# Ningbo

| Ningbo 宁波 |
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| Sub-provincial ceety |
| 宁波市 |
| Clockwise frae top: Ningbo's Skyline, Tianyi Square, Tianyi Chamber, Port o Ningbo, Hangzhou Bay Bridge, an Tianfeng Pagoda |
| Ningbo Ceety in Zhejiang |
| NingboLocation in Cheenae |
| Coordinates: ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| Coonty-level diveesions | 11 |
| Tounship diveesions | 148 |
| Govrenment |
|  • Teep | Type Sub-provincial ceety |
|  • CPC Ningbo Committee Secretary | Wang Huizhong |
|  • Mayor | [[]] |
| Area |
|  • Sub-provincial ceety | 9521 km2 (3,676 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 150 m (488 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) |
|  • Sub-provincial ceety | 7,605,700 |
|  • Density | 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
|  • Urban | 3,089,180 |
|  • Metro | 3,089,180 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart Time) |
| Postal code | 315000 |
| Area code(s) | 574 |
| GDP | 2009 |
|  - Total | CNY 421.46 billion (USD 61.72 billion) |
|  - per caipita | CNY 73,998 (USD 10,836) |
|  - Growth |  8.6% |
| Website | www.ningbo.gov.cn (in Cheenese) |
| **Ceety trees** Camphor Laurel
*Cinnamomum camphora* (L.) Sieb.)
**Ceety flouers** Camellia  |

| Ningbo |
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| Semplifeed Cheenese | 宁波 |
| Tradeetional Cheenese | 寧波 |
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| Wu | nying平po平 |
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| Leeteral meanin | tranquil waves |
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| Transcriptions |
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| Staundart Mandarin |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Níngbō |
| Wade–Giles | Ning-po |
| Wu |
| Romanieation | nying平po平 |
| Hakka |
| Romanisation | Nèn-pô |
| Yue: Cantonese |
| Jyutping | ning4bo1 |
| Soothren Min |
| Hokkien POJ | Lêng-pho |

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**Ningbo** (Cheenese: 宁波; pinyin: *Níngbō*; Ningbo dialect: Nyin-poh/Nyin-pou ) is a seaport ceety in the northeast o Zhejiang province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. Hauldin 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. It lees sooth o the Hangzhou Bay, facin the East China Sea tae the east. Ningbo borders Shaoxing tae the wast an 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

### Twin touns an sister ceeties

Ningbo is twinned wi:

#### Sister ceeties

* Nagaokakyo, Japan (syne Aprile 1983)
* Aachen, Germany (October 1986)
* Wilmington, Delaware, Unitit States (Mey 1988)
* Rouen, Fraunce (Mairch 1990)
* Waitakere, New Zealand (November 1998)
* Santos, São Paulo, Brazil (Januar 2002)
* São Paulo, Brazil
* Veszprem, Hungary (Julie 2003)
* Nelson Mandela Municipality, Sooth Africae (September 2003)
* Varna, Bulgarie (Juin 2004)
* Stavanger, Norawa (September 2004)
* Nottingham, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick (September 2005)
* Bydgoszcz, Poland (November 2005)

#### Ceeties o friendly exchyynges (Cheenese: 友好交流关系城市)

* Masuda, Japan (syne October 1990)
* Ueda, Nagano, Japan (Februar 1995)
* Barcelona, Spain (October 1995)
* Suncheon, Jeollanam-do (Juin 1997)
* Surrey, Breetish Columbie, Canadae (Mey 1999)
* Houston, Unitit States (September 2000)
* Wiener Neustadt, Austrick (September 2000)
* Daegu, Sooth Korea (September 2000)
* Aguascalientes, Mexico (November 2006)
* Milwaukee, Unitit States (2006)
* Manzanillo, Mexico (Juin 2010)
* Rijeka, Croatie (Juin 2011)

## Freemit airtins

* Ningbo Govrenment wabsteid Archived 2011-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
* Travel guide tae *Ningbo* frae Wikivoyage
* Ningbo Flight Schedules in Inglis Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine