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'''Yangzhou''' ({{zh|s={{linktext|扬|州}}|t={{linktext|揚|州}}|p=Yángzhōu}}; former spellings: Yang-chou, Yangchow, Yang-chow; literally "Rising Prefecture") is a [[prefecture-level city]] in central [[Jiangsu]] [[Province (China)|Province]], [[People's Republic of China]]. Sitting on the northern bank of the [[Yangtze River]], it borders the provincial capital of [[Nanjing]] to the southwest, [[Huai'an]] to the north, [[Yancheng]] to the northeast, [[Taizhou, Jiangsu|Taizhou]] to the east, and [[Zhenjiang]] across the river to the south.

Historically it is one of the wealthiest of China's cities, known at various periods for its great merchant families, poets, painters, and scholars.

Its population is 4,414,681 at the 2010 census and its '''built up area is home to 2,146,980 inhabitants''' including 3 urban districts plus [[Jiangdu city]] city nowadays in the agglomeration.

==Administration==

{{See also|List of administrative divisions of Jiangsu}}