Tianjin
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Summary
Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality[1]. Tianjin draws 12,984 Wikipedia views per month (direct administered municipality category, ranking #3 of 3).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: People's Republic of China[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Head of government: Zhang Gong[5]
- Continent: Asia[6]
- Instance of: port city[7], national central city[8], big city[9], city[10], megacity[11], Economic and Technological Development Zone[12]
- Capital: Hexi District[13]
- Shares border with: Beijing[14], Hebei[15], Langfang[16], Tangshan[17], Cangzhou[18]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Heping District[19], Hedong District[20], Hexi District[21], Nankai District[22], Hebei District[23], Hongqiao District[24], Dongli District[25], Xiqing District[26], Jinnan District[27], Beichen District[28], Wuqing District[29], Baodi District[30], Binhai New Area[31], Ninghe District[32]
- Twinned administrative body: Philadelphia[33], Pyongyang[34], Łódź[35], Abidjan[36], Mykolaiv[37], Mar del Plata[38], Chiba[39], Fitchburg[40], Bangkok[41], Sarajevo[42], Dallas[43], Thessaloniki[44], Hakodate[45], Kharkiv[46]
- Legislative body: Tianjin Municipal People's Congress[47]
- Executive body: People's Government of Tianjin Municipality[48]
- Party chief representative: Chen Min'er[49]
- Postal code: 300000–301900[50]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Tianjin include Tianjin Binhai International Airport[51], an international airport[52], in People's Republic of China[53]; Tianjin University[54], a university[55], in People's Republic of China[56], founded in 1895[57]; and Convention of Tientsin[58], a bilateral treaty[59].
Why It Matters
Tianjin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Tianjin is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]
Entities named for Tianjin include Tianjin Binhai International Airport[51], an international airport[52], in People's Republic of China[53]; Tianjin University[54], a university[55], in People's Republic of China[56], founded in 1895[57]; and Convention of Tientsin[58], a bilateral treaty[59].