Huai'an belongs to Jiangsu Province. Huai'an is located in the north-central part of Jiangsu Province and the eastern part of the Jianghuai Plain. Located in the Yangtze River Delta region, it is an important central city in northern Jiangsu, a closely connected city in the Nanjing metropolitan area, and the first city promoted by the Huaihe Ecological Economic Belt;
It is located at the intersection of the ancient Huaihe River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Along the "Qinling-Huaihe" dividing line between China's north and south, there is Hongze Lake, the fourth largest freshwater lake in China. It is a national civilized city, a national historical and cultural city, a national sanitary city, a national garden city, a national environmental protection model city, and a national low-carbon city. Pilot city and China’s outstanding tourism city.
It is one of the main birthplaces of Huaiyang cuisine and one of the birthplaces of ancient culture in the Jianghuai River Basin.
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Huaian has a history of more than 2,200 years. The county was established during the Qin Dynasty, and there is the famous "Qingliangang Culture" site within the territory. It was once a hub for water transportation and salt transportation, and housed the Water Transport Governor's Palace and the Jiangnan River Governor's Palace.
Huaian City is located in the Huanghuai Plain and the Jianghuai Plain. There are no mountains and the terrain is flat. The topography is mainly plains. Only Xuyi County in the southwest of the city has hills and higher terrain. The Wuming Mountain in Qiuji Town, Xuyi County has a maximum of 231 meters, the highest point in the city; the highest point in Bori, Huai'an District is only 2.3-3.3 meters, the lowest point in the city.
Huaian City belongs to the Huanghuai and Jianghuai alluvial plains. The soil is mainly paddy soil, fluvo-aquic soil, sandy black soil, yellow-brown loam soil, basic rock soil, and limestone soil. The organic matter content is low, generally less than 0.2%, and the pH value is between 7 and 8.