Qidong, Jiangsu
County-level city in Jiangsu, People's Republic of China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Qidong is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nantong in southeastern Jiangsu province, China. It is located on the north side of the Yangtze River opposite Shanghai and forms a peninsula jutting out into the East China Sea. It has a population of 1.12 million.
Qidong
启东市 Chitung | |
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Coordinates: 31°52′12″N 121°42′11″E[1] | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Jiangsu |
Prefecture | Nantong |
Area | |
• Total | 1,208 km2 (466 sq mi) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,115,900 |
• Density | 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal Code | 226200 |
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Simplified Chinese | 启东 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 啓東 | ||||||
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The center of the city is named Huilong Township. It also has a well-known fishing port called Lüsi town, named after Lü Dongbin, one of the eight immortals, who is said to have visited the place four times. Qidong's Qilong township was formerly a separate island in the Yangtze called Yonglongsha but now forms a pene-enclave on Chongming Island, most of which belongs to Shanghai.