Guangde County
| Guangde County 广德县 | |
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| County | |
 Taijidong, Guangde, Anhui | |
 Guangde is the easternmost division in this map of Xuancheng | |
.png) Xuancheng in Anhui | |
| Coordinates: 30°52′41″N 119°25′16″E / 30.878°N 119.421°ECoordinates: 30°52′41″N 119°25′16″E / 30.878°N 119.421°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| Prefecture-level city | Xuancheng |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Guangde County is a county in the southeast of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, bordering the provinces of Jiangsu to the north and Zhejiang to the east. It is the easternmost county-level division of Anhui and is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Xuancheng. The county has a population of 510,000 and an area of 2,165 km2 (836 sq mi). The seat of government is at Taozhou Town.
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| Simplified Chinese | 广德县 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 廣德縣 | ||||||||||
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Guangde County has jurisdiction over six towns and ten townships.
Industry
Guangde County provides the terrain for the 5.67-square-kilometer automobile proving ground (31°02′39″N 119°25′33″E / 31.044266°N 119.425751°E) with 60 km (37 mi) test roads, opened on September 22, 2012 and managed by Shanghai GM and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), both joint-ventures of SAIC Motor with GM China.[1][2]
Transport
Chinese manned space program
On July 19, 1964 China launched and recovered its first successful experimental biological rocket carrying eight white mice from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Base 603 launch site in Shijie Town (誓节镇) within the county.[3]
Culture
Prior to the late 19th century, most residents spoke a Jianghuai Mandarin dialect. Thereafter many people in the southern and eastern parts of the county began to speak Old Guangde dialect, a Taihu Wu Chinese dialect closely related to that of Suzhou dialect and Shanghainese. Most residents also speak the Southwestern Mandarin Guangde dialect.
See also
References
- ↑ "SGM/PATAC Guangde Proving Ground Opened". patac.com.cn (Press release). Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ↑ "About GM China". gmchina.com. 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ↑ 军事史话 <第七部> 导弹部队史话 [Military History Part 7 - History of the Rocket Division] (in Chinese). March 1, 2008. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
