[citation needed] As of 2013, Banzhuang Town has a total area of 175.61 square kilometres (67.80 sq mi), and a population of about 100,000.

During the earlier Spring and Autumn period, Lu expanded to the west of Zhuqi up to the Banzhuang area.

The Zhuqi County seat was situated to the east of Gucheng, a big village to the west of Banzhuang.

As part of these reforms, Jiagu City was founded near Guangxiao Town (光孝乡) in Ganyu County.

[2] After the national government in Nanjing overthrew the Beiyang authorities in Peking, it began to make further reforms to the local and central administrative system.

When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took the area from Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War, they set up a new administrative system.

[5] After the CCP occupied Nanjing, the capital of China at the time, Jiangsu Province was abolished and split up.

[citation needed] In 1958, construction of Shilianghe Reservoir began, triggering migrations out of the Banzhuang area.

[citation needed] On January 31, 2013, Jiangsu's provincial government decreed the merger of Huandun Township into Banzhuang Town.

Many of the low mountains have local names: Taipin, Langtou, Zhuqi, Jiagu, Hulu, Jinniu, Shuang, Ma (Horse), Liao, Ma'an (Anti-Japan), Liujia, Gejia, Heng, Zhuque.