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天津市
Tiānjīn Shì
Abbreviation: 津 (pinyin: Jīn)

Origin of name 天 tiān - heaven
津 jīn - river ford
"emperor's ford"
Administration type Municipality
CPC Tianjin Committee Secretary Zhang Gaoli 张高丽
Mayor Dai Xianglong 戴相龙
Area 11,920 km2 (30th)
Population (2004)
- Metropolitan area
- Density 10,240,000 (27th)
approx. 5 million
859/km2 (3rd)
Elevation 10 m / 33 ft
GDP (2006)
- per capita CNY 433.8 billion (21st, 6th in city rank)
CNY 40,961 (3rd)
HDI (2005) 0.855 (3rd) — high
Major nationalities (2000) Han - 97%
Hui - 2%
Manchu - 0.6%
City flower Chinese rose
(Rosa chinensis)
County-level divisions 18
Township-level divisions
(December 31, 2004) 240
Postal code 300000 - 301900
Area code 22
Licence plate prefixes 津A, B, C, D
津E (taxis)
ISO 3166-2 CN-12
Official website:
www.tj.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese)
Tianjin (help·info) (Chinese: 天津; pinyin: Tiānjīn; Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is one of the four municipalities of China that are directly under the central government and have provincial-level status. Its urban area is the third largest in China, after Shanghai and Beijing.

Tianjin's urban area is located along the Hai He River. Its ports, some distance away, are located on Bohai Gulf in the Pacific Ocean. Tianjin Municipality borders Hebei province to the north, south, and west; the municipality of Beijing is to the northwest, and Bohai Gulf to the east.