Jining

Jining
This article is about the city in Shandong. For the district in Inner Mongolia, see Jining District.
Jining
济宁
—  Prefecture-level city  —
济宁市
Country China
Province Shandong
County-level divisions 12
Township-level divisions
City seat Shizhong District
(35°24′N 116°34′E / 35.4°N 116.567°E / 35.4; 116.567)
Government
 – CPC Secretary
 – Mayor Mei Yonghong (梅永红)
Area
 – Total 10,685 km2 (4,125.5 sq mi)
Population
 – Total 8,313,061
 – Density 778/km2 (2,015/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Area code(s) 537
GDP
GDP per capita
License Plate Prefix 鲁H

Jining (simplified Chinese: 济宁; traditional Chinese: 濟寧; pinyin: Jǐníng) is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Heze to the southwest, Zaozhuang to the southeast, Tai'an to the northeast, and the provinces of Henan and Jiangsu to the northwest and south respectively. Jining, which is located right to the north of the Lake Nanyang (Chinese: 南阳湖; pinyin: Nányáng Hú), is today the northernmost city reachable by navigation on the Grand Canal of China.

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Administration

The prefecture-level city of Jining administers 12 county-level divisions, including 2 district, 3 county-level cities and 7 counties.

  • Shizhong District (市中区)
  • Rencheng District (任城区)
  • Qufu City (曲阜市)
  • Yanzhou City (兖州市)
  • Zoucheng City (邹城市)
  • Weishan County (微山县)
  • Yutai County (鱼台县) - originally in Huxi prefecture
  • Jinxiang County (金乡县) - originally in Huxi
  • Jiaxiang County (嘉祥县) - originally in Huxi
  • Wenshang County (汶上县)
  • Sishui County (泗水县)
  • Liangshan County (梁山县)

Economy

Jining is situated in a coal mining area in the southwest of Shandong. Jining is an industrial city. Jining has a coal-fired power station, the Jining Power Plant. The city is served by Jining Airport.

Notable people

  • Confucius (551 – 479 BC), central Chinese thinker, founder of Confucianism (main temple and tomb in Qufu)
  • Zengzi (505 BC - 436 BC), Chinese philosopher and author, principal lineage protector and promoter of Confucianism
  • Mencius (372 – 289 BC), Chinese thinker, a principal interpreter of Confucianism (main temple in Zoucheng)
  • Yan Hui (521 BC - 490 BC), one of the famous disciples of Confucius (temple in Qufu)
  • Lu Ban (507–440 BC), Chinese engineer, philosopher, inventor, military thinker
  • Zuo Qiuming (5th century BC), Chinese court writer of the State of Lu, and contemporary of Confucius during the Spring and Autumn period.
  • Xiaoting Pan (1982-), the first professional pool player from China to play full-time on the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) tour.
  • Kong Shangren (1648 - 1718), a Chinese Qing Dynasty dramatist and poet best known for his chuanqi play The Peach-Blossom Fan

Sister cities

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