Ningbo
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| Administration Type | Sub-provincial city |
| Area | 9,365 km² |
| Coastline | 1,562 km |
| Population | 5,527,000 (2004) |
| GDP | ¥39,045 per capita (2004) |
| Major Nationalities | Han, Tujia, Miao, Zhuang |
| County-level divisions | 11 |
| Township-level divisions | 148 |
| Mayor | Mao Guanglie (毛光烈) |
| City flower | Camelia |
| City tree | Camphor Laurel Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Sieb. |
| Area Code | 574 |
Ningbo (Template:Zh-stpw; literally "Tranquil Waves") is a seaport sub-provincial city with a population of 800,000 in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Lying south of the Hangzhou Bay, and facing the East China Sea to the east, Ningbo borders Shaoxing to the west and Taizhou to the south, and is separated from Zhoushan by a narrow body of water.
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Administration
The sub-provincial city of Ningbo administers 6 districts, 3 county-level cities and 2 counties.
- Yuyao City (余姚市)
- Cixi City (慈溪市)
- Fenghua City (奉化市)
- Haishu District (海曙区)
- Jiangdong District (江东区)
- Jiangbei District (江北区)
- Zhenhai District (镇海区)
- Beilun District (北仑区)
- Yinzhou District (鄞州区)
- Xiangshan County (象山县)
- Ninghai (宁海县)
History
Ningbo was visited by Portuguese traders as early as 1522, and was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty of Nanjing (signed in 1842) at the end of the First Opium War between Britain and China. Foreign influences steadily filtered in thereafter. During the war, British forces took possession of the walled city of Ningbo briefly after storming the fortified town of Zhenhai at the mouth of the Yong River on October 10, 1841. In 1864 the forces of the Taiping Rebellion held the town for six months.
Ningbo was once famed for traditional Chinese furniture production.
Ningpo , or 'tranquil waves', "it has been said of the Ningpo fishermen that, 'no people in the world apparently made so great an advance in the art of fishing; and for centuries past no people have made so little further progress.' " (quote from pg. 174 of THE JUNKS AND SAMPANS OF THE YANGTZE by G.R.G. Worchester, river inspector(retired), Chinese Maritime Customs, ISBN 087021-335-0)
Tourism
- Baoguo Temple, the oldest intact wooden structure in Southern China, is located in Jiangbei district, 15km north of Ningbo city.
- Qita Temple
Military
Ningbo is the headquarters of the East Sea Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. Its sector of responsibility includes Taiwan.
Transportation
The Hangzhou Bay Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge currently under construction across Hangzhou Bay, will connect the municipalities of Shanghai and Ningbo, and will be the longest trans-oceanic bridge in the world.
Sister cities
Ningbo has city partnerships with many cities around the world.
Sister cities (友好城市)
- Template:Flagicon Nagaokakyo, Japan (since April 1983)
- Template:Flagicon Aachen, Germany (October 1986)
- Template:Flagicon Wilmington, USA (May 1988)
- Template:Flagicon Rouen, France (March 1990)
- Template:Flagicon Waitakere, New Zealand (November 1998)
- Template:Flagicon Santos, Brazil (January 2002)
- Template:Flagicon Veszprem, Hungary (July 2003)
- Template:Flagicon Nelson Mandela (city), South Africa (September 2003)
- Template:Flagicon Varna, Bulgaria (June 2004)
- Template:Flagicon Stavanger, Norway (September 2004)
- Template:Flagicon Bydgoszcz, Poland (November 2005)
Cities of friendly exchanges (友好交流关系城市)
- Template:Flagicon Masuda, Japan (since October 1990)
- Template:Flagicon Ueda, Japan (February 1995)
- Template:Flagicon Barcelona, Spain (October 1995)
- Template:Flagicon Suncheon, South Korea (June 1997)
- Template:Flagicon Surrey, Canada (May 1999)
- Template:Flagicon Houston, USA (September 2000)
- Template:Flagicon Wiener Neustadt, Austria (September 2000)
- Template:Flagicon Daegu, South Korea (September 2000)
External links
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