Jingkou District is one of three

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Zhenjiang Zhenjiang, alternately romanized as Chinkiang, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, China. It lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze River near its intersection with the Grand Canal. It is opposite Yangzhou (to its north) and b ...

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province, China. The district has an area of 115 km² and a population of 410,000 people. The postal code for Jingkou is 212001 and the telephone code is 0511. In recent years, it was split to form

Zhenjiang New Area Zhenjiang, alternately romanized as Chinkiang, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, China. It lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze River near its intersection with the Grand Canal. It is opposite Yangzhou (to its north) and b ...

() which is divided to 2 subdistricts (Dagang Subdistrict (大港街道), Dingmao Subdistrict (丁卯街道)) and 3 towns (Dalu (大路镇), Yaoqiao (姚桥镇), Dinggang (丁岗镇)).

History

Jingkou was the site of the original meeting place between the Grand Canal and the

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. It was the site of an imperial army garrison under the

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Administrative divisions

Jingkou District has 8 subdistricts and 3 towns. ;8 subdistricts ;3 towns * Yaoqiao () * Dalu () * Dinggang ()

Transportation

Dagang South railway station Dagang South railway station () is a railway station in Jingkou District, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China. It opened with the remaining section of the Lianyungang–Zhenjiang high-speed railway The Lianyungang–Zhenjiang high-speed railway is a high- ...

is situated here.

References

County-level divisions of Jiangsu {{Jiangsu-geo-stub