Jiaojiang District

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Jiaojiang District (Chinese: 椒江区; pinyin: Jiāojiāng Qū; literary 'Jiao River') is a district of Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, China. It is the seat of the city.

The district has its mainland area of 266.5 km², and its islands area of 13.6 km². The total area is 280.1 km². As of 2003, it has a population of approximately 471,500.

It has an average annual precipitation of 1500 mm. The average temperature in January is 6 °C, in July it is 28 °C, and average annual temperature is 17 °C.

Until 1980, the district was under the administration of Huangyan, and was called Haimen District. When Haimen District was upgraded to a county-level city in 1981, it was renamed as Jiaojiang City to avoid confusion with Haimen in Jiangsu province. In 1994, the prefecture-level city of Taizhou was established, and Jiaojiang City became its district.