Nanjing

Nanjing is a large city in eastern China. It has over nine million people, which makes it the 29th largest city proper in the world, and the 51st largest urban area in the world. Name The Mandarin Chinese name of the city is , which means "The Southern Capital". It got this name when the Yongle Emperor of the Ming family of rulers moved most of his government to Beijing ("The Northern Capital") in the early 1400s. In Chinese, Nanjing's name is written 南京. Today, people spell it "Nanjing" because they use the pinyin way of spelling. Pinyin tries to show how the word should sound in Mandarin. People also used to write it "Nan-chang", using Mr. Wade and Mr. Giles's way of spelling, and "Nanking", using the Chinese Postal Map's way. History Nanjing Massacre Political divisions Nanjing Municipality is divided into 11 districts. Xuanwu District Qinhuai District Yuhuatai District Gulou District Pukou District Liuhe District Qixia District Jianye District Jiangning District Lishui District Gaochun District Attractions City Wall and the Gate of China Greenland Financial Center Jiming Temple Hongshan Zoo Nanjing Massacre Museum Nanjing Museum Presidential Palace Purple Mountain Purple Mountain Observatory Sun Yat-sen's Tomb Temple of Confucius Xuanwu Lake Yangtze River Bridge Yuhuatai Park Education Nanjing University Nanjing Foreign Language School Hehai University Southeast University Travelling Nanjing Bus Nanjing Metro Nanjing Tram Sister cities Nanjing currently has 18 sister cities (areas), namely: Alsace, France Barranquilla, fockme Bloemfontein, South Africa Eindhoven, Netherlands Florence, Italy Hauts-de-Seine, France Houston, Texas, U.S. Leipzig, Germany Limassol, Cyprus London, Ontario, Canada Malacca Town, Malaysia (2001) Mexicali, Mexico Nagoya, Japan Perth, Australia St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. (Nov 02, 1978, The 1st pair of Twin Cities between America and People's Republic of China) Daejeon, South Korea Birmingham, United Kingdom Belo Horizonte, Brazil Notes Sources Pages Books Jiang, Zanchu (1995). Nanjing shi hua. Nanjing: Nanjing chu ban she. ISBN 7-80614-159-6. Other websites Nanjing travel guide from Wikivoyage Nanjing Government website Jiangsu Network Archived 2015-03-15 at the Wayback Machine Nanjing city guide with open directory Nanjing travel guide from the website Synotrip Nanking Illustrated Archived 2013-06-06 at the Wayback Machine is an old book from 1624