Nankai District () is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

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 ...

, People's Republic of China. Nankai District borders 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 ...

in the east and Chentangzhuang Railway in the west and south. A number of important Tianjin landmarks lie in the district including the

Tianjin Museum Tianjin Museum is the largest museum in Tianjin, China, exhibiting a range of cultural and historical relics significant to Tianjin. The museum lies in Yinhe Plaza in the Hexi District of Tianjin and covers an area of about 50,000 sq metres. The ...

Tianjin Radio and Television Tower The Tianjin Radio and Television Tower is a -tall tower in Tianjin, China used primarily for communication. It is the 8th tallest freestanding tower in the world. It was built in 1991 at a cost of $45 million. Approximately two-thirds of the w ...

, Tianjin Water Park, Tianjin Zoo and

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. Nankai is also home to the city's most prestigious educational institutions including

Tianjin University Tianjin University (TJU, ), formerly Peiyang University (), is a national public research university in Tianjin, China. The university was established in 1895 by Guangxu Emperor's royal charter to be the first university of China. It is now fu ...

and Nankai University. The Tianjin New Technology Industrial Area, a 12 square km precinct, is also located in Nankai.

History

Historically, northern parts of Nankai District were located inside the walled city of Tianjin. The Tianfei Palace or Palace of the Queen of Heaven of the

Yuan Dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fift ...

was built in north-eastern Nankai in the year 1326. In the

Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo ...

, the heart of the city of Tianjin was set up in Nankai. Nankai became part of the military garrisons during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the city wall served as a major defense system against foreign invasion in the late 19th century.

Administrative divisions

There are 12

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in the district:

Geography

Nankai District is located in the south-west corner of the urban Tianjin, bordered by Hongqiao District to the north,

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and Heping Districts to the north-east, Hexi District to the east and Xiqing District to the south-west. It occupies an area of . The natural topography is characterised by higher elevation in the north of the district and a lower elevation in the south, with the average altitude being 3 metres.

Demographics

Nankai District has been one of the fastest growing districts in Tianjin since the formation of the

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. The population was 220,000 in 1949. In 2006, the population was 925,000 and the density was 19621/km² (50818/sq. mi.). The rate of population growth has been negative since 1993 with the

birth rate The birth rate for a given period is the total number of live human births per 1,000 population divided by the length of the period in years. The number of live births is normally taken from a universal registration system for births; populati ...

averaging 3.97% and

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registering 4.56% in 2005. The majority of people in Nankai District are

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. Small populations of

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such as the

Hui The Hui people ( zh, c=, p=Huízú, w=Hui2-tsu2, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Хуэйзў, ) are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the n ...

, Manchu and

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peoples also exist.

Transportation

Metro

Nankai is currently served by three metro lines operated by

Tianjin Metro The Tianjin Metro or Tianjin Rail Transit is the rapid transit system in the city of Tianjin, which was the second city in mainland China after Beijing to operate a subway system (the Beijing Subway opened in 1971). Opened in 1984, the syste ...

: * - Haiguangsi, Erweilu, Xi'nanjiao * - Bianxing, Jieyuanxidao, Xianyanglu, Changhonggongyuan, Guangkaisimalu, Xi'nanjiao , Gulou, Dongnanjiao * - Huayuan, Wangdingdi, Hongqinanlu, Zhoudengji'nianguan, Tianta

Education

* Nankai University

Parks

*Tianjin Zoo (天津动物园) *Tianjin Water Park (天津水上公园) *Changhong Park (长虹公园)

References

People's Government of Tianjin Nankai District English Website
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