Nanjing
Nanjing is the capital of China's Jiangsu Province, and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and culture. Nanjing was the capital of China during several historical periods, including the former capital city of Republic of China, and is listed as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. Nanjing is also one of the fifteen sub-provincial cities in the People's Republic of China's administrative structure. It has autonomy for jurisdiction and economy only slightly less than that of a province.
Nánjīng Shì
南京市 | |
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S.P.-City | |
 Location within China | |
  Nánjīng Shì Location within China | |
| Coordinates: 32°03′N 118°46′E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| County-level divisions | 13 |
| Township divisions | 129 |
| Settled | 495 BC |
| Government | |
| • CPC Nanjing | Luo Zhijun Committee Secretary |
| • Mayor | Jiang Hongkun |
| Area (ranked 29th) | |
| • Total | 6,596 km2 (2,547 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (50 ft) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 6,126,165 |
| • Density | 928.8/km2 (2,406/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 210000 - 211300 |
| Area code(s) | 25 |
| License plate prefixes | 苏A |
| GDP (2007) | US$45.2 billion (1.00US$=7.25Renminbi¥,Nov, 2007) |
| - per capita | US$7,442 |
| Website | City of Nanjing |
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It lies in the downstream Yangtze River drainage basin and Yangtze River Delta. With an urban population of over five million, it is also the second largest commercial center in the East China region, behind only Shanghai.
Name
The Mandarin Chinese name of the city is 
Nánjīng ,[lower-alpha 1] 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
Political divisions
Nanjing Municipality is divided into 11 districts.
- Xuanwu District
- Qinhuai District
- Yuhuatai District
- Gulou District
- Pukou District
- Liuhe District
- Qixia District
- Jianye District
- Jiangning District
- Lishui District
- Gaochun District
Attractions
Education
Sister cities
Nanjing currently has 18 sister cities (areas), namely:
Alsace, France
Barranquilla, Colombia
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Florence, Italy- Hauts-de-Seine, France
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Leipzig, Germany- Limassol, Cyprus
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London, Ontario, Canada
Malacca Town, Malaysia (2001)
Mexicali, Mexico
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Perth, Australia- St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. (Nov 02, 1978, The 1st pair of Twin Cities between America and People's Republic of China)
- Daejeon, South Korea
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Birmingham, United Kingdom
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Notes
- These marks show the tones of the Chinese word, which are important in saying them correctly.
Sources
Pages
Books
- Jiang, Zanchu (1995). Nanjing shi hua. Nanjing: Nanjing chu ban she. ISBN 7-80614-159-6.
Other websites
Nanjing travel guide from Wikivoyage- Nanjing Government website
- Jiangsu Network Archived 2015-03-15 at the Wayback Machine Nanjing city guide with open directory
- Nanjing travel guide from the website Synotrip
- Nanking Illustrated is an old book from 1624
| 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 |