou, covering 9 counties and 2 states, covering most of the five cities in northern Jiangsu today.
In the meantime, Huai 'an also had Governor of Water Transportation and Governor of Nanhe.
The governor also often served as the governor of Jianghuai, controlling the four states of Huai (An), Yang (Zhou), Lu (Zhou) and Feng (Yang) and the three states of Xu (Zhou), Chu (Zhou) and He (Zhou), covering the vast areas north of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces today.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Jianghuai Province was once established, and Huai 'an was the residence of the governor of Jianghuai, which was also the seat of the provincial capital.
In the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), Huai 'an House was abolished, and most of the city boundaries belonged to Huaiyang Road (now Qingpu District), and then to Huaiyin Administrative Supervision Zone and the Seventh Administrative Supervision Zone.
During War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, it became an important base and liberated area. * * * The Central China Bureau, the headquarters of the New Fourth Army, * * * the Central China Branch, the Central China Military Region and the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Region are all stationed in China.
Due to the environment behind enemy lines, the administrative areas of base areas and liberated areas have changed greatly and there are many clues, which generally belong to Huaihai District, Yanfu District, Huainan District and Huaibei District.
From the victory of the Anti-Japanese War to September 1946, Huai 'an was the center of the Central China Liberated Area and the capital of the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Region. At that time, the Jiangsu-Anhui border region was bordered by the Yangtze River in the south, the Longhai Railway in the north, the Yellow Sea in the east and yuxikou in the west, spanning Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Shandong provinces and governing 53 old counties.
1948 65438+February, the city was completely liberated.
1949 In May, Huaiyin Special Zone was established.
After the founding of New China, Huaiyin District first belonged to Subei Administrative Region and then to Jiangsu Province.
After several zoning adjustments in June 1950, August 1954, February 1954 and March 197 1, today's city boundary belongs to Huaiyin area.
1983 Huaiyin district was changed to Huaiyin city, which governs Suqian, Shuyang, Guannan, Sihong, Siyang, Lianshui, Huaiyin, Huai 'an, Hongze, Xuyi, Jinhu 1 1 counties and Qinghe and Qingpu districts. Guanyun, the original county, was placed under Lianyungang City.
1987 Huai 'an and Suqian were changed to county-level cities.
1In August, 1996, four counties (cities) of Suqian, Siyang, Shuyang and Sihong broke away from Huaiyin City to form the prefecture-level Suqian City, and guannan county was transferred to Lianyungang City.
In February, 20001year, Huaiyin City was renamed Huai 'an City, the original county-level Huai 'an City was changed to Chuzhou District of Huai 'an City, and the original Huaiyin County was changed to Huaiyin District of Huai 'an City.
20 12 On February 23rd, Chuzhou District was renamed Huai 'an District.
20 16 Qinghe district and qingpu district of Huai' an city were merged and renamed qingjiangpu district, and Hongze county was renamed Hongze district of Huai' an city.
So far, Huai 'an has jurisdiction over 4 districts and 3 counties: Qingjiangpu District, Huaiyin District, Huai 'an District, Hongze District, Lianshui County, Xuyi County and Jinhu County.
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Huai 'an terrain is high in the west and low in the east. Except for Xuyi County in the southwest of the city, which is hilly, the city is dominated by plains with flat terrain.
Rivers and lakes in the territory are vertical and horizontal, and water networks are vertical and horizontal. Nine rivers, including Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, Hu Aishu, Subei Irrigation Canal, Huaihe River Estuary, Huaihe River Estuary, Ancient Yellow River, Liutang River, Yanhe River and Huaihe River Main Stream, run through it.
Most of Hongze Lake, one of the five largest freshwater lakes in China, is located in the city, and other small and medium-sized lakes such as Baima Lake, gaoyou lake and baoying lake are embedded in it.
Plain area accounts for 69.39% of the total area, lake area accounts for 1 1.39%, and hilly area accounts for 18.32%.