Nanjing, referred to as "Ning", was called Jinling and Jiankang in ancient times. It is one of the four ancient capitals in China and one of the first national historical and cultural cities. With a history of more than 7,000 years of civilization, about 2,600 years of city building and nearly 500 years of capital building, ancient human activities began as early as100-10.2 million years ago.
350,000-600,000 years ago, Nanjing ape-man lived in Tangshan, an important birthplace of Chinese civilization. It has blessed China's new moon several times in history. It is the only one of the four ancient capitals that has never been the capital of an alien regime, and has long been the political, economic and cultural center of southern China.
Nanjing is also known as "the city of ten dynasties"
In addition to the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, Nanjing was once the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty (Hongwu), the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Kuomintang government. Therefore, it is called "the city of ten dynasties" in history. Now it is the capital of Jiangsu, a sub-provincial city, an important central city in eastern China, an important scientific research and education base approved by the State Council and a comprehensive transportation hub.
There are 1 1 districts in the city, with a total area of 6587km? The built-up area of 20 17 is 1398.69km? With a permanent population of 8.335 million and an urban population of 6.8589 million, the urbanization rate is 82.3%, making it the only mega-city in the Yangtze River Delta and East China.