Rudong 如东县 Jutung
County
Rudong Location in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 32°24′25″N 121°04′30″E / 32.407°N 121.075°E / 32.407; 121.075Coordinates: 32°24′25″N 121°04′30″E / 32.407°N 121.075°E / 32.407; 121.075[1]
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city	Nantong
Area
• Total	1,972 km2 (761 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	978,500
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal Code	226400

Rudong County (simplified Chinese: 如东县; traditional Chinese: 如東縣; pinyin: Rúdōng Xiàn) is under the administration of Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, and lies on the Yellow Sea coast. It administers 14 towns and five districts.^[2] The 14 towns are Juegang, Matang, Fengli, Caobu, Chahe, Shuangdian, Xindian, Hekou, Yuanzhuang, Changsha, Ju, Yangkou, Bencha and Dayu. The county seat is Juegang .

Administrative divisions

In the present, Rudong County has 14 towns.^[3]

14 towns

Etymology

The county took its name because it is located to the east of Rugao County and was once part of it. The ancient name of it was Fuhaizhou, which meant a small sand island in the ocean.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics and languages

The county has many extraneous people from the south of the Yangtse River (Changjiang River), so there are two main dialects: Rudonghua which is a branch of Jianghuai Mandarin and Shadihua (Wu: Sodiwo [so di ɯo]), which is a branch of the Wu language.^{[citation needed]}

Economy

Rudong is located on the bank of the Yellow Sea. As a result, there is a sizable fishing industry and the county was named "the place of seafood in China" by the Chinese Cooking Association in 2007.^[4] Rudong also contains a harbor for commercial cargo. Yankou Harbor was launched in May 2011 and includes a facility for unloading liquified natural gas.^[5] In addition, there is a wind farm near Rudong's sea bank. The farm contained 217 turbines as of 2009, making it the largest in the country in its grade.^[6]

Transportation

The Hai'an–Rudong railway opened in 2014 and has two passenger stations in Rudong County: Bingcha and Rudong.^[7]