St. Joseph, Tseng

St. Joseph (Chinese: 聖約瑟夫市) is the second-largest city and former capital of Georgeville (Caoning). It is colloquially known by its former name Jiangqing (Chinese: 江清). St. Joseph is often mocked in the Tsengian media due to the disproportionate amount of disasters and disorder (eg. earthquakes, riots, typhoons) the city receives compared to other Tseng cities. As a result the city is called "City of Hell" or the "City of Disasters".

History
The current site of St. Joseph was founded in 698 BC (making it one of the oldest cities in Tseng) by Emperor Qiang of Jiang. It was named Jiangming and was the capital of the Jiang Kingdom until 1405, when the Ming Dynasty looted and destroyed Jiangming.

In the 1700s, when the Qing arrived in Tseng, they redeveloped the town and named it Jiangqing. In 1894, the British took control of the Qing's territory and named it St. Joseph, after the, whose day is celebrated on the same time Qing Tseng got annexed by the British.

In 1895, the first movement in the Tsengian independence movement started in St. Joseph, being the anti-colonialist 1895 St. Joseph riots. Until the 1909 earthquake, St. Joseph was the capital of the Georgeville area. Since the earthquake, each census, St. Joseph's population has been declining.

Politics
The city's mayor is named Li Yao (PDP).

Administrative divisions

 * North District
 * South District
 * East District

Geography
St. Joseph is located on the coast of western Tseng.

Transportation
St. Joseph-Jiangqing Airport serves Taihua by air, while Highway A2 is the city's main highway to Taihua.