Tianjin
Tianjin? (Cheenese: 天津Template:; ; Template:IPA-cmn; 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 government, an borders Hebei Province an Beijing Municipality, boondit tae the east bi the Bohai Gulf portion o the Yellow Sea. In terms o urban population, it is the saxt lairgest ceety o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, an its urban land area 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).
[edit] Internaitional relations
- Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae
[edit] Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Tianjin is twinned wi: