The city has a number of other names, and some historical names are now used as names of districts of the city; among them there is the name Jiangning or Kiangning (江寧), whose former character Jiang (江, Yangtze) is the former

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Early history and foundation
Archaeological discovery shows that "Nanjing Man" lived more than 500 thousand years ago. Zun, a kind of wine vessel, was found to exist

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Nanjing, with a total land area of 6,598 km (2,548 sq mi), is situated in the heartland of the drainage areaof the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and in the Yangtze River Delta, one of the largest

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At present, the full name of the government of Nanjing is "People's Government of Nanjing City" and the city is under the one-party rule of the CPC, with the CPC Nanjing Committee Secretary as the de facto governor of the city and the mayor as the executive

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At the time of the 2010 census, the total population of the City of Nanjing was 8.005 million. The OECD estimated the encompassing

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Earlier development
There was a massive cultivating in the area of Nanjing from the Three Kingdoms period to Southern dynasties. The sparse population led to land as royal rewards were granted for rules’ people. At first, the landless peasants

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Nanjing is the transport hub in eastern China and the downstream Yangtze River area. Different means of transport constitute a three-dimensional transport system that includes land,

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