Tianjin
Tianjin (help·info) (Cheenese: 天津; pinyin: Tiānjīn; Wade–Giles: T'ien-chin; ; Postal cairt spellin: Tientsin) is a metropolis in North Cheenae an ane o the five naitional central ceeties.
It is govrened as a direct-controlled municipality, ane o fower sic designations, an is sicweys unner direct admeenistration o the central govrenment, an borders Hebei an Beijing, boondit tae the east bi the Bohai Guwf portion o the Yellae Sea. In terms o urban population, it is the saxt lairgest ceety o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, an its urban land aurie ranks 5t in the naition, ae efter Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, an Shenzhen.
Tianjin 天津 | |
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Municipality | |
| Municipality o Tianjin • 天津市 | |
 Clockwise frae top:Jinwan Square, Tianjin Financial Center an Hai River, Xikai Church, Panorama o dountoun Tianjin, Tianjin Railroad Station, Tianjin Eye Park | |
.svg) Location o Tianjin Municipality athin Cheenae | |
| Coordinates: 39°08′N 117°11′E / 39.133°N 117.183°E 117°11′E / 39.133°N 117.183°E | |
| Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
| Settled | ca. 340 BC |
| Diveesions - Coonty-level - Tounship- level | 13 destricts, 3 coonties 240 touns an veelages |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Municipality |
| • CPC Ctte Secretary | Li Hongzhong, Chen Min'er |
| • Mayor | Huang Xingguo, Liao Guoxun, Zhang Gong |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 11760 km2 (4,540 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 174.9 km2 (67.5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5606.9 km2 (2,164.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 census) | |
| • Municipality | 14,131,500 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,524,238 |
| • Metro | 11,524,238 |
| Demonym(s) | Tianjinese Tianjiner |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart time) |
| Postal code | 300000 – 301900 |
| Area code(s) | 22 |
| GDP | 2011 |
| - Total | CNY 1119.0 billion (USD 177.6 billion) (20t) |
| - Per caipita | CNY 84,337 (USD 13,058) (1st) |
| HDI (2008) | 0.875 (3rd) – high |
| Licence plate prefixes | 津A, B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M 津E (taxis) |
| Ceety flouer | Cheenese rose |
| Website | (in Cheenese) www.tj.gov.cn (in Inglis) www.tj.gov.cn/english |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Tiānjīn [Listen] (help·info) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Tientsin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leeteral meanin | sky ferry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tianjin's urban aurie is locatit alang the Hai He River, which connects tae the Yellow an Yangtze Rivers via the Grand Canal in Tianjin. Its ports, some distance away, are locatit on the Bohai Gulf in the Paceefic Ocean. Tianjin wis ance hame tae foreign concessions in the late Qing Dynasty an early Kuomintang (KMT) era. The municipality incorporates the coastal region o Tanggu, hame tae the Binhai New Auroe an the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Aurie (TEDA).
Admeenistrative diveesions
Tianjin is dividit intae 16 coonty-level diveesions, includin 13 destricts an three coonties.
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In addeetion, the Tianjin Economic an Technological Development Aurie (TEDA) is no a formal level o admeenistration, but nivertheless enjoys richts seemilar tae a regular destrict.
Thir destricts an coonties are further subdividit, as o December 31, 2004[update], intae 240 tounship-level diveesions, includin 120 touns, 18 tounships, 2 ethnic tounships an 100 subdestricts.
Internaitional relations
Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Tianjin is twinned wi:
| Ceety | Kintra | Sister ceety syne: |
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 Kobe | Japan | 24 Juin 1973 |
 Philadelphia | Unitit States | 10 Februar 1980 |
| Fitchburg, Massachusetts | Unitit States | 1980 |
| Mobile | Unitit States | |
| Greenville, Sooth Carolina | Unitit States | |
 Rishon LeZion | Israel | |
 Melbourne | Australie | 5 Mey 1980 |
| Yokkaichi, Mie | Japan | 28 October 1980 |
 Sarajevo | Bosnie an Herzegovinae | 28 Mey 1981 |
 Nord-Pas-de-Calais | Fraunce | 10 October 1984 |
 Lombardy (Milan) | Italy | 9 Mey 1985 |
 Groningen | Netherlands | 12 September 1985 |
| Chiba | Japan | 7 Mey 1986 |
 Kutaisi | Georgie | 1987 |
 Plovdiv Province | Bulgarie | 15 October 1989 |
 İzmir | Turkey | 23 September 1991 |
 Abidjan | Côte d'Ivoire | 26 September 1992 |
 Ulan Bator | Mongolie | 27 September 1992 |
 Kharkiv | Ukraine | 14 Juin 1993 |
 Jönköping | Swaden | 23 September 1993 |
 Incheon | Sooth Korea | 7 December 1993 |
 Saarland | Germany | 28 September 1994 |
 Łódź | Poland | 1 October 1994 |
 Rio de Janeiro (state) | Brazil | 18 Aprile 1995 |
| Dallas | Unitit States | 1995 |
| Orange Coonty | Unitit States | 1 August 1997 |
| Amazonas | Brazil | 20 October 1997 |
 Hai Phong | Vietnam | 8 Januar 1999 |
 Turku | Finland | 17 August 2000 |
| Clarence, New York | Unitit States | 10 November 2001 |
 Thessaloniki | Greece | 4 Mairch 2002 |
 Namp'o | North Korea | 11 August 2002 |
| Hawaii | Unitit States | 1 November 2002 |
 East Java | Indonesie | 27 October 2003 |
| Chicago | Unitit States | 2008 |
 Phnom Penh | Cambodie | 17 November 2008 |
| Pyongyang | North Korea | 12 Mey 2009 |
| Busan | Sooth Korea | 2009 |
| Seoul | Sooth Korea | 2009 |
 Wellington | New Zealand | 22 Julie 2011 |
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