Zhenjiang travel guide

}) |- | Area - Total - Urban center | 3,847 km² 1,082 km² |- | Population - Total - Urban center | 2,672,100 (2004) 625,400 (2006) |- | GDP - Total - Per Capita | ¥106 billion (2006) ¥39,552 (2006) |- | Major Nationalities | Han - 99.43% Hui Uyghur Kazak Tatar |- | County-level divisions | 6 |- | Township-level divisions | 77 |- | CPC Committee Secretary | Shi Heping (史和平) |- | Mayor | Xu Jinrong (许津荣) |- | Area code | 511 |- | Postal Code | 212000, 212100 212200-212400 |- | License Plate Prefix | 苏L |}
Zhenjiang (镇江; 鎮江; Zhènjiāng; Wade-Giles: Chen-chiang) is a prefecture-level city in the southwestern Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, it borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Changzhou to the east, and Yangzhou across the river to the north.
Once known as Jingjiang (京江, Wade-Giles Chingkiang) or Jingkou (京口 Wade-Giles Chingk'ou), Zhenjiang is today an important transportation hub owing to its location near the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal. (...) more....