See soorce fer Ningbo

{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Ningbo
|official_name          = 宁波市
|native_name            = 宁波
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|settlement_type        = [[Sub-provincial ceety]]
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|map_caption            = Clockwise frae top: Ningbo's Skyline, [[Tianyi Square]], [[Tianyi Chamber]], [[Port o Ningbo]], [[Hangzhou Bay Bridge]], an Tianfeng Pagoda
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|map_caption1           = Ningbo Ceety in Zhejiang
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|subdivision_type       = Kintra
|subdivision_name       = [[Fowkrepublic o Cheenae]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Zhejiang]]
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|subdivision_type3      = [[Admeenistrative diveesions o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae#Coonty level|Coonty-level&nbsp;diveesions]]
|subdivision_name3      = 11
|subdivision_type4      = [[Admeenistrative diveesions o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae#Tounship level|Tounship&nbsp;diveesions]]
|subdivision_name4      = 148
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|government_type        = Type Sub-provincial ceety
|leader_title           = CPC Ningbo Committee Secretary
|leader_name            =[[Wang Huizhong]]
|leader_title1          =[[Mayor]]
|leader_name1           =[[{{#property:p210}}]]
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|population_as_of               =2010 census
|population_footnotes           =<ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=http://www.nbstats.gov.cn/read/read.aspx?id=26262 |title=2009年宁波市经济社会发展情况 |accessdate=2010-05-15 |date=2010-01-26 |publisher=Ningbo Municipal Statistic Bureau |language=Simplified Chinese |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175845/http://www.nbstats.gov.cn/read/read.aspx?id=26262 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|population_metro               =3089180
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|timezone               = [[Cheenae Staundart Time]]
|utc_offset             = +8
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|coordinates            = {{coord|29|52|N|121|33|E|region:CN-33|display=inline,title}}
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|elevation_m            =150
|elevation_ft           =488
|postal_code_type       =[[Postal code o Cheenae|Postal code]]
|postal_code            =315000
|area_code              =[[Telephone numbers in Cheenae|574]]
|blank_name             =[[License Plate (Cheenae)|License plate prefixes]]
|blank_info             =浙B
|blank_name             = [[Gross domestic product|GDP]]
|blank_info             = 2009<ref name="stat" />
|blank1_name            =&nbsp;- Total
|blank1_info            =[[Renminbi|CNY]] 421.46 billion ([[Unitit States dollar|USD]] 61.72 billion)
|blank2_name            =&nbsp;- per caipita
|blank2_info            =[[Renminbi|CNY]] 73,998 (USD 10,836)
|blank3_name            =&nbsp;- Growth
|blank3_info            ={{increase}} 8.6%
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|website                = [http://www.ningbo.gov.cn/ www.ningbo.gov.cn] {{zh icon}}
|footnotes              = <center><big>'''Ceety [[tree]]s'''</big><br> 	Camphor Laurel
''[[Cinnamomum camphora]]'' (L.) Sieb.) <br /></center>
<center><big>'''Ceety [[flouer]]s'''</big><br/> [[Camellia]] </center>
}}
{{Chinese
  |t=寧波
  |s=宁波
  |p=Níngbō
    |w=Ning-po
  |j=ning<sup>4</sup>bo<sup>1</sup>
  |wuu=nying<sup>平</sup>po<sup>平</sup>
  |poj=Lêng-pho
  |h=Nèn-pô

  |l=tranquil waves
  |order=st
  |showflag=wuu
}}
'''Ningbo''' ({{zh|s=宁波|p={{Audio|Zh-Ningbo.ogg|Níngbō}}}}; [[Ningbo dialect]]: {{Audio|Wuu-Nyinpou.ogg|Nyin-poh/Nyin-pou}}) is a [[seaport]] ceety in the northeast o [[Zhejiang]] province, [[Fowkrepublic o Cheenae]]. Hauldin [[sub-provincial ceety|sub-provincial admeenistrative status]] an separate state-plannin status, as o the 2010 census, the municipality haes a population o 7,605,700 indwallers, 3,089,180 o who reside in the urban aurie which comprises 6 destricts.<!--cited in infobox--> It lees sooth o the [[Hangzhou Bay]], facin the [[East China Sea]] tae the east. Ningbo borders [[Shaoxing]] tae the wast an [[Taizhou, Zhejiang|Taizhou]] tae the sooth, an is separatit frae [[Zhoushan]] bi a narrae body o watter.

