Nanjing

Nanjing 南京
Sub-provincial ceety
南京市
Location o Nanjing Ceety in Jiangsu
Nanjing Location in Cheenae
Coordinates: 32°03′N 118°46′E
Kintra	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Province	Jiangsu
Coonty-level	13
Tounship-level	129
Settled	495 BC
Govrenment
• Teep	Sub-provincial ceety
• CPC Ctte Secretary	Zhang Jinghua
• Mayor	Lan Shaomin
Area
• Sub-provincial ceety	6598 km2 (2,548 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (50 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Sub-provincial ceety	8,109,100
• Density	1230/km2 (3183/sq mi)
• Urban	7,165,600
Demonym(s)	Nanjinger or Nankingese
Time zone	UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart Time)
Postal code	210000–211300
Area code(s)	25
GDP (Nominal)	2011
- Total	US$97.3 billion
- Per caipita	US$ 12,010
GDP (PPP)	2011
- Total	US$155.6 billion
- Per caipita	US$ 19,209
- Growt	12.0%
Licence plate prefixes	苏A
Website	Ceety o Nanjing
City trees Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara), Platanus × acerifoliaCity flowers Méi (Prunus mume)

Nanjing
Cheenese	南京
Hanyu Pinyin	Nánjīng
Postal	Nanking
Leeteral meanin	southern capital
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nánjīng Wade–Giles Nan-ching Wu Romanieation noe平cin平 Yue: Cantonese Jyutping naam4ging1 Soothren Min Hokkien POJ Lâm-kiaⁿ

Nanjing (Cheenese: 南京; pinyin: Nánjīng; Mandarin: [nǎntɕíŋ] ( listen); Romanizations: Nánjīng (Pinyin), Nan-ching (Wade-Giles), Nanking (Postal cairt spellin)) is the caipital o Jiangsu province, Cheenae, an haes a prominent place in Cheenese history an cultur. The ceety's name (南京) means "Soothren Caipital", an wis widely romanisit as 'Nanking' till the Pinyin leid reform, efter which 'Nanjing' became the internaitional staundart spellin o the ceety's name.

Locatit in the lawer Yangtze River drainage basin an Yangtze River Delta economic zone, Nanjing haes aye been ane o Cheenae's maist important ceeties. It servit as the caipital o Cheenae durin several historical periods an is recognised as ane o the Fower Great Auncient Caipitals o Cheenae. Nanjing wis the caipital o the Republic o Cheenae afore the Cheenese Ceevil War in 1949. Nanjing is ane o the fifteen sub-provincial ceeties in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae's admeenistrative structur an aw, enjoyin jurisdictional an economic autonomy anerlie slichtly less nor that o a province. Nanjing haes lang been a naitional centre o eddication, research, transport netwirks, an tourism.

Wi an urban population o ower five million (2006), Nanjing is the seicont lairgest commercial centre in the East Cheenae region, efter Shanghai. It haes been ranked fowert bi Forbes magazine in its leetin o "2008 Top 100 Business Ceeties in Mainland Cheenae", seivent in the evaluation o "Ceeties wi Strangest Comprehensive Strength" issued bi the Naitional Statistics Bureau, an seicont in the evaluation o ceeties wi maist sustainable development potential in the Yangtze River Delta. It haes an aa been awardit the title o 2008 Habitat Scroll o Honour o Cheenae, Special Awaird o UN Habitat Scroll o Honour an Naitional Ceevilized Ceety.

Internaitional relations

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

Sister ceeties an friendship ceeties

Nanjing currently haes 18 sister ceeties (auries):

• Alsace, Fraunce
• Barranquilla, Colombie
• Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• Bloemfontein, Sooth Africae
• Daejeon, Sooth Korea
• Dallas, Texas, United States
• Eindhoven, Netherlands
• Florence, Italy
• Hauts-de-Seine, Fraunce
• Leipzig, Germany
• Limassol, Cyprus
• London, Ontario, Canadae
• Malacca Town, Malaysie (2001)
• Mexicali, Mexico
• Nagoya, Japan
• Perth, Australie
• St. Louis, Missouri, Unitit States (Nov 02, 1978, The 1st pair o Twin Ceeties atween Unitit States an Fowkrepublic o Cheenae)
• Sunderland, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick