Lianyungang, formerly Xinhailian, city in east central China, in northern Jiangsu province. It is located near the mouth of the Qiangwei River on the Pacific Ocean in an area of many salt-evaporation pans. The city is a port for foreign trade and a center of light industry such as textile manufacturing, leather processing, and papermaking. It also has chemical and engineering works and a new center of high-technology industry. The Longhai Railway leads west from Lianyungang to Lanzhou.
Lianyungang was founded as Haizhou in AD 549. By the 7th century, it had became an important center of salt production. In 1905 it was opened to foreign trade and became a center for the shipment of salt and agricultural products to Qingdao and Shanghai. A port was built by the Dutch between 1933 and 1936, but it quickly silted up. In 1938 the Japanese occupied the area and rebuilt the port to ship coal, phosphates, iron ore, salt, and agricultural products to Japan. In 1949 the Chinese again took control of the region. Population (1991) 353,534.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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