Nantong, Jiangsu Province is a prefecture-level city, but it has five powerful middle schools: Hai 'an High School, Haimen High School, rugao middle school, Rudong High School and Nantong High School.
It can be said that Nantong has made great contributions to education in Jiangsu, and Jiangsu has made great contributions to education in the whole country.
Nantong, a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, is located in the southeast of Jiangsu and the north wing of the Yangtze River Delta. Children for short. Also known as Jinghai, Chongzhou, Chongchuan and Zilang, it was called Tongzhou in ancient times. Nantong is the gateway city of the northern wing of Shanghai metropolitan area, one of the first batch of 14 coastal cities in China, the economic center of the northern wing of the Yangtze River Delta, a modern port city and a national historical and cultural city.
It is bordered by the Yellow Sea in the east and the Yangtze River in the south. Invited by lights from Shanghai and Suzhou, it borders Taizhou and Yancheng in the west and north. Because it is the intersection of rivers and seas, the throat of the north and the south, it is called "Northern Guangzhou". Nantong combines the advantages of "golden coast" and "golden waterway", with 226 kilometers of Yangtze River coastline, which is an important part of Jiangsu Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Nantong has a history of more than 5000 years, because of the rising sand and alluvial land. Nantong has a history of 1000 years since the third year of Xiande in the following week (956). After the Revolution of 1911, Tongzhou was changed to Nantong County. 1983, Nantong was abolished and Nantong was established. Nantong has jurisdiction over 3 districts 1 county and 4 county-level cities, covering an area of 8544 square kilometers.
In the history of modern culture, science and education in China, Nantong established the first normal school, the first folk museum, the first textile school, the first embroidery school, the first drama school, the first deaf-mute school run by China people and the first weather station, which is called "the first city in modern China".
As the oldest city in China, Nantong has an average life expectancy of 80.7 1 year, and there are as many centenarians as 103 1 person. 20 14 In May, Nantong was awarded the world's first "Longevity Capital" by the International Society of Natural Medicine and the World Longevity Town Certification Committee.
August 20 14, Nantong became the sixth city in Jiangsu province and the 37th city in China approved to build rail transit. Nantong ranked 22nd in the 20 17 list of the top 100 cities in China.
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Nantong Baidu encyclopedia