Jiyang (simplified Chinese: 济阳; traditional Chinese: 濟陽; pinyin: Jǐyáng) is one of 10 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, East China.

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Jiyang 济阳区 Tsiyang
District
Jiyang Location in Shandong
Coordinates: 36°58′41″N 117°12′32″E[1]
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
Sub-provincial city	Jinan
Area [2]
• Total	1,097.15 km2 (423.61 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[3]
• Total	597,200
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	251400
Jinan district map	Subdivisions of Jinan, Shandong 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Core 1 Lixia 2 Shizhong 3 Huaiyin 4 Tianqiao Suburban and rural 5 Licheng 6 Changqing 7 Pingyin Co. 8 Jiyang Co. 9 Shanghe Co. 10 Zhangqiu City

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The population was 520,095 in 1999.^[4]

In the seventh year of Tianhui of Jin Dynasty (around 1216 ), Emperor Taizong of Jin established the county Jiyang, because it is at the north side of river Ji. After the People's Republic of China was established, Jiyang was annexed by Linyi County in 1958. In 1961, Jiyang County was recovered.

Jiyang is 45 kilometers from Jinan city, and transportation is convenient. It is 8 kilometers from Jinan International airport, connected to Jinan city through the third north ring highway of Jinan, the third bridge of Yellow River, and Jinan Yellow River highway bridge. 104, 220 national highways and 248, 249 provincial roads all go through the district.

As 2012, this district is divided to 2 subdistricts and 8 towns.^[5]

Subdistricts

• Jiyang Subdistrict (济阳街道)
• Jibei Subdistrict (济北街道)

Towns

A very famous watermelon called Shaixi watermelon was from Jiyang. It is very small and the flesh color is yellow and Super sweet.^{[citation needed]}