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Huai'an

China

Watercolour of Huai'an, China. The historic "Canal Capital" where the Grand Canal and Ancient Huai River intersect, centered on the ancient town of Hexia, the Grand Canal locks, and Chuxiu Park, with Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and Hexia Ancient Town.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal; Hexia Ancient Town; Caoyun Zongdu Yamen; Chuxiu Park; Hongze Lake; Huaiyang; lush northern Jiangsu canal plain flora; Grand Canal
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking along the Grand Canal toward the historic stone sluice gate and Hexia water town, showing weeping willow fronds and stone towpath pavers in the foreground, the calm canal water, wooden barges, and whitewashed townhouses in the middle-ground, and the graceful pagoda spire and canal horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick weeping willows along the Grand Canal, lotus pads, and bamboo groves of Hexia.
Guarded against
Not Yangzhou, Suzhou, or Xuzhou
Population2,494,013Wikidata: 4,556,230
Coordinates33.59°N, 119.02°E
Elevation194 m
Area10,030 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon12:04clock runs 0.1 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Huai'an and you surface nearest to Villa Mugueta, Argentina — 32 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

SuqianCN78 km
YanchengCN109 km
LianyungangCN114 km
YangzhouCN138 km
TaizhouCN148 km
NanjingCN172 km
XuzhouCN174 km
LinyiCN175 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Huai'an inside this atlas.

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