Hai'an () is a

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under the administration of the

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Nantong Nantong (; alternate names: Nan-t'ung, Nantung, Tongzhou, or Tungchow; Qihai dialect: ) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province of China, province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. ...

, in eastern

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province, China. Bordering Dongtai to the north, Rudong to the south-east, Rugao to the south, Taixing to the south-west, and Jiangyan to the west, the city is located on the south-western shores of the Yellow Sea. Hai'an city includes 14 towns. They are Hǎi'ān (), Lǎobàgǎng (), Jiǎoxié (), Lǐbǎo (), Xīchǎng (), Dàgōng (), Chéngdōng (), Sūnzhuāng (), Yǎzhōu (), Qūtáng (), Hújí (), Nánmò (), Báidiàn () and Dūntóu ().

History

In 411, Haining (, not the one in Zhejiang), a county administered the area of Hai'an nowadays and its environs was founded. In 471, western Haining was separated to create Hai'an county. The county was dissolved soon, but it was created again in 708. Some fourteen years later, it was reduced to town status and annexed by Hailing county, then Taizhou. During the second Sino-Japanese war, Zishi () county was founded by the communist government there in 1943, it was renamed Hai'an in 1948. It was transferred to Nantong in 1950.

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