Qilong Township

Qilong
启隆乡
Township
Coordinates: 31°46′00″N 121°27′00″E / 31.76667°N 121.45000°E / 31.76667; 121.45000Coordinates: 31°46′00″N 121°27′00″E / 31.76667°N 121.45000°E / 31.76667; 121.45000
Country People's Republic of China
Province Jiangsu
Prefecture Nantong
County Qidong
Area
 • Total 36.8 km2 (14.2 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 3,436
 • Density 93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Qilong Township
Traditional Chinese 啟隆鄉
Simplified Chinese 启隆乡
Qidong Stock Farm
Traditional Chinese 啟東縣農業良種繁育場
Simplified Chinese 启东县农业良种繁育场

Qilong is a township of Qidong in Jiangsu, China. The land it occupies was formerly Yonglongsha, a separate island in the Yangtze River delta, but reclamation projects and natural deposition of sediment have joined it to Chongming Island, where it now forms a pene-enclave within Shanghai's Chongming County.[1] Its population was 3436 at the time of the 2010 Chinese census. Qilong's name—literally "opening prosperity"—is a compound of contracted forms of its county and its former island.

History

Yonglongsha, a shoal in the channel of the Yangtze north of Chongming Island, reappeared most recently in 1937.[2] By 1968, workers from Jiangsu had stabilized the land enough that the conflicting claims of the counties of Haimen and Qidong were mediated by their prefecture of Nantong, which divided the island between them. Qidong's area was organized as a farmstead. Continuing reclamation projects and natural deposition of sediment joined it to Chongming Island in 1972. Another area of Qilong derives from its later absorption of Xinglongsha (t 興隆沙, s 兴隆沙, p Xīnglóngshā), another shoal.[3]

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).[2] Qilong was elevated to a township in 1992 and is now connected to Chongming's road network but this also was only connected to Jiangsu by ferry service prior to the 2011 opening of the Chongqi Bridge between Chenjia and Qidong. In 2008, its urban plan included 6.66 hectares (16.5 acres) for construction of five agricultural parks: a rare flower park, a ginkgo park, a pear orchard, an orangery, and a nursery forest.[4]

The area achieved minor notability in 2014 when satellite imagery revealed that a local farm had shaped one of its fields into a yin-yang symbol.[5]

Economy

As with many areas of Chongming Island, Qilong farms hairy crab. In addition, they grow edamame for export to Japan and South Korea and malting barley for domestic production. From 2003, Qilong has seen dairy farms established and expanded for Shanghai-area milk companies.[4] The Shanghai-based Yaoji Playing Card Company also has plans to construct a 1 km2 (0.39 sq mi) Thai-themed amusement park in the territory.[6]

Government

The township of Qilong forms part of the county-level city of Qidong, itself part of the prefecture-level city of Nantong in Jiangsu province. Qilong is divided between the communities of Yonglong (永隆社区, Yǒnglóng Shèqū) and Xinglong (兴隆社区, Xīnglóng Shèqū).[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gao Yuan (8 December 2004), "崇明上岸(長三角調查) [Chóngmíng Shàng'àn (Zhǎng Sānjiǎo Diàochá), Chongming Coast (Yangtze Delta Survey)]", 人民日报 [Rénmín Rìbào, The People's Daily], Beijing: Chinese Communist Party [Reprinted from East China News (Huádōng Xīnwén)] External link in |contribution= (help).
  2. 1 2 Office of Shanghai Chronicles. 岛、沙 Archived January 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. ["Dǎo, Shā", "Islands and Shoals"]. Shanghai Municipal Government (Shanghai), 2015. Accessed 12 Jan 2015. (Chinese)
  3. ↑ "关于启东兴隆沙开发问题 [Guānyú Qǐdōng Xīnglóngshā Kāifā Wèntí, Xinglongsha, Qidong, Development Issues]", 农业新闻 [Nóngyè Xīnwén, Agricultural News], Qidong: Qidong Agricultural Information Network, 24 May 2004 External link in |contribution= (help); . (Chinese)
  4. 1 2 “启隆乡” ["Qilong Township"] at Hudong Baike. 2015. Accessed 30 January 2015. (Chinese)
  5. ↑ Zhou Zhaohui (12 November 2014), "启东兴隆沙出现'麦田怪圈'？当地人士说纯属巧合 [Qǐdōng Xīnglóngshā Chūxiàn 'Màitián Guàiquān'? Dāngdì Rénshì Shuō Chún Shǔ Qiǎohé, 'Crop Circles' in Qidong's Xinglongsha? Local Sources Say It's a Coïncidence]", Jschina, Nanjing: Jiangsu Zhongjiang Network Media External link in |contribution= (help); .
  6. ↑ Huang Yenming. 《姚记扑克高层来启考察》 ["Yáojì Pūkè Gāocéng Lái Qǐ Kǎochá", "Yaoji Poker Executives Visit Qidong"]. Qidong Development and Reform Commission (Qidong), 16 October 2014. Accessed 31 January 2015. (Chinese)
  7. ↑ "江苏省: 南通市: 启东市: 启隆乡 [Jiāngsū Shěng: Nántōng Shì: Qǐdōng Shì: Qǐlóng Xiāng, Jiangsu Province: City of Nantong: City of Qidong: Qilong Township]", 2013年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码 [2013 Nián Tǒngjì Yòng Qūhuà Dàimǎ hé Chéngxiāng Huàfēn Dàimǎ, 2013 Statistics with Zoning Codes and Urban/Rural Classification Codes], Beijing: National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China, 31 August 2013 External link in |contribution= (help); . (Chinese)
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