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Which city is called the eye capital of China?

Danyang City, Jiangsu Province is known as the eye capital of China.

Danyang City is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, managed by Zhenjiang City, located in the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, south of Jiangsu Province, with latitude 3144' ~ 32 09' north and longitude119 24' ~19 54' east. It has obvious monsoon climate characteristics. By the end of 2022, Danyang City had 10 towns and 2 streets, and the Municipal People's Government was located in Qua Street. By the end of 2022, the registered population of Danyang City was 789,600.

Changzhou Niu Ben International Airport is located at the junction of Danyang City and Xinbei District of Changzhou City. Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway (G42 Hurong Expressway), National Highway 3 12, Provincial Highway 122 and Provincial Highway 338 are the main roads in and out of Danyang. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through Danyang, and Dagang Port is the third largest port open to the outside world in the Yangtze River.

geographical environment

Danyang city is located in the alternating zone between Ningzhen hills and Taihu Plain. There are low hills and plains in the territory, mainly plains, of which the plains and polder fields below the altitude of 10 meter * *1326700 mu, accounting for 84.4% of the total land area; The rest are hills and hills, accounting for about 15.6%, high in the west and low in the north, with an average elevation of about 7 meters. The northern part belongs to Ningzhen hills and the eastern part of piedmont hills, and the southern part belongs to the western part of Taihu Plain.

Danyang city is located in the mid-latitude north subtropical zone and belongs to the maritime climate. Due to the influence of monsoon circulation, it has obvious monsoon climate characteristics. Spring and autumn are the transitional seasons of winter and summer monsoon, cold and warm air masses compete with each other, the precession is retrogressive, and the dry and wet changes in cold and summer are significant; Summer is controlled by warm and humid ocean air mass, and the weather is hot and rainy; Winter is mostly controlled by polar continental air masses, and the weather is mainly cold and rainy. It has the climatic characteristics of humid climate, abundant sunshine, abundant rainfall, long frost-free period and four distinct seasons.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Danyang City