Tianjin

(; ; Postal cairt 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 sic designations, an is sicweys unner direct admeenistration o the central govrenment, an borders Hebei an Beijing, boondit tae the east bi the Bohai Guwf portion o the Yellae Sea. In terms o urban population, it is the saxt lairgest ceety o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, an its urban land aurie 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).

Admeenistrative diveesions

Tianjin is dividit intae 16 coonty-level diveesions, includin 13 destricts an three coonties.

Urban destricts
 Heping Destrict
 Hedong Destrict
 Hexi Destrict
 Nankai Destrict
 Hebei Destrict
 Hongqiao Destrict
 Binhai

Suburban destricts
 Jinnan Destrict
 Dongli Destrict
 Xiqing Destrict
 Beichen Destrict

Twa landwart destricts an three landwart coonties
 Baodi Destrict
 Wuqing Destrict
 Ji Coonty
 Jinghai Coonty
 Ninghe Coonty


In addeetion, the Tianjin Economic an Technological Development Aurie (TEDA) is no a formal level o admeenistration, but nivertheless enjoys richts seemilar tae a regular destrict.

Thir destricts an coonties are further subdividit, , intae 240 tounship-level diveesions, includin 120 touns, 18 tounships, 2 ethnic tounships an 100 subdestricts.

 Internaitional relations 

 Twin touns — Sister ceeties 
Tianjin is twinned wi:
 Ceety Kintra Sister ceety syne: KobeJapan24 Juin 1973 PhiladelphiaUnitit States10 Februar 1980 Fitchburg, MassachusettsUnitit States1980 MobileUnitit States Greenville, Sooth CarolinaUnitit States Rishon LeZionIsrael MelbourneAustralie5 Mey 1980 Yokkaichi, MieJapan28 October 1980 SarajevoBosnie an Herzegovinae28 Mey 1981 Nord-Pas-de-CalaisFraunce10 October 1984 Lombardy (Milan)Italy9 Mey 1985 GroningenNetherlands12 September 1985 ChibaJapan7 Mey 1986 KutaisiGeorgie1987 Plovdiv ProvinceBulgarie15 October 1989 İzmirTurkey23 September 1991 AbidjanCôte d'Ivoire26 September 1992 Ulan BatorMongolie27 September 1992 KharkivUkraine14 Juin 1993 JönköpingSwaden23 September 1993 IncheonSooth Korea7 December 1993 SaarlandGermany28 September 1994 ŁódźPoland1 October 1994 Rio de Janeiro (state)Brazil18 Aprile 1995 DallasUnitit States1995 Orange CoontyUnitit States1 August 1997 AmazonasBrazil20 October 1997 Hai PhongVietnam8 Januar 1999 TurkuFinland17 August 2000 Clarence, New YorkUnitit States10 November 2001 ThessalonikiGreece4 Mairch 2002 Namp'oNorth Korea11 August 2002 HawaiiUnitit States1 November 2002 East JavaIndonesie27 October 2003 ChicagoUnitit States2008 Phnom PenhCambodie17 November 2008 PyongyangNorth Korea12 Mey 2009 BusanSooth Korea2009 SeoulSooth Korea2009 WellingtonNew Zealand22 Julie 2011


Category:Concession territories
Category:Independent ceeties
Category:Municipalities o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Category:North Cheenae Plain