Tianjin

Tianjin
Tianjin; 天津
	— 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
	Location o Tianjin Municipality athin Cheenae
	Coordinates: 39°08′N 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
- CPC Ctte Secretary	Zhang Gaoli
- Mayor	Huang Xingguo
	Aurie
- Municipality	11,760 km2 (4,540.6 sq mi)
- Urban	174.9 km2 (67.5 sq mi)
- Metro	5,606.9 km2 (2,164.8 sq mi)
	Indwallers (2010 census)
- Municipality	12,938,224
- Densitie	1,100.2/km2 (2,849.5/sq mi)
- Urban	4,342,770
- Metro	10,290,987
Demonym	Tianjinese; Tianjiner
Time zone	Cheenae Staundart time (UTC+8)
Postal code	300000 – 301900
Aurie 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
Wabsteid	(Cheenese) www.tj.gov.cn; (Inglis) www.tj.gov.cn/english

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Tianjin^? (Cheenese: 天津; ; [tʰi̯ɛn˥˥ t͡ɕin˥˥]; Postal map 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 such designations, an is thus unner direct administration 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'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).

Internaitional relations [edit]

Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae

Tianjin is twinned wi: