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Yixing

Yixing () is a county-level city administered under the prefecture-level city of Wuxi in southern Jiangsu province, China, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware tea pots. It is a pene-exclave with Changzhou. The city spans an area of , and has a registered hukou population of about 1,075,800 as of 2020.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Yixing
Settlement.other_name: Ihing
Settlement.settlement_type: County-level city
Settlement.image_skyline: 宜兴市丁蜀镇龙溪公园水面 - panoramio.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: A park in Yixing
Settlement.pushpin_map: China Jiangsu
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Jiangsu
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Jiangsu
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Wuxi
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1996.6
Settlement.population_total: 1075800
Settlement.population_as_of: 2020
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
People's Republic of China
Geography
Environment
Climate
Administrative divisions
Subdistricts
Towns
Other township-level divisions
Demographics
Economy
Transportation
Tourist attractions
Notable people
References
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==History== thumb|A teapot dating to the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, made from the city's famous [[Yixing ware]] During the Xia dynasty and Shang dynasty, the area fell under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou and was known as Jingxi (). The area was subsequently known as Jingyi () during the Zhou dynasty.

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