Jiangning District

Jiangning District (simplified Chinese: 江宁区; traditional Chinese: 江寧區; pinyin: Jiāngníng Qū) is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China. The District has a population of 1,025,000 and an area of 1600 square kilometers.[1] It includes southern and south-eastern suburbs of Nanjing.

Jiangning

江宁区
District
A Liu Song Dynasty qilin in a resident's front yard in the town of Qilin, Jiangning District.
Jiangning
Location in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 31°51′59″N 118°48′07″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangsu
Sub-provincial cityNanjing
Area
 • Total1,600 km2 (600 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total1,025,000
 • Density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Nanjing district map

Jiangning Development Zone is located in this district. It has a population of 210,000. The Zone was approved on February 2, 1997 to be a national-level high and new technology industry development zone. In June 2001, the Zone won ISO14001 environmental management system certificate. In June 2002, it won the title of the Jiangsu Provincial Base for Electronic and Information Industry. Approved Power automation industry base by National Science Ministry in October 30, 2004.

Name

The name of Jiangning is meaning "peace in Jiangnan", the character "jiang" (江) is meaning "river", especially meaning the Yangtze river; the character "ning" (寧) is meaning "peace". Jiangning was established in 280, and it was named Linjiang (臨江) at that time. At the next year, it said that it was peaceful in Jiangnan (外江無事; wài jiāng wú shì), so changed the name Linjiang to Jiangning.[2]

Historical sites
  • Yangshan Quarry, with an unfinished giant stele from the reign of the Yongle Emperor. Tangshan Town.
  • Chuning Tomb of Emperor Wu of Liu Song (ca. 422). Qilin Town
  • Tomb of Zheng He

Transportation

Subdistrict

Jiangning district has ten subdistricts:[3]

  • Dongshan, Moling, Tangshan, Chunhua, Lukou, Jiangning, Guli, Hushu, Hengxi, Qilin

Education

British School of Nanjing is in Jiangning District.[4]

References
  1. (in Chinese) Overview of Jiangning District, Official website of Nanjing Jiangning District People's Government, visited on Oct. 7, 2018.
  2. "Archived copy" “江宁”名字的形成. Jiangning district library (in Chinese). 2011-11-18. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2017-05-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. 2016年统计用区划代码：江宁区. National bureau of statistics of the People's Republic of China (in Chinese).
  4. Home. British School of Nanjing. Retrieved on 5 January 2019. "The British School of Nanjing 16 Han Fu Lu Jiangning Nanjing 211106"
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