Jintan

Jintan District is a district beneath the management of Changzhou in the Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. Jintan, known as Jinshan in ancient instances, turned into a township of Yanling commandery because the reign of the Emperor Yuan of Jin. Then it turned into promoted via its inhabitants as Jinshan county to reinforce the nearby vigilance ultimately of the Sui, without permission. So the Tang authorities restored that soon.

As a densely populated region, the county become reestablished in about 688, however on the grounds that there has been a namesake in gift-day Jinhua of Zhejiang, it became named after Jintan, additionally a hill of Mountain Mao. Western Jintan consists of the mountainous area Maoshan, which covers an area of approximately 223 rectangular kilometres. The highest peak of Maoshan is 372.5 metres above sea degree. Flatlands lie inside the east of Jintan, part of the Taihu Plain, with an area of approximately 752 rectangular kilometres.