Jingkou District

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.

Jingkou

京口区
District
Jingkou
Location in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 32°12′05″N 119°27′37″E[1]
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangsu
Prefecture-level cityZhenjiang
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Jingkou District
Traditional Chinese京口區
Simplified Chinese京口区
Literal meaningCapital Mouth District

History

Jingkou was the site of the original meeting place between the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River. It was the site of an imperial army garrison under the Qing.[2]

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References
  1. Google (2014-07-02). "Jingkou" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  2. 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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