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Tianjin

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Tianjin (天津; pinyin: tiān jīn, Postal System Pinyin: Tientsin) is a harbour municipality in China on the Hai He River (from Beijing) and Bohai Gulf of the Yellow Sea (Pacific Ocean). The placename literally means "the Heavenly Port".

天津市
Province Abbreviation(s):津
Area
 - Total
 - % water		Ranked xth
11,000 km²
xx%
Population
 - Total (Year)
 - Density 		Ranked 27th
10,010,000
910/km²
Administration Type Municipality
Image:China provinces tianjin.png

Tianjin is one of four independent municipalities in the People's Republic of China with provincial-level status. Historically, the city was, for a time, the capital of Hebei Province.

Table of contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Economy
4 Political divisions
5 Colleges and Universities
6 High Schools
7 See also
8 External link

History

The city was first settled in 1404 AD during Ming Dynasty as a fort, named Tianjin Wei (Fort Tianjin).

Tianjin County was established in 1731.

The city was opened to foreign trade in June 1858, at the end of the first part of the Second Opium War, when the Treaties of Tianjin were signed.

It has been municipality in 1927, except from 1958 to 1967, when it was reduced to a provincial city and capital of Hebei.

Geography

Tianjin is at the northern end of the Grand Canal of China, which connects with the Huang He and Chang Jiang rivers. Tianjin borders Hebei province, the municipality of Beijing and the Bohai Gulf of the Yellow Sea.

Economy

The GDP per capita was ¥20443 (ca. US$2470) in 2003, ranked no. 56 among 659 Chinese cities.

Political divisions

Tianjin is divided into fifteen districts and three counties The six districts close to the "urban region" (市区: Shì Qū) are The outer districts and counties: The "Seaside region" (滨海区: Bīn Hǎi Qū): The "region around city" (环城区: Huán Chéng Qū) are: The counties:

Colleges and Universities

[National]

[Public] Note: Institutions without full-time bachelor programs are not listed.

High Schools

See also

External link


Province-level Divisions of Mainland China
Provinces: Anhui | Fujian | Gansu | Guangdong | Guizhou | Hainan | Hebei | Heilongjiang | Henan | Hubei | Hunan | Jiangsu | Jiangxi | Jilin | Liaoning | Qinghai | Shaanxi | Shandong | Shanxi | Sichuan | Yunnan | Zhejiang
Autonomous Regions: Guangxi | Inner Mongolia | Ningxia | Tibet | Xinjiang
Municipalities: Beijing | Chongqing | Shanghai | Tianjin