Shuyang County

Shuyang
沭阳县
Shuyang County in July 2011
Shuyang
Location in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 34°06′52″N 118°46′08″E / 34.11444°N 118.76889°E / 34.11444; 118.76889
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangsu
Prefecture-level citySuqian
Established582 BC
Government
  TypeProvince Managing County
  MayorHu Jianjun (胡建军)
Area
  County
2,298 km2 (887 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
  County
1,930,000
  Density840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
  Urban
650,000
  Metro
650,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
223600
Area code527
GDP¥63.01billion (2015)
Major NationalitiesHan
Township-level divisions34
License Plate苏N
Websitewww.shuyang.gov.cn
Shuyang County
Traditional Chinese沭陽
Simplified Chinese沭阳
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShùyáng

Shuyang (simplified Chinese: 沭阳县; traditional Chinese: 沭陽縣; pinyin: Shùyáng Xiàn) is a county in northern Jiangsu province. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suqian. Shuyang sits on the Northern Jiangsu Plains and borders the cities of Xuzhou, Lianyungang, and Huai'an to the north, east, and south.

Shuyang is a pilot administrative division for "provinces governing county level units directly" in Jiangsu, along with Kunshan and Taixing.