What is the population of Nantong?

According to the inquiry of Nantong Municipal People's Government, at the end of 2023, the permanent population of Nantong City was 7,748,500. Nantong, referred to as "Tong", was called Tongzhou in ancient times, also known as Jinghai, Chongzhou and Zilang. It is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, a central city in the Yangtze River Delta, a second-tier city, a national economic center in the Yangtze River Delta and a modern port city. Nantong has a land area of 800 1 km2, which governs 3 districts, 1 county and 3 county-level cities. Nantong is a national historical and cultural city. It has been more than a thousand years since Zhou Xiande built the city three years after the Five Dynasties. The combination of north and south endows Nantong with the characteristics of multi-integration of immigrants, the riverside and the seaside endows Nantong with a strong charm of water town, and the establishment of industry endows Nantong with a bright background of combining Chinese and western. Nantong is one of the birthplaces of modern national industry in China. In the history of China, Nantong established the first normal school, the first museum, the first textile school, the first embroidery school, the first drama school, the first specialized school and the first weather station. Historically known as "the first city in modern China". Nantong is the birthplace of "China Art Nantong Phenomenon" and "Spiritual Civilization Nantong Phenomenon", the most advanced area of China's major spiritual civilization model, and the first "World Longevity Capital" awarded by the International Natural Medicine Association.