Nanjing City
 

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Nanjing in China lies in Jiangsu Province. It's the capital of it, and is one of the
important industry base in China. It is 6.5 thousand square kilometers in area, with
a population of 5.1 million.

In
Nanjing, the topography is complex. There are many lowlands and downloads,
and in the mountains, there are some wide plains. The Yangtse River flows from the
Northwest to the Southeast. It's the monsoon climate in the inferior torrid zone. The
average annual temperature is 15-16 degree Celsius. And the average annual
precipitation is 1,100mm. The black frost period can last 230 days. The area along
the Yangtse River is Huadong iron ore. There is brass, zinc, lead, strontium,
limestone and many other ones. The resources of them are all abundant.

Nanjing City. In industry, mainly, there is electric, petroleum processing, chemical
industry, machine, transportation equipment and instruments. All of them occupy
important places in China. In the recent years, the Development Zone for New &
High Technology Industries was built in Pu Kou in Nan Jing. In agriculture, there
mainly is rice, wheat, cotton, potatoes and oil crops.

Nanjing is one of the important hub of communications in China. The railway,
highway and aviation are all convenient. Nanjing port is the biggest port of the inland
rivers. It has the function of a seaport, for big ships can be moored here. The ships
here can get to Jiujiang, Wuhan, Chongqing, Shanghai as well as many other
places.

Nanjing is the famous ancient city in China. A lot of Chinese ancient monarchs took
here as their capital city, such as Wu Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, Song Dynasty and Ming
Dynasty. Its one of the seven well-known ancient cities. Zhong Mountain is the
national major place of interest. Zhong Mountain and the Xuanwu Lake are the
centers. And also, there are numerous mountains, lakes and other beautiful
buildings. They are the most magnificent scenery in China.