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Tianjin
天津
Municipality
天津市 · Municipality of Tianjin
Clockwise from top: Jinwan Square, Tianjin Financial Center and Hai River, Xikai Church, Panorama of downtown Tianjin, Tianjin Railroad Station, Tianjin Eye
Clockwise from top: Jinwan Square, Tianjin Financial Center and Hai River, Xikai Church, Panorama of downtown Tianjin, Tianjin Railroad Station, Tianjin Eye
Location of Tianjin Municipality within China
Location of Tianjin Municipality within China
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 (in Chinese) www.tj.gov.cn
(in 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. Since the beginning of the Open Door Policy, 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 and 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.

Major cities of Greater China
People's Republic of China
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Beijing · Chongqing · Shanghai · Tianjin
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Changchun · Chengdu · Dalian · Guangzhou · Hangzhou · Jinan · Harbin · Nanjing · Ningbo · Qingdao · Shenyang · Shenzhen · Wuhan · Xi'an · Xiamen
Provincial capitals (not included above)
Changsha · Fuzhou · Guiyang · Haikou · Hefei · Hohhot · Kunming · Lanzhou · Lhasa · Nanchang · Nanning · Shijiazhuang · Taiyuan · Ürümqi · Xining · Yinchuan · Zhengzhou
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Note: Taiwan is claimed by the People's Republic of China but administered by the Republic of China (see Political status of Taiwan). Hong Kong and Macau are claimed as provincial-level divisions, but as listed on the constitutional documents and joint declarations their statuses are better to be interpreted as first-level divisions instead.


Images for kids

  • Tianjin 20051107

    1919 map of Tianjin

  • Main Building of Peiyang University since 1903

    Peiyang University, established 1895

  • 东莱银行大楼

    Tung Lai Bank building on Heping Road, built in 1930

  • 1930年代天津法租界杜总领事路与福煦将军路交叉路口

    Major crossing (Rue Général Foch and Rue de Chaylard) of downtown Tientsin in French concession

  • 1939年天津水灾时的旭街

    Asahi Street (now Heping Road) in 1939 Tianjin flood

  • China 10th Anniversary Parade in Tianjin

    P.R.China's 10th anniversary parade in Tianjin in 1959

  • 炫彩津门11Tianjin Eye and Haihe River

    Luanhe hydraulic engineering monument and Tianjin Eye

  • 邓小平题开发区大有希望的天津泰达垦荒犁

    Monument of TEDA

  • Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, v2, 2010 Tianjin, China (13873741565)

    Population density and low elevation coastal zones in the Tianjin area. Tianjin is particularly vulnerable to sea level rise.

  • 炫彩津门32北安桥

    Hai River in 2011

  • Wen Jiabao - Annual Meeting of the New Champions Tianjin 2010

    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

  • 天津南京路滨江道交口

    Tianjin city center

  • 天津滨海新区泰达金融街2

    Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area

  • Tianjin guanyinhao

    Old Guanyinhao Bank

  • 天津名流茶馆的相声表演

    Crosstalk in Tianjin

  • Main Building of Nankai University 2015-08-04

    Nankai University

  • Tinajin railway station ceiling 0857

    Jingwei Tries to Fill the Sea, the dome mural of Tianjin railway station

  • Tianjin Binhai International Airport 201509

    Tianjin Binhai International Airport Terminal 1 and 2

  • TianjinPortContainerTerminalandOrientContainerTerminal

    Port of Tianjin pilot boat berth

  • New Tram in Tianjin

    The TEDA Modern Guided Rail Tram is one of the two rubber tire tram systems in Asia

  • 天津轨道交通--刘园折返线

    The Tianjin Metro near Liuyuan station

  • Tianjin Station 03

    Tianjin railway station

  • 炫彩津门0天津西站全景Panorama of Tianjin West Railway Station

    Tianjin West railway station

  • Tianjin Bus Route 606 -1-

    Tianjin Bus Route 606

  • MazuTemple

    A Mazu temple in Tianjin

  • 炫彩津门11Tianjin Eye and Haihe River

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  • 炫彩津门30天津意大利风情区

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  • Tianjin shuidi

    Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Nankai District

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