==Etymology==
The first character in the ceety's name (宁 or 寧) means "serene", while its seicont character (波) translates tae "waves". Thegither, the name literally means "Serene Waves". The ceety is abbreviatit Yǒng (甬), efter the Yong Hill (甬山), a prominent coastal hill near the ceety, juist lik the [[Yong River]] (甬江) that flows throu Ningbo. The abbreviation Ning is uised mair commonly for [[Nanjing]].

It wis ance namit "明州" (Míngzhōu). The character Ming (明) wis componed bi twa pairts, representin twa lakes inside the ceety waw, i.e., the Sun Lake (日湖) an the Moon Lake (月湖), but anerlie Moon Lake remains.

==Internaitional relations==
{{See also|Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae}}

===Twin touns an sister ceeties===
Ningbo is [[twin touns an sister ceeties|twinned]] wi:

====Sister ceeties====

*{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Nagaokakyo]], Japan (syne Aprile 1983)
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Aachen]], Germany (October 1986)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Wilmington, Delaware]], Unitit States (Mey 1988)
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Rouen]], Fraunce (Mairch 1990)
*{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Waitakere]], New Zealand (November 1998)
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Santos, São Paulo]], Brazil (Januar 2002)
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[São Paulo]], Brazil<ref name="São Paulo">[http://www2.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/secretarias/relacoes_internacionais/ingles/descentralized_cooperation/sister_cities/0001 Prefeitura.Sp - Descentralized Cooperation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224222805/http://www2.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/secretarias/relacoes_internacionais/ingles/descentralized_cooperation/sister_cities/0001 |date=2008-12-24 }}</ref><ref name="São Paulo2">{{cite web
  |url=http://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/secretarias/relacoes_internacionais/cidadesirmas/index.php?p=1066
  |title=International Relations - São Paulo City Hall - Official Sister Cities
  |publisher=Prefeitura.sp.gov.br
  |accessdate=2011-03-29}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Veszprem]], Hungary (Julie 2003)
*{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Nelson Mandela Municipality]], Sooth Africae (September 2003)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Varna]], Bulgarie (Juin 2004)
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Stavanger]], Norawa (September 2004)
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Nottingham]], Ingland, Unitit Kinrick (September 2005)<ref>{{cite web
  |url= http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2662
  |accessdate= 2010-11-26
  |publisher= [[Nottingham City Council]]
  |title= Ningbo in China: The city partnership between Nottingham and Ningbo in China is rapidly developing
  |archive-date= 2011-06-15
  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110615194159/http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2662
  |url-status= dead
  }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Bydgoszcz]], Poland (November 2005)

====Ceeties o friendly exchyynges ({{lang-zh|友好交流关系城市}})====

*{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Masuda]], Japan (syne October 1990)
*{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Ueda, Nagano]], Japan (Februar 1995)
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Barcelona]], Spain (October 1995)
*{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Suncheon, Jeollanam-do]] (Juin 1997)
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Surrey, Breetish Columbie]], Canadae (Mey 1999)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Houston]], Unitit States (September 2000)
*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Wiener Neustadt]], Austrick (September 2000)
*{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Daegu]], Sooth Korea (September 2000)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Aguascalientes]], Mexico (November 2006)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Milwaukee]], Unitit States (2006)<ref>{{cite web
  |url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=774242
  |title=New statues are today's mane event
  |publisher=JS Online
  |date=2008-07-21
  |accessdate=2011-03-29
  |archive-date=2012-06-05
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120605021707/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=774242
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Manzanillo, Colima|Manzanillo]], Mexico (Juin 2010)
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Rijeka]], Croatie (Juin 2011)

==References==
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==Freemit airtins==
{{Commonscat|Ningbo}}
*[http://english.ningbo.gov.cn/ Ningbo Govrenment wabsteid] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326152730/http://english.ningbo.gov.cn/ |date=2011-03-26 }}
*{{wikivoyage|Ningbo}}
*[http://www.ningboairport.com/ Ningbo Flight Schedules in Inglis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402150726/http://www.ningboairport.com/ |date=2012-04-02 }}

[[Category:Ningbo|*]]
[[Category:Prefectur-level diveesions o Zhejiang]]
[[Category:Treaty o Nanking|Ningpo]]
[[Category:Port ceeties an touns in Cheenae|Ningbo]]