Jurong () is a

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

under the administration of

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 ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

province, China. In 129 BC, the then Prince of Changsha Liu Fa's son, Dang became the Marquis of Jurong. As he died soon, the lands enfeoffed to him became Jurong county in the next year. Jurong was under the jurisdiction of Nanjing historically, but it was annexed to the Prefecture of Zhenjiang in 1950, then Zhenjiang in 1983. The county was converted into a county-level city in 1995.

Administrative divisions

At present, Jurong City has 5 towns and 1 other. ;5 towns ;1 other * Jurong Economic Development Zone ()

Climate

Transport

Nanjing Metro

Several stations of Line S6 of Nanjing Metro, also known as "Nanjing–Jurong Intercity Metro" is located in Jurong. The metro line opened in December 2021.

China Railway

on the Nanjing–Hangzhou high-speed railway is situated in the southwest outskirts of the city. Jurong railway station on the South Jiangsu Riverside high-speed railway was opened on 28 September 2023.

References

External links

Jurong City English Guide
(Jiangsu.net) Cities in Jiangsu County-level divisions of Jiangsu Zhenjiang National Civilized City {{Jiangsu-geo-stub