Nantong

Province

Nantong (南通 市) is a prefecture -level city in China's Jiangsu Province at the mouth of the Yangtze River. It is an important center for the textile and food industries. Nantong has an area of ​​8544 km ² and about 7.7379 million inhabitants ( end of 2004).

Administrative Divisions

At county level, Nantong is composed of three municipalities, three urban districts and two circles together. These are:

  • Municipality Chongchuan (崇川 区), 215 km ², 670,000 inhabitants;
  • Municipality Gangzha (港闸 区), 134 km ², 180,000 inhabitants;
  • Tongzhou District (通州 区), 1343 km ², 1.27 million inhabitants;
  • Haimen City (海门市), 1148 km ², 1.02 million inhabitants;
  • Qidong City (启东 市), 1191 km ², 1.13 million inhabitants;
  • Rugao (如皋 市), 1531 km ², 1.43 million inhabitants;
  • Circle Rudong (如东县), 1872 km ², 1.08 million inhabitants, capital: greater community Juegang (掘 港镇);
  • Circle Hai'an (海安 县), 1110 km ², 960,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Hai'an (海安 镇).

Economy

In Nantong you can, inter alia, find the following industries:

  • Cotton processing
  • Food industry
  • Agricultural area (one of the most densely populated agricultural areas of the Earth)
  • CD-R-/DVD-R-Rohlingproduktion
  • Electronics industry (including the largest manufacturer of electrolytic capacitors in China)

Attractions

In Nantong is located on a peninsula in the Yangtze River, the Nantong Museum. It was opened in 1905 as the first modern museum in China. The original museum building is built in the American colonial style. For the centenary of 2005, an extension of the Chinese architect Wu Liangyong was opened. In Nantong is located in the Wenfeng Road No. 4 also the first textile museum in China, opened in October 1985. The original museum building dates from 1906. For twenty years of existence in 2004 growing by Chinese architect Wu Liangyong was completed. The city was named for the ecological model city.

Twinning

  • United Kingdom Swansea, United Kingdom, since 1987
  • Japan Toyohashi, Japan, since 1987
  • Japan Izumi, Japan, since 1993
  • United States Jersey City, United States, since 1996
  • Germany Troisdorf, Germany, since 1997
  • Flag of South Korea Gimje, South Korea, since 1997
  • Italy Civitavecchia, Italy, since 1999
  • Canada Rimouski, Canada, since 2003
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