Nanjing

capital city of Jiangsu Province, China, former capital of the Republic of China and China's Ming dynasty

Nanjing is a huge city in eastern China. It has over nine million people, which makes it the 29th largest city proper in the world, and the 51st largest urban area in the world.

Nánjīng Shì
南京市
Location within China
Location within China
Nánjīng Shì is located in China
Nánjīng Shì
Nánjīng Shì
Coordinates: 32°03′N 118°46′E / 32.050°N 118.767°E / 32.050; 118.767
CountryPeople's Republic of China
County-level divisions13
Township divisions129
Settled495 BC
Government
 • CPC NanjingLuo Zhijun
Committee Secretary
 • MayorJiang Hongkun
Area
 • Total6,596 km2 (2,547 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (50 ft)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total6,126,165
 • Density928.8/km2 (2,406/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code
210000 - 211300
Area code25
License plate prefixes苏A
GDP (2007)US$45.2 billion (1.00US$=7.25Renminbi¥,Nov, 2007)
 - per capitaUS$7,442
WebsiteCity of Nanjing
City trees
Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara)
City flowers
Chinese plum (Prunus mume)

The Mandarin Chinese name of the city is  Nánjīng ,[a] which means "The Southern Capital". It got this name when the Yongle Emperor of the Ming family of rulers moved most of his government to Beijing ("The Northern Capital") in the early 1400s. In Chinese, Nanjing's name is written 南京. Today, people spell it "Nanjing" because they use the pinyin way of spelling. Pinyin tries to show how the word should sound in Mandarin. People also used to write it "Nan-chang", using Mr. Wade and Mr. Giles's way of spelling, and "Nanking", using the Chinese Postal Map's way.

History

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Political divisions

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Nanjing Municipality is divided into 11 districts.

Attractions

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Education

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Travelling

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Sister cities

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Nanjing currently has 18 sister cities (areas), namely:

  1. These marks show the tones of the Chinese word, which are important in saying them correctly.

Sources

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  • Jiang, Zanchu (1995). Nanjing shi hua. Nanjing: Nanjing chu ban she. ISBN 7-80614-159-6.

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Preceded by
Beijing
Capital of China
1368-1420
Succeeded by
Beijing
Preceded by
Beijing
Capital of China
1928-1937
Succeeded by
Wuhan (wartime)
Preceded by
Chongqing
Capital of China
1945-1949
Succeeded by
Guangzhou
for the Republic of China
Succeeded by
Beijing
for the People's Republic of China