Nanjing

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
S.P.-City
Location within China
Nánjīng Shì
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	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
City trees Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara)City flowers Chinese plum (Prunus mume)

Name

Further information: Chinese language

The Mandarin Chinese name of the city is Nánjīng , 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

• Nanjing Massacre

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

Sources

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