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, which is located directly to the north of Lake Nanyang (), is today the northernmost city reachable by navigation on the Grand Canal of China making it an important inland port.

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Place details

Locality: 任城区
Region: 山东省
Country: 中国
Population: 1,241,012
Timezone: Asia/Shanghai

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Settlement.name: Jining
Settlement.official_name: Jining City
Settlement.other_name: Tsining
Settlement.native_name: 济宁市
Settlement.native_name_lang: zh-Hans
Settlement.nickname: Hometown of Confucius and Mencius ()
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 7
Settlement.mapframe point: none
Settlement.image_map1: ChinaShandongJining.png
Settlement.map_caption1: Location of Jining in Shandong
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Wikidata facts

Official name: 济宁市
Population: 8357897
Area: 11186.98
Official website: www.jining.gov.cn
Image: 济宁市, 中国 Dec 07, 2020 15-57-16.jpeg
Dialing code: 537
Licence plate code: 鲁H

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Commons category: Jining
postal code: 272000
hashtag: Jining

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Article · Svenska

Jining är en stad på prefekturnivå i Shandong-provinsen i norra Kina. Staden, som är belägen norr om , är numera den nordligaste staden längs med Kejsarkanalen och Nanwang vattenregleringssystem är uppförd i Wenshang härad. Den kinesiska talspråksromanen Berättelser från träskmarkerna utspelas delvis i regionen.

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