Nanwang () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

Wenshang County Wenshang County () is a county of southwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Jining Jining () is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong province. It borders Heze to the southwest, ...

in the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China' ...

Jining Jining () is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong province. It borders Heze to the southwest, Zaozhuang to the southeast, Tai'an to the northeast, and the provinces of Henan and Jiangsu to the northwest and south respectively. Jining ...

city in

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

province in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. The area around Nanwang was the highest point for the historical Grand Canal, and with beginning 1411 the

Nanwang water division system Nanwang water division system ( or ) is a historical system for management of the water in the Grand Canal in the Shandong province in China. Nanwang water division system is built in the area around Nanwang in Wenshang County in Jining city th ...

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