Is Yancheng south or north?

The urban area of ??Yancheng City belongs to the south. The north and south of China are divided by the Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River. The Huaihe River flows into the sea and there is the North Jiangsu Irrigation Canal, which is the north-south dividing line. It is located in Binhai County to the north of Yancheng City, so only Binhai and Xiangshui in Yancheng belong to the north.

Detailed introduction of Yancheng:

Yancheng, affiliated to Jiangsu Province, is located in the central part of the eastern coast of China, in the central and eastern part of Jiangsu Province, and on the northern flank of the Yangtze River Delta. Yancheng is the largest prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, with a city area of ??17,000 square kilometers and a permanent population of 7.2106 million; of which the municipal district covers an area of ??4,921 square kilometers and a permanent population of 2.4 million.

Yancheng has the longest coastline, the largest coastal beach, and the widest sea area in Jiangsu Province. It is also the home of red-crowned cranes and the hometown of elk. There are two national-level buildings for elk and red-crowned crane on the coastal beach. The nature reserve is known as the "Capital of Oriental Wetlands, the World of Cranes and Sacred Deer". Most of the population in Yancheng are descendants of immigrants from the south of the Yangtze River in the past dynasties, so the folk culture belongs to the traditional Jiangnan culture. Yancheng is also the main birthplace of Huai Opera.

Yancheng borders the Yellow Sea to the east, Nantong to the south, Yangzhou and Taizhou to the southwest, Huaian to the northwest, and faces Lianyungang City across Guanhe River in the north. The city has a flat terrain, crisscrossing rivers and canals, and is rich in products. It is known as the "Land of Fish and Rice". Yancheng is an emerging industrial and commercial city in the coastal area of ??Jiangsu Province and an important regional central city in the Yangtze River Delta.