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Ningbo ( Traditional Chinese: 寧波, Simplified Chinese: 宁波, Hanyu Pinyin: Níngbo, Wade-Giles: Ning-po; literally "Tranquil Waves") is a seaport sub-provincial city in the Zhejiang province of China. It lies in the south of Hangzhou Bay and faces the East China Sea to the east. Population (2000): 5,962,602. Percentage of minorities among the population (2000): 0.57%.1 Structure
11 cities, counties and districts at county level are under its direct jurisdiction:
- Cities: Yuyao, Cixi , and Fenghua
- Counties: Xiangshan, Ningbo, and Ninghai
- Districts: Haishu , Jiangdong , Jiangbei , Zhenhai , BeilunBeilun is an international port in Zhejiang province, China, off the easternmost edge of the southern coast of Hangzhou Bay. It primarily services the regional city of Ningbo. Originally a small fishing town, the presence of a deep sea lane with year-roun, Yingzhou
2 Tourism
Sites catering to tourism include:
- Baoguo TempleBaoguo Temple (; boguosi) is a Mahayana Buddhist temple located in Jiangbei district, 15km north of Ningbo, in Zhejiang, China. It is famous as the oldest surviving wooden structure in southern China, as the main hall of the present temple dates back to 1, the oldest intact wooden structure in Southern China, is located in Jiangbei district, 15km north of Ningbo city.
- Qita Temple
3 History
Ningbo was visited by Portugese traders as early as 1522, and was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty of Nanjing (signed in 1842Events February 21 John J. Greenough patents the sewing machine. March 5 Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande. This is the first such invasion since the Texas Revolution) at the end of the First Opium WarThe First Opium War was a trade-inspired war between the United Kingdom and the Qing Empire in China from 1839 to 1842. It is often seen as the beginning of European imperial hegemony towards China. The conflict began a long history of Chinese resentment between BritainThe word Britain is used to refer to the United Kingdom (UK): i. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (from 1927), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1801- 1927) or the United Kingdom of Great Britain ( 1707- 1801). and China. Foreign influences steadily filtered in thereafter. During the war, British forces took possession of the walled city of Ningbo briefly after storming the fortified town of Zhenhai at the mouth of the Yong River on 10 October 1841.
In 1864 the forces of the Taiping RebellionRebellion The Taiping Rebellion ( 1851 1864) was one of the bloodiest conflicts in history, a clash between the forces of Imperial China and those inspired by a Hakka self-proclaimed mystic named Hong Xiuquan, who was also a Christian convert. Most accura held the town for six months.
Ningbo was once famed for traditional Chinese furniture production.
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