Jiangyou
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Jiangyou is a Chinese county-level
city located in Mianyang
, Sichuan
. The city proper is subdivided into four urban districts and has jurisdiction over 21 towns, and 19 rural townships. Jiangyou is noted as the home town of Li Bai
, a leading Tang Dynasty
poet.
Jiangyou has an area of 2,720 square kilometers and a population of 870,000 in 2004.
County-level city
A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....
city located in Mianyang
Mianyang
Mianyang is the second largest prefecture-level city of Sichuan province in Southwest China. Its administrative area includes the city proper of Mianyang, with 985,586 inhabitants in the built up area , the county-level city of Jiangyou, and six counties, covering an area of over and a population...
, Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
. The city proper is subdivided into four urban districts and has jurisdiction over 21 towns, and 19 rural townships. Jiangyou is noted as the home town of Li Bai
Li Bai
Li Bai , also known in the West by various other transliterations, especially Li Po, was a major Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty poetry period. He has been regarded as one of the greatest poets in China's Tang period, which is often called China's "golden age" of poetry. Around a thousand existing...
, a leading Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...
poet.
Jiangyou has an area of 2,720 square kilometers and a population of 870,000 in 2004.