Hongze, Huai'an
Hongze
洪泽区 Hungtze | |
|---|---|
Commercial area in Hongze District | |
| Coordinates: 33°13′26″N 118°49′34″E / 33.224°N 118.826°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Prefecture-level city | Huai'an |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,394 km2 (538 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 285,097 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 223100 |
Hongze (simplified Chinese: 洪泽; traditional Chinese: 洪澤; pinyin: Hóngzé) is one of four districts (a former county) of the prefecture-level city of Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, China. Occupying the southeastern shores of Lake Hongze, it borders the prefecture-level cities of Suqian to the northwest and Yangzhou (briefly) to the east.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the New Fourth Army established Huaibao and Hongze counties around Lake Hongze, in 1940 and 1941 respectively. Both counties were dissolved in 1950. The new Hongze county, within a wider area around the lake, was founded to implement the guiding principle of "reshuffling administrative divisions by the lake" in 1956.