Kien-k'ang
Kien-k'ang
建康 | |
|---|---|
County | |
| Shinasthana transcription(s) | |
| • Revised Garrett | kjals-k'lang |
| • Garrett | kjanh-k'lang |
 Gate of 'ei-krjiangs Temple | |
| Country | Themiclesia |
| Region | Inner Region |
| Founded | time immemorial |
| Seat | County Hall |
| Communes (里, rje) | 平昌、尚冠、修成、大昌、戚、宣明、建陽、昌陰、黃棘、北煥、南平、陵、函、李、孝、宜、棘、南、苟、有利、當利、假陽、囂陵、敬上、陰平、謁老、宜、張、隨、昌張、孝宣、定陵、北陽、曲、大原、新、長樂、長產、青柳、成樂、雀昌、宜平、平都、驤、富昌、長壽、步安、中安、大京、水上、左弋、鄧、宜產、金城 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sally Chang |
| • Secretary | Larry Pu |
| • Marshal | Lt. Mark Ryam |
| • Chief Alderman | Terry Mei |
| Area | |
| • County | 112.22 km2 (43.33 sq mi) |
| • Land | 97.72 km2 (37.73 sq mi) |
| • Water | 14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi) |
| • Rural | 29.58 km2 (11.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • County | 2,251,120 |
| • Density | 20,000/km2 (52,000/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 1019 |
Kien-k'ang (建康, kjals-k'lang) is the capital city of Themiclesia, located in the west the country and on the east banks of the river Kaung (江, krong), about 150 km from its discharge into the Halu'an Sea (大海, dais-hme’). While metropolitan Kien-k'ang is much larger than the city-proper, covering as much as a third of the Inner Region (內史, nups-srje’), the city itself is defined by the extent of its walls and administratively a country (縣, gwians) of the Inner Region. The city borders, to its south, Koang-ning (江寧縣, krong-niang-gwians) and Myo-ho (蕪湖縣, mja-ga-gwian), it southeast, Tan-yang (丹楊縣, tan-lang), its east, Yo-ho (於湖縣, ’ja-ga-gwians), and its north Rjit-yang (溧陽縣, rjit-lang-gwians); it is also opposite Kaung-dzjing (江乘縣, krong-djing-gwians) and Kou-ziung (句容縣, ko-ljung) on west bank of the Kaung. The city-proper has a population of 2.22 million, with as much as 5 million in its peripheries.