Chongming District is the northernmost district of the provincial-level municipality of Shanghai. Chongming consists of three low-lying inhabited alluvial islands at the mouth of the Yangtze north of the Shanghai peninsula:Chongming,Changxing,and Hengsha. Following its massive expansion in the 20th century,Chongming is now the 2nd-largest island administered by the People's Republic of China and the 2nd-largest in Greater China,after Hainan. Chongming does not,however,administer all of the island:owing to its continual expansion from sediment deposited by the Yangtze,it has merged with formerly separate islands and now includes Jiangsu province's pene-exclave townships of Haiyong and Qilong. Chongming proper covers an area of 1,411 km2 (545 sq mi) and had a population of 637,921 at the time of the Census 2020.
Taicang is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou,Jiangsu province,China. The city located in the south of the Yangtze River estuary opposite Nantong,being bordered by Shanghai proper to the south,while the river also delineates much of its northeastern boundary along Chongming Island.
Rugao is a county-level city under the administration of Nantong,Jiangsu province,China,located in the Yangtze River Delta on the northern (left) bank of the river.
Changshu is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou,Jiangsu province,and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. It borders the prefecture-level city of Nantong to the northeast across the Yangtze River. Due to the mild climate and terrain there,it has enjoyed a high level of agricultural civilization since ancient times,and is named after this,for the first character of its name means "always,often",while the second means "ripe". The name of the adjacent county-level city of Taicang means "great granary".
Nantong is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province,China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River,near the river mouth. Nantong is a vital river port bordering Yancheng to the north;Taizhou to the west;Suzhou,Wuxi and Shanghai to the south across the river;and the East China Sea to the east. Its population was 7,726,635 as of the 2020 census,3,766,534 of whom lived in the built-up area made up of three urban districts.
Chongming,formerly romanized as Chungming,is an alluvial island at the mouth of the Yangtze River in East China covering 1,267 square kilometers (489 sq mi) as of 2010. Together with the islands Changxing and Hengsha,it forms Chongming District,the northernmost area of the provincial-level municipality of Shanghai. At the time of the 2010 Chinese census,its population was 660,000.
Zhangjiagang,formerly Shazhou County,is a county-level city under the administration of Suzhou,Jiangsu province,China and one of the many ports along the Yangtze river.
Taizhou is a city in Jiangsu in eastern China. Situated on the north bank of the Yangtze River,it borders Nantong to the east,Yancheng to the north and Yangzhou to the west.
Haimen is a district of Nantong,Jiangsu province,with a population of approximately 1 million. It is located at the opposite side of the Yangtze River to Shanghai and is directly north of Chongming Island except for a small portion that forms Haimen District's Haiyong Town. Haimen is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haimen. Haimen is located in the poorer north Jiangsu region and,together with Qidong City,has long had one of the highest rates of liver cancer in China and in the world;over one in ten adults in the rural areas died from liver cancer c.1970,with mortality halving since then with improvements to drinking water and food.
Yizheng is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yangzhou,Jiangsu province,China,with a population of about 600,000 (2007). It borders the prefecture-level divisions of Chuzhou (Anhui) to the north,Nanjing to the west,and Zhenjiang to the south.
Jingjiang is a county-level city under the administration of Taizhou,Jiangsu province,China. It is located on the northern (left) bank of the Yangtze River,and is the southernmost part of Taizhou City,bordering Nantong to the northeast,Suzhou to the southeast,Wuxi to the south,Changzhou to the southwest,and Zhenjiang to the west. The area of Jingjiang is 655.6 square kilometres and the population was 663,408 at the 2020 census.
Chongming–Qidong Yangtze River Bridge or the Chongqi Bridge,also called Chongqi Crossing Project,is a bridge across the north fork of the Yangtze River,near the river's mouth between Chongming Island of Shanghai and Qidong in Jiangsu Province. This bridge,along with the Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel and Bridge to the south,forms the last crossing of the Yangtze River before the river empties into the East China Sea. The bridge carries the six-lane G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway,part of the National Expressway Network of the People's Republic of China.
The geography of Shanghai is characterised by its location on the Yangtze River Delta on China's east coast and its proximity to the Pacific Ocean via the East China Sea. The city is centred on the Huangpu River,a tributary of the Yangtze River,and extends outwards in all directions,with the suburbs and satellite towns reaching east to the East China Sea,north and west to Jiangsu province,and south to Zhejiang province over Hangzhou Bay.
The islands of Shanghai are those under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai municipal government. They comprise three large inhabited islands and a shifting number of smaller,uninhabited ones. Most are alluvial islands in the Yangtze River Delta in China,although a number of islands in Hangzhou Bay off Jinshan District are also administered by Shanghai. The alluvial islands are relatively young and their number varies over time. In 2006,the city's 19 uninhabited islands covered 226.27 square kilometers (87.36 sq mi),with a total coastline length of 309 kilometers (192 mi).
Tongzhou District,formerly known as Tongzhou City (1993-2009) or Nantong County (1912-1993),is one of three urban districts of Nantong,Jiangsu province,China. It was a county-level city under the administration of Nantong until July 2009,when it became a district of Nantong. As of 2010,Tongzhou had a population of 1,246,400.
The Nanjing–Qidong railway,commonly referred to in short as the Ningqi railway,is a higher-speed rail line in Jiangsu Province,China. Its common name is derived from Ning,the one-character abbreviation for Nanjing and Qi,which refers to Qidong,a county-level city of Nantong.
Huilong High School is a middle school in Jiangsu,China. It is considered a modern education technology experimental school. The school motto is "Advocate genuine knowledge,pursuit outstanding".
Haiyong is a town of Haimen District in Nantong,Jiangsu,China. Together with neighboring Qilong,it forms a pene-enclave of the province on Chongming Island,most of which belongs to the province-level municipality of Shanghai. Haiyong presently covers about 12.5 square kilometers (5 sq mi) and had a population of 5,004 during the year 2000 census.
Yonglongsha,sometimes translated as the Yonglong Shoal or Yonglong Sands,was a former island in the north channel of the Yangtze River to the north of Chongming in eastern China. It was also known as Yongfengsha and Hefengsha. Prior to its absorption by Chongming,it measured about 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) east to west but was very narrow,with an area of about 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi).
Qilong is a township of Qidong in eastern Jiangsu province. The land it occupies was formerly Yonglongsha,a separate island in the Yangtze River delta,but reclamation projects and natural deposition of sediment have joined it to Chongming Island,where it now forms a pene-enclave within Shanghai's Chongming County. Its population was 3436 at the time of the 2010 Chinese census. Qilong's name—literally "opening prosperity"—is a compound of contracted forms of its county and its former island.
