Thursday, October 16, 2008

Jining, Shandong

Jining is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong , People's Republic of China. 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. Today it is the northernmost city reachable by navigation on the Grand Canal of China.

Administration



The prefecture-level city of Jining administers 12 , including 2 , 3 and 7 .

*Shizhong District
*Rencheng District
*Qufu City
*Yanzhou City
*Zoucheng City
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*Yutai County
*Jinxiang County
*Jiaxiang County
*Wenshang County
*Sishui County
*Liangshan County

Economy



Jining is situated in a coal mining area in the South-West of Shandong. Jining is an industrial city. Jining has a coal-fired power station, the Jining Power Plant.

Notable people



*Confucius , central Chinese thinker, founder of Confucianism
*Mencius , Chinese thinker, a principle interpreter of Confucianism

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