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 704 000 at the time of the Sixth National Census in 2010.
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.
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 eastern 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.
Qidong is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nantong in southeastern Jiangsu province,China. It is located on the north side of the Yangtze River opposite Shanghai and forms a peninsula jutting out into the East China Sea. It has a population of 1.12 million.
Fengdu County is a county located in Chongqing Municipality,People's Republic of China. The county was established as Fengdu County (豐都縣) during the Sui Dynasty. The name was changed to Fengdu County (酆都縣) during the Ming Dynasty. In 1958,the name was changed back to Fengdu County.
Fengjie County is a county of Chongqing Municipality,China. It is on the Yangtze River;located within a couple hundreds kilometers upstream from the Three Gorges Dam,it is within the dam's affected area.
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,traditionally has one of the highest rates of liver cancer in China and in the world,with upwards of 1 out of every 10 adults in the rural areas dying from liver cancer.
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).
Hengsha is a low-lying alluvial island at the mouth of the Yangtze River in eastern China. Together with the islands of Chongming and Changxing,it forms Chongming District,the northernmost area of the provincial-level municipality of Shanghai. Its population was 33,400 in 2008.
Xinglong County is a county in the northeast of Hebei province,bordering the municipalities of Beijing to the west and Tianjin to the southwest. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengde,with a population of 320,000 residing in an area of 3,116 km2 (1,203 sq 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.
Zhonglu is a town in the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture,in extreme southwestern Hubei province,China,36 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of downtown Lichuan,which administers the town,and 78 km (48 mi) west-southwest of Enshi City,the prefectural seat. As of 2011,it has one residential community (社区) and 60 villages under its administration.
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).
Yusi is a town in Lu County,Luzhou,Sichuan province,China. As of 2020,it administers the following two residential neighborhoods and 11 villages:
Guangyun Subdistrict is a subdistrict situated in Wucheng County,Shandong,China. As of 2020,it administers the following six residential neighborhoods and 32 villages:
Shanling Township is a township in Qianjiang District,Chongqing,China. As of 2020,it administers the following two residential neighborhoods and four villages:
Chahe is a town in Rudong County,Nantong,Jiangsu.
