Tianjin

Tianjin
Tianjin; 天津
	Municipality
	Municipality o Tianjin • 天津市
	Clockwise frae top:Jinwan Square, Tianjin Financial Center an Hai River, Xikai Church, Panorama o dountoun Tianjin, Tianjin Railroad Station, Tianjin Eye Park
	Location o Tianjin Municipality athin Cheenae
	Coordinates: 39°08′N 117°11′E / 39.133°N 117.183°ECoordinates: 39°08′N 117°11′E / 39.133°N 117.183°E
Kintra	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Settled	ca. 340 BC
Diveesions; - Coonty-level; - Tounship-; level	; 13 destricts, 3 coonties; 240 touns an veelages
Govrenment
• Teep	Municipality
• CPC Ctte Secretary	Li Hongzhong, Chen Min'er
• Mayor	Huang Xingguo, Liao Guoxun, Zhang Gong
Area
• Municipality	11760 km2 (4,540 sq mi)
• Urban	174.9 km2 (67.5 sq mi)
• Metro	5606.9 km2 (2,164.8 sq mi)
Population (2012 census)
• Municipality	14,131,500
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
• Urban	11,524,238
• Metro	11,524,238
Demonym(s)	Tianjinese; Tianjiner
Time zone	UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart time)
Postal code	300000 – 301900
Area code(s)	22
GDP	2011
- Total	CNY 1119.0 billion; (USD 177.6 billion) (20t)
- Per caipita	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)
Ceety flouer	Cheenese rose
Website	(in Cheenese) www.tj.gov.cn; (in Inglis) www.tj.gov.cn/english

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Tianjin (help·info) (Cheenese: 天津; pinyin: Tiānjīn; Wade–Giles: T'ien-chin; [tʰi̯ɛn˥˥ t͡ɕin˥˥]; 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.

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, as o December 31, 2004^[update], intae 240 tounship-level diveesions, includin 120 touns, 18 tounships, 2 ethnic tounships an 100 subdestricts.

Tianjin is twinned wi:

v t e Provincial level diveesions o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Provinces	Anhui Fujian Gansu Guangdong Guizhou Hainan Hebei Heilongjiang Henan Hubei Hunan Jiangsu Jiangxi Jilin Liaoning Qinghai Shaanxi Shandong Shanxi Sichuan Yunnan Zhejiang
Autonomous regions	Guangxi Inner Mongolie (Nei Mongol) Ningxia Tibet (Xizang) Xinjiang
Municipalities	Beijing Chongqing Shanghai Tianjin
Special admeenistrative regions	Hong Kong Macau
Territorial disputes	Paracel, Spratly, Zhongsha Islands (see Paracels, Spratlys, & Zhongsha Iss. Authority) Pratas Islands Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku Islands) Sooth Tibet Taiwan, Quemoy & Matsu (see Legal status o Taiwan)