Nanjing
capital city of Jiangsu Province, China, former capital of the Republic of China and China's Ming dynasty
Nanjing is a city in eastern China.
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) | |
Name change
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 change
Political divisions change
Nanjing Municipality is divided into 11 districts.
Attractions change
Education change
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing Foreign Language School
- Hehai University
- Southeast University
Travelling change
- Nanjing Bus
- Nanjing Metro
- Nanjing Tram
Sister cities change
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 change
- ↑ These marks show the tones of the Chinese word, which are important in saying them correctly.
Sources change
Pages change
Books change
- Jiang, Zanchu (1995). Nanjing shi hua. Nanjing: Nanjing chu ban she. ISBN 7-80614-159-6.
Other websites change
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nanjing.
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 |
