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| 天津 | |
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天津市 · Municipality of Tianjin | |
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 Location of Tianjin Municipality within China | |
| Coordinates: 39°08′N 117°11′E / 39.133°N 117.183°ECoordinates: 39°08′N 117°11′E / 39.133°N 117.183°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Settled | ca. 340 BC |
| Divisions - County-level - Township- level | 13 districts, three counties 240 towns and villages |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • CPC Secretary | Sun Chunlan |
| • Mayor | Huang Xingguo |
| • Congress Chairman | Xiao Huaiyuan |
| • Conference Chairman | He Lifeng |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 11,760 km2 (4,540 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 174.9 km2 (67.5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,606.9 km2 (2,164.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Municipality | 12,938,224 |
| • Density | 1,100.2/km2 (2,849.5/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,342,770 |
| • Urban density | 24,830/km2 (64,309/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 10,290,987 |
| • Metro density | 1,835.415/km2 (4,753.70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 300000 – 301900 |
| GDP | 2011 |
| - Total | CNY1119.0 billion (USD177.6 billion) (20th) |
| - Per capita | 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) |
| City flower | Chinese rose |
| Website | www www |
Tianjin (Chinese: 天津) is a city in northern China. It has a population of 11,760,000. It has an area of 11,917.3 square kilometres (4,601.3 square miles). Built in 1403, Tianjin has been named by Yongle Emperor in memory of his success in occupying Ming capital Beijing through the harbor of Tianjin. It locates on the banks of the Hai River, west of Bohai Sea, south of Yanshan Mountains, east of Beijing. The distance between Tianjin and Beijing is 137 kilometers and it’ll take you only half an hour to go from Tianjin to Beijing by the Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway.
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