Jiaojiang District is a district of in Zhejiang Province, China. It is the seat of the city.
The district has its mainland area of 266.5 km?, and its islands area of 13.6 km?. The total area is 280.1 km?.
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.
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