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| Tianjin 天津 |
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天津市 · Municipality of Tianjin
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Clockwise from top: Jinwan Square, Tianjin Financial Center and Hai River, Xikai Church, Panorama of downtown Tianjin, Tianjin Railroad Station, Tianjin Eye
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.svg) Location of Tianjin Municipality within China |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Settled | ca. 340 BC |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 11,760 km2 (4,540 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 174.9 km2 (67.5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,606.9 km2 (2,164.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Municipality | 12,938,224 |
| • Density | 1,100.2/km2 (2,849.5/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,342,770 |
| • Metro | 10,290,987 |
| Demonym(s) | Tianjinese Tianjiner |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 300000 – 301900 |
| Area code(s) | 22 |
| GDP | 2011 |
| - Total | CNY1119.0 billion (USD177.6 billion) (20th) |
| - Per capita | CNY 84,337 (USD 13,058) (1st) |
| HDI (2008) | 0.875 (3rd) – high |
| Licence plate prefixes | 津A, B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M 津E (taxis) |
| City flower | Chinese rose |
| Website | (Chinese) www.tj.gov.cn (English) www.tj.gov.cn/english |
Tianjin(Chinese: 天津)，is a city in Northern China. It has a population of 11,760,000. It has an area of 11,917.3 square kilometers. Built in 1403, Tianjin has been named by Yongle Emperor in memory of his success in occupying Ming capital Beijing through the harbor of Tianjin. It locates on the banks of the Hai River, west of Bohai Sea, south of Yanshan Mountains, east of Beijing. The distance between Tianjin and Beijing is 137 kilometers and it’ll take you only half an hour to go from Tianjin to Beijing by the Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway.
Tianjin is the birthplace of China’s modern mechanical industry and textile industry. After the founding of New China, Tianjin has been built more than a dozen industrial zones, creating a lot Chinese famous brand like Flying Pigeon bicycles, Seagull brand watches. Now Tianjin gradually forms 6 industries of electronic information, automobile, metallurgical, chemical, biotechnology and modern medicine, new energy and environmental protection. Among Fortune 500 companies, more than 106 have invested in Tianjin. From 1994 to 2008, Tianjin's GDP rate increased 12.5% on average, entered the ranks of China's rapid development area.
Tianjin is the birthplace of the first university in China. In 1895, some officials established the first modern university in China – Peiyang University, the predecessor of Tianjin University. Nankai University in Tianjin is a famous university in China. The first Premier of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai graduates from Nankai University. Tianjin has 37 universities and has nearly 20 million students. Tianjin is one of the first nine-year compulsory education regions, the quality of workers is high. Tianjin has nearly one thousand scientific and technological research institutions, together with more than 600 thousand professionals in different fields. It has a large number of famous experts, scholars.
Tianjin is not far away from sea, so a lot of Tianjin cuisine is seafood. One of the most famous cuisine in Tianjin is The Four Great Stews, which refers actually to a very large number of stews, including chicken, duck, seafood, beef, and mutton. Tianjin also has several famous snack items. Goubuli is a traditional brand of Baozi (steamed buns with filling) that is famous throughout China. Guifaxiang is a traditional brand of mahua(twisted dough sticks). Erduoyan is a traditional brand of fried rice cakes.
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Images for kids
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1902 map of Tianjin
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Tung Lai Bank building on Heping Road, built in 1930
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Major crossing (Rue Général Foch and Rue de Chaylard) of downtown Tientsin in French concession
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Asahi Street (now Heping Road) in 1939 Tianjin flood
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2011 satellite image of Tianjin
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Hai river in 2012
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Airport Industrial Park, Dongli District
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Then Premier Wen Jiabao, himself a Tianjin native, and Klaus Schwab at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions of World Economic Forum in Tianjin, 2010
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Tianjin city center
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Tianjin Binhai New Area CBD
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Old Guanyinhao Bank
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Crosstalk in Tianjin
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"Jingwei Tries to Fill the Sea" , the Dome Mural of Tianjin Railway Station
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An older map of Tianjin Metro and Binhai Mass Transit(Not included the new line L6)
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Tianjin Railway Station
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Tianjin West Railway Station
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Tianjin Bus Route 606
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A Mazu Temple in Tianjin.
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House decorated by more than Seven hundred million pieces of ceramic.
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Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Nankai District
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Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway
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Translohr tram serving in Binhai New Area
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Port of Tianjin pilot boat berth
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Tianjin Airport Terminal