Jingkou District

Jingkou District
Jingkou District
Traditional Chinese	京口區
Simplified Chinese	京口区
Literal meaning	Capital Mouth District
Hanyu Pinyin
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jīngkǒu Qū

Jingkou

京口区
Jingkou 京口区
District
	Jingkou Location in Jiangsu
	Coordinates: 32°12′05″N 119°27′37″E / 32.2013°N 119.4602°ECoordinates: 32°12′05″N 119°27′37″E / 32.2013°N 119.4602°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city	Zhenjiang
Area
• Total	343.69 km2 (132.70 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	601,671
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	212001

Sunrise in Jingkou

Jingkou District is one of three districts of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 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 (镇江新区) 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 Yangtze River.^{[citation needed]} It was the site of an imperial army garrison under the Qing.^[2]

Administrative divisions[]

Jingkou District has 8 subdistricts and 3 towns.^[3]

8 subdistricts

(正东路街道)
(健康路街道)
(大市口街道)
(四牌楼街道)

(象山街道)
(谏壁街道)
(丁卯街道)
(大港街道)

3 towns

(姚桥镇)
(大路镇)
(丁岗镇)

Transportation[]

Dagang South railway station is situated here.

References[]

^ Google (2014-07-02). "Jingkou" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
^ Cassel, Pär (2003), "Excavating Extraterritoriality: The "Judicial Sub-Prefect" as a Prototype for the Mixed Court in Shanghai", Late Imperial China, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 156–182 |volume= has extra text (help).
^ "镇江市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

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[1] Google (2014-07-02). "Jingkou" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.

[2] Cassel, Pär (2003), "Excavating Extraterritoriality: The "Judicial Sub-Prefect" as a Prototype for the Mixed Court in Shanghai", Late Imperial China, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 156–182 |volume= has extra text (help).

[3] "镇江市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

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Jingkou 京口区
District
Jingkou Location in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 32°12′05″N 119°27′37″E / 32.2013°N 119.4602°E / 32.2013; 119.4602Coordinates: 32°12′05″N 119°27′37″E / 32.2013°N 119.4602°E / 32.2013; 119.4602^[1]
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city	Zhenjiang
Area
• Total	343.69 km² (132.70 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	601,671
• Density	1,800/km² (4,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	212001