Does Nantong, Jiangsu belong to Jiangnan Water Town?

Nantong, Jiangsu Province belongs to the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, which refers to the geographical area. As the name implies, it means Jiangnan. In the concept of human geography, it refers to the south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, that is, Shanghai, Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, southern Anhui, eastern and northern Jiangxi.

Tong, a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, is located in the southeast of Jiangsu and the north wing of the Yangtze River Delta. Children for short. Also known as Jinghai, Chongzhou, Chongchuan and Zilang, it was called Tongzhou in ancient times. Nantong is the gateway city of the northern wing of Shanghai metropolitan area, one of the first batch of 14 coastal cities in China, the economic center of the northern wing of the Yangtze River Delta, a modern port city and a national historical and cultural city.

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At the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century, the territory of modern Nantong was formed.

In the third year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1724), Tongzhou was changed to Zhili Prefecture, which governed Taixing and Rugao counties and was placed under the Jiangsu Municipal Department. In the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong (176 1), it was assigned to Jiangning Municipal Department.

After the Revolution of 1911, counties were abandoned and Nantong County Office was established. 19 14~ 1927, Nantong, Rugao, Jingjiang and Taixing are under the jurisdiction of Su Changdao, while Haimen and Chongming are under the jurisdiction of Shanghai Island. 1934 Nantong administrative supervision district Commissioner's office was established, which governs Chongming, Qidong, Haimen, Rugao and Jingjiang counties.

During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the anti-Japanese democratic government was established in March of 194 1. During the War of Liberation, an administrative office was set up to connect East, Shanghai, West and Ru Ru, and the Commissioner's Office of the Fourth Administrative Region of Jiangsu was set up in Rudong to rebuild the first and ninth administrative regions of Jiangsu and Anhui (Central China).

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