Jintan District

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Jintan
金坛区
Kintan
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Jintan
Location in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 31°43′19″N119°31′44″E / 31.722°N 119.529°E / 31.722; 119.529
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Province Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city Changzhou
Subdivisions3 subdistricts, 6 towns
Area
  Total976.7 km2 (377.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
  Total563,500
  Density580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
213200
  1. New Book of Tang . 41. "金壇,緊。本曲阿縣地。隋末,土人保聚,因為金山縣。隋亡,沈法興又置琅琊縣,李子通以琅琊置茅州,以金山隸之。賊平,因之,後隸蔣州。武德八年省入延陵。垂拱四年復置,來屬,更名"; 太平寰宇記 [Gazetteer of the World during the Taiping Period]. 80. "垂拱四年,以人物繁廣復立金山縣。又以東陽郡已有金山縣,故改名金壇。取邑界句曲之山、金壇之陵以為號。按河圖云,乃有「地肺土良水清句曲之山金壇之陵」"
  2. The name of Jintan supposedly derives from a huge altar inside a cave on Mao Mountain. According to one account, the altar was golden, thus it was designated "Golden Altar". In another account, the altar was named after a hill nearby, Jijin(積金山), and abbreviated to Jintan. See 茅山志 [Gazetteer of Mao Mountain]. 6.
  3. "常州市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  4. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration . Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration . Retrieved 25 June 2023.
Jintan District
Simplified Chinese 金坛
Traditional Chinese 金壇
Postal Kintan