Ningbo

Ningbo (Cheenese: 宁波; pinyin: Níngbō ; Ningbo dialect: Nyin-poh/Nyin-pou ) is a seaport ceety in the northeast o Zhejiang province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. Hauldin sub-provincial admeenistrative status an separate state-plannin status, as o the 2010 census, the municipality haes a population o 7,605,700 indwallers, 3,089,180 o who reside in the urban aurie which comprises 6 destricts. It lees sooth o the Hangzhou Bay, facin the East China Sea tae the east. Ningbo borders Shaoxing tae the wast an Taizhou tae the sooth, an is separatit frae Zhoushan bi a narrae body o watter.

Ningbo 宁波
Sub-provincial ceety
宁波市
Clockwise frae top: Ningbo's Skyline, Tianyi Square, Tianyi Chamber, Port o Ningbo, Hangzhou Bay Bridge, an Tianfeng Pagoda
Ningbo Ceety in Zhejiang
Ningbo Location in Cheenae
Coordinates: 29°52′N 121°33′E
Kintra	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Province	Zhejiang
Coonty-level diveesions	11
Tounship diveesions	148
Govrenment
• Teep	Type Sub-provincial ceety
• CPC Ningbo Committee Secretary	Wang Huizhong
• Mayor	[[]]
Area
• Sub-provincial ceety	9521 km2 (3,676 sq mi)
Elevation	150 m (488 ft)
Population  (2010 census)[1]
• Sub-provincial ceety	7,605,700
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
• Urban	3,089,180
• Metro	3,089,180
Time zone	UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart Time)
Postal code	315000
Area code(s)	574
GDP	2009[1]
- Total	CNY 421.46 billion (USD 61.72 billion)
- per caipita	CNY 73,998 (USD 10,836)
- Growth	8.6%
Website	www.ningbo.gov.cn (in Cheenese)
Ceety trees Camphor Laurel Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Sieb.) Ceety flouers Camellia

Ningbo
Semplifeed Cheenese	宁波
Tradeetional Cheenese	寧波
Wu	nying平po平
Leeteral meanin	tranquil waves
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Níngbō Wade–Giles Ning-po Wu Romanieation nying平po平 Hakka Romanisation Nèn-pô Yue: Cantonese Jyutping ning4bo1 Soothren Min Hokkien POJ Lêng-pho

Etymology

The first character in the ceety's name (宁 or 寧) means "serene", while its seicont character (波) translates tae "waves". Thegither, the name literally means "Serene Waves". The ceety is abbreviatit Yǒng (甬), efter the Yong Hill (甬山), a prominent coastal hill near the ceety, juist lik the Yong River (甬江) that flows throu Ningbo. The abbreviation Ning is uised mair commonly for Nanjing.

It wis ance namit "明州" (Míngzhōu). The character Ming (明) wis componed bi twa pairts, representin twa lakes inside the ceety waw, i.e., the Sun Lake (日湖) an the Moon Lake (月湖), but anerlie Moon Lake remains.

Internaitional relations

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae

Twin touns an sister ceeties

Ningbo is twinned wi:

Sister ceeties

• Nagaokakyo, Japan (syne Aprile 1983)
• Aachen, Germany (October 1986)
• Wilmington, Delaware, Unitit States (Mey 1988)
• Rouen, Fraunce (Mairch 1990)
• Waitakere, New Zealand (November 1998)
• Santos, São Paulo, Brazil (Januar 2002)
• São Paulo, Brazil^[2][3]
• Veszprem, Hungary (Julie 2003)
• Nelson Mandela Municipality, Sooth Africae (September 2003)
• Varna, Bulgarie (Juin 2004)
• Stavanger, Norawa (September 2004)
• Nottingham, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick (September 2005)^[4]
• Bydgoszcz, Poland (November 2005)

Ceeties o friendly exchyynges (Cheenese: 友好交流关系城市)

• Masuda, Japan (syne October 1990)
• Ueda, Nagano, Japan (Februar 1995)
• Barcelona, Spain (October 1995)
• Suncheon, Jeollanam-do (Juin 1997)
• Surrey, Breetish Columbie, Canadae (Mey 1999)
• Houston, Unitit States (September 2000)
• Wiener Neustadt, Austrick (September 2000)
• Daegu, Sooth Korea (September 2000)
• Aguascalientes, Mexico (November 2006)
• Milwaukee, Unitit States (2006)^[5]
• Manzanillo, Mexico (Juin 2010)
• Rijeka, Croatie (Juin 2011)