TianjinMunicipality of ChinaMunicipality in ChinaTianjin, previously romanized as Tienchin or Tientsin, is a provincial-level direct-administered municipality in China. It is located on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It has a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the 2020 census. Tianjin borders Hebei Province and Beijing Municipality, bounded to the east by the Bohai Gulf portion of the Yellow Sea.
Northeast ChinaNortheast China (Chinese: 东北; pinyin: Dōngběi) is a geographical region of China, consisting officially of the provincesLiaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang. The heartland of the region is the Northeast China Plain, China's largest plain, with an area of over 350,000 km (140,000 sq mi).
QinhuangdaoQinhuangdao (; Chinese: 秦皇岛) is a port city on the coast of China in northern Hebei. It is administratively a prefecture-level city, about 300 km (190 mi) east of Beijing, on the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea.Bohai SeaHebeiProvince in North ChinaProvince in ChinaAbbreviationChinese冀Zhili ProvinceTraditional Chinese直隸省Simplified Chinese直隶省Literal meaningDirectly ruledHebei is a province in North China. It is China's sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital and largest city.
Prefecture-level cityA prefecture-level city (simplified Chinese: 地级市; traditional Chinese: 地級市; pinyin: Dìjíshì) 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. It usually consists of multiple sub-prefecture-level cities or towns and the surrounding countryside.
Kailuan GroupThe Kailuan (Group) Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 开滦(集团)有限责任公司) is a major Chinese coal mining company. The Chinese Engineering and Mining Company was its predecessor. In 2009, Kailuan Group planned to build a coal reserve base on the northeast coast to store 50 million tonnes of the fossil fuel.
Chinese languageChinese (spoken: simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ, written: 中文; Zhōngwén) is a collection of language varieties containing almost all Sinitic languages except Macro-Bai languages, natively spoken by the Han Chinese and some ethnic minorities in Greater China, as well as by communities of the overseas Chinese.
Yan MountainsThe Yan Mountains, also known by their Chinese name Yanshan, are a major mountain range to the north of the North China Plain, principally in the province of Hebei. The range rises between the Chaobai River on the west and the Shanhai Pass on the east. It consists mostly of limestone, granite, and basalt. Its altitude ranges from 400 to 1000 meters. The main peak, Mount Wuling, is 2,116 meters (6,942 ft) above sea level and is located in Xinglong County in Hebei.
Luan RiverThe Luan River (Chinese: 滦河; pinyin: Luánhé, formerly known as Lei Shui, or Ru Shui) is a river in China. RiverThe river flows northwards from its source in the province of Hebei into the province of Inner Mongolia, and then flows southeast back into Hebei to its mouth on the Bohai Sea. The headstream is known as Shandian River. This part of the river flows near the ancient Mongol Yuan dynasty capital city of Shangdu.
Bohai Economic Rim38°42′N118°6′E / 38.700°N 118.100°E / 38.700; 118.100The Bohai Economic Rim (BER) or Bohai Bay Economic Rim (BBER) is the economic region surrounding Tianjin (Tientsin). It also includes areas in Hebei, Liaoning and Shandong surrounding the Bohai Sea.PinyinThe Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, commonly called Hanyu Pinyin or simply pinyin (pīnyīn), is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. Hanyu literally means 'Han language' — that is, the Chinese language — while pinyin literally means 'spelled sounds'. Pinyin is the official romanization system used in China, Singapore and the United Nations.
Standard-gauge railwayChange of gaugeBogie exchangeBreak of gaugeDual gaugeConversionlistVariable gauge By locationNorth AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAustraliaA standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), international gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge in Europe (excluding the Iberian peninsula), and SGR in East Africa.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.