Jingkou District
| Jingkou 京口区 | |
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| District | |
  Jingkou Location in Jiangsu | |
| Coordinates: 32°12′05″N 119°27′37″E / 32.2013°N 119.4602°ECoordinates: 32°12′05″N 119°27′37″E / 32.2013°N 119.4602°E[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Prefecture-level city | Zhenjiang |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Jingkou District | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 京口區 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 京口区 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Capital Mouth District | ||||||
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Jingkou District is one of three districts of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, China. The district has an area of 115 km2 and a population of 410,000 people. The postal code for Jingkou is 212001 and the telephone code is 0511.
History
Jingkou was the site of the original meeting place between the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River. It was the site of a imperial army garrison under the Qing.[2]
References
- ↑ Google (2014-07-02). "Jingkou" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ↑ Cassel, Pär (2003), "Excavating Extraterritoriality: The "Judicial Sub-Prefect" as a Prototype for the Mixed Court in Shanghai", Late Imperial China, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 156–182.
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