Jieyang City is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, located in the east of Guangdong Province, with a land span of11163771439 ˊ and a latitude of 22 53 to 23 414;. The terrain inclines from west to east and belongs to subtropical monsoon climate. By the end of 2002 1, Jieyang had two municipal districts and two counties, with1county-level cities under its jurisdiction. The city has a total land area of 5,240 square kilometers and a sea area of 9,300 square kilometers. The resident population at the end of the year was 56 1.680.