Qiantong, Zhejiang

Qiantong 前童镇
Town
Coordinates: 29°13′42″N 121°20′54″E / 29.22833°N 121.34833°ECoordinates: 29°13′42″N 121°20′54″E / 29.22833°N 121.34833°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Zhejiang
Sub-provincial city	Ningbo
County	Ninghai
Area
• Total	68.77 km^2 (26.55 sq mi)
Elevation	37 m (120 ft)
Population
• Total	24,300
• Density	350/km^2 (920/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	315606
Area code(s)	0574
Website	qt.ninghai.gov.cn

Qiantong (Chinese: 前童; pinyin: Qiántóng) is a town in southwestern Ninghai County in eastern Zhejiang province, China,^[1] situated along G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway around 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southwest of the county seat as the crow flies. As of 2011, it has 29 villages under its administration.^[2] The town was established in the last years of the Song Dynasty, though much of its architecture dates from the Ming or Qing; a large proportion of its residents are surnamed Tong (童).

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Zhejiang

References

1. 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：宁海县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
2. 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：前童镇 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2012-12-29.