Which province is Nantong?

Nantong City belongs to Jiangsu Province and is a prefecture-level city under its jurisdiction. It is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, on the northern flank of the Yangtze River Delta. Tong for short, also known as Jinghai, Chongzhou, Chongchuan and Zilang. It was called Tongzhou in ancient times. Nantong is the gateway city in the northern wing of the Shanghai metropolitan area and one of the first 14 coastal cities in the country.

Nantong City faces the Yellow Sea to the east, the Yangtze River to the south, faces Shanghai and Suzhou across the river, and borders Taizhou and Yancheng to the west and north. Because it is the intersection of rivers and seas and the throat of the north and south, it is called "Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou".

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In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), the Provisional Provincial Council of Jiangsu decided to establish a county in Tongzhou and renamed it Nantong County. The administrative divisions were the same as the 13 cities and 8 townships in Xuantong at that time. .

In October 1940 and 1911, the New Fourth Army marched eastward into the Ruhaiqi area, and then established anti-Japanese democratic governments in the four counties of Nantong, Rugao, Haimen, and Qidong based on the "three-three system" principle. In March 1941, the Fourth Administrative District of Central Jiangsu was established; in February 1945, the First and Ninth Administrative Districts of the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Region were established.

In August 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. After three and a half years of liberation war, Nantong City was liberated in February 1949. In May 1950, Nantong was upgraded to a municipality directly under the Central Government of the Northern Jiangsu Administrative Office. From June 1953 to June 1, Nantong was a municipality under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.

As of the end of 2013, Nantong has jurisdiction over 3 districts - Chongchuan, Gangzha and Tongzhou, 1 county - Rudong, and 2 development zones - Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone, Nantong Binhai Park And 1 functional area - Sutong Science and Technology Industrial Park, manages 4 county-level cities - Qidong, Rugao, Haimen and Haian.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Nantong