Nanjing
Nánjīng Shì
南京市 | |
|---|---|
 Location within China | |
  Nánjīng Shì | |
| Coordinates: 32°03′N 118°46′E / 32.050°N 118.767°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 | |
| • 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 | 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 |
Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara) Chinese plum (Prunus mume) | |
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.
Name
The Mandarin Chinese name of the city is 
Nánjīng (help·info),[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
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
- City Wall and the Gate of China
- Greenland Financial Center
- Jiming Temple
- Hongshan Zoo
- Nanjing Massacre Museum
- Nanjing Museum
- Presidential Palace
- Purple Mountain
- Purple Mountain Observatory
- Sun Yat-sen's Tomb
- Temple of Confucius
- Xuanwu Lake
- Yangtze River Bridge
- Yuhuatai Park
Education
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing Foreign Language School
- Hehai University
- Southeast University
Travelling
- Nanjing Bus
- Nanjing Metro
- Nanjing Tram
Sister cities
Nanjing currently has 18 sister cities (areas), namely:
Alsace, France
Barranquilla, fockme
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Florence, Italy- Hauts-de-Seine, France
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Leipzig, Germany- Limassol, Cyprus
London, Ontario, Canada
Malacca Town, Malaysia (2001)
Mexicali, Mexico
Nagoya, Japan
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
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 |
