Dantu is a district under the jurisdiction of Zhenjiang

Zhenjiang

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 in Jiangsu Province.

There are two islands that belong to Dantu, in addition to the Yangtze River at the north it has a town. It is bordered to the east by the Jiajiang neighborhood in Yangzhong

Yangzhong

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. To the south-east lies Danyang

Danyang

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 and to the west is Jurong

Jurong, Jiangsu

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. The Yangtze River

Yangtze River

The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...

borders Dantu to the north.

The district covers an area of 748.8 square kilometers and as of 2003 had a population of 370,000. The postal code for Dantu is 212100.