Haiyong Township

Haiyong 海永乡
Township
Coordinates:
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Prefecture	Nantong
County	Haimen
Area
• Total	12.5 km2 (4.8 sq mi)
Population (2000)
• Total	5,004
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Website	www.haiyong.gov.cn

Haiyong Township
Traditional Chinese	海永鄉
Simplified Chinese	海永乡
Literal meaning	Sea Yong[longsha] Township
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hǎiyǒng Xiāng
Yonglongsha Farm
Traditional Chinese	永隆沙良種場
Simplified Chinese	永隆沙良种场
Literal meaning	Yonglongsha Improved Variety Fields
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yǒnglóngshā Liángzhǒngcháng

Haiyong Township
Shanghai in Jiangsu
Traditional Chinese	江蘇的上海
Simplified Chinese	江苏的上海
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāngsū de Shànghǎi
Haimen on Chongming
Traditional Chinese	海門的崇明
Simplified Chinese	海门的崇明
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hǎimén de Chóngmíng

Haiyong is a township of Haimen in Jiangsu, China. Together with neighboring Qilong, it forms a pene-enclave of the province on Chongming Island, most of which belongs to the province-level municipality of Shanghai. Haiyong presently covers about and had a population of 5,004 during the year 2000 census.

Location

Haiyong is a pene-enclave bordered on the south and west by Shanghai's Chongming County, on the east by Qidong's Qilong Township, and on the north by the Yangtze. Because of its unusual position, it is sometimes described in Chinese as "Shanghai in Jiangsu" or "Haimen on Chongming". It is located about from downtown Shanghai and from Shanghai's Pudong International Airport.

History

Yonglongsha, a shoal in the channel of the Yangtze north of Chongming Island, reappeared most recently in 1937. Workers from Haimen began to utilize the land in 1966 and, by 1968, had stabilized the land enough that the conflicting claims of Haimen and Qidong were mediated by Nantong, which divided the island between them. Over 3000 workers labored over the next year, reclaiming 2 km² (0.77 sq mi) by 1970. The area was then incorporated into Haimen in 1972 as the Yonglongsha Farm. Continuing reclamation projects and natural deposition of sediment joined it to Chongming Island in 1975. The present township was established in 1992. It was connected to Chongming's road network but this was only connected to Jiangsu by ferry service prior to the 2011 opening of the Chongqi Bridge between Chenjia and Qidong. Its area was recently increased by the addition of another 3.2 km² (1.2 sq mi) of reclaimed land.

Prior to Yonglongsha's absorption by Chongming, it offered ferry service to Haimen's Lingdian Harbor (t 靈甸港, s 灵甸港, p Língdiāngǎng) and Qidong's Sanhe Harbor (三和港, Sānhégǎng).

Economy

Haiyong's main products are agricultural. Apart from rice, Shanan has 500 mu (0.33 km² or 0.13 sq mi) of land devoted to sugarcane production and another 500 mu devoted to watermelon and cotton, while a 1000 mu area of Yongbei grows a variety of vegetables, cotton, rape, and small melons such as hami melon, cantaloupe, and honeydew. The area also farms pigs, hairy crab, and whiteleg shrimp. The current plan is for the development of more green and organic farming to be marketed in Shanghai.

Government

The township of Haiyong forms part of the county-level city of Haimen, itself part of the prefecture-level city of Nantong in Jiangsu province. It is divided among the community of Tongjiang (通江街社区, Tōngjiāng Jiēshèqū) and the villages of Shanan (沙南村, Shā'nán Cūn) and Yongbei (永北村, Yǒngběi Cūn).

See also

• Qilong Township
• List of enclaves and exclaves
• List of township-level divisions of Jiangsu

External links

• Official site (Chinese)
• 海永乡 at Hudong Baike (Chinese)
• 海永乡 at Baidu Baike (Chinese)
• Photos of the area at Around Guides
• Photos of the area in 2013 at Crazy Guy on a Bike