Nantong, a result of alluvial sand Chengzhou up, as land has been more than 5,000 years of history. Referred to as the "pass", another name for Jinghai, Chongzhou,chongchuan, purple-lang,Tongzhou, Xiandethree years (956 years) the city has been more than a thousand years of history. After the Revolution and the Beijing Tongzhou, Nantong distinguish said before. Is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, a prefecture-level cities.
