Tanggu District () was a district in the
Tianjin
Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...
municipality, now part of the
Binhai New Area
Binhai, officially known as Binhai New Area (), is a sub-provincial district and state-level new area within the jurisdiction of Tianjin Municipality in the People's Republic of China.
Binhai is intended to replicate development seen in ...
. It is on the
Hai River
The Hai River (海河, lit. "Sea River"), also known as the Peiho, ("White River"), or Hai Ho, is a Chinese river connecting Beijing to Tianjin and the Bohai Sea.
The Hai River at Tianjin is formed by the confluence of five watercourses: the ...
where it enters the
Bohai Sea
The Bohai Sea () is a marginal sea approximately in area on the east coast of Mainland China. It is the northwestern and innermost extension of the Yellow Sea, to which it connects to the east via the Bohai Strait. It has a mean depth of ...
, and is a port for Tianjin, which is about upriver. The
Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area
Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (), commonly abbreviated as TEDA () is the main free market zone in Binhai, Tianjin, China. It was formed in late 1984.
History
The area was created in late 1984. Since 1997, the Ministry of Comm ...
is within the city limits and oversees the construction of a bridge.
The
Tanggu Truce
The Tanggu Truce, sometimes called the , was a ceasefire that was signed between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan in Tanggu District, Tianjin, on May 31, 1933. It formally ended the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, which had begun ...
was signed in Tanggu.
Administrative divisions
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Subdistricts A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.
Equivalents
* Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language
* Kelurahan, in Indonesia
* Mukim, a township in Brunei, Indon ...
**Xincun
[ s , p ''Xīncūn''.]
**Jiefanglu
[ s , p ''Jiěfànglù''.]
**Sanhuailu
[ s , p ''Sānhuáilù''.]
**Xingang
[ s , p ''Xīngǎng''.]
**Hangzhoudao
[ s , p ''Hángzhōudào''.]
**Xinhe
[ s , p ''Xīnhé''.]
**Xiangyang
[ s , p ''Xiàngyáng''.]
**Dagu
[ s , p ''Dàgū''.]
**
Beitang
**Hujiayuan
[ s , p ''Hújiāyuán''.]
*
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 ...
:
**
Xincheng
Climate
See also
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Port of Tianjin
The Port of Tianjin (''Tianjin Gang'', ), formerly known as the Port of Tanggu, is the largest port in Northern China and the main maritime gateway to Beijing. The name "Tianjin Xingang" (), which strictly speaking refers only to the main seaport ...
Notes
External links
Official website of Tanggu District Government
Districts of Tianjin
1927 establishments in China
2009 disestablishments in China
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