The district has an area of 115 km2 and a population of 410,000 people.

In recent years, it was split to form Zhenjiang New Area (镇江新区) which is divided to 2 subdistricts (Dagang Subdistrict (大港街道), Dingmao Subdistrict (丁卯街道)) and 3 towns (Dalu (大路镇), Yaoqiao (姚桥镇), Dinggang (丁岗镇)).

Jingkou was the site of the original meeting place between the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River.

[citation needed] It was the site of an imperial army garrison under the Qing.

[3] Dagang South railway station is situated here.