Dantu District, belonging to Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province. Located in the southwest of Jiangsu Province, the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, east of Zhenjiang City, Dagang New District, west of Jurong City, south of Danyang City, Jintan District, the territory of the Yangtze River in the north of the three islands, respectively, and the city of Yangzhou, Yizheng City, Ganjiang District across the river. Around Zhenjiang City, Jingkou District, Runzhou District, with a total area of 617.08 square kilometers. 2020, Dantu District resident population of 347,400 people, the household population of 288,900 people. The ethnic groups in the territory are mainly Han Chinese, and there are 32 ethnic minorities and more than 1080 people. As of October 2021, Dantu District has 2 streets and 6 towns under its jurisdiction.
Dantu District was first called "Yi". In the 26th year of Qin Shihuang (221 BC), the county was established. In thirty-seven years, the county was changed from Guyang County to Dantu County. In 1983, Zhenjiang City became a provincial municipality, Dantu County under the jurisdiction of Zhenjiang City. 2002, the abolition of Dantu County, the establishment of Zhenjiang City, Dantu District. Dantu is a revolutionary cultural relics protection and use of the area of the county, the roof distributed photovoltaic development pilot county, the sixth batch of the country to take the lead in the basic realization of the main crop production throughout the mechanization of the demonstration counties.
In 2020, the gross regional product of Dantu District was 41.403 billion yuan, an increase of 3.7% over the previous year. Sub-industry, the primary industry added value of 2.171 billion yuan, the secondary industry added value of 20.588 billion yuan; tertiary industry added value of 18.644 billion yuan, the three industrial structure of 5.3:49.7:45.0.