- Tianjin Municipality

Population: 8.2 million

Urban population: 5.8 million

Nationalities: Han, Hui, Korean, Manchu, and Mongolian.

Area: 11,000 square kilometers

Coastline: over 100 kilometers long

Climatic features: Warm-temperate, semi-humid, monsoonal climate; distinct seasons; occasionally summer flooding, frequent spring droughts.

Average temperature: -4 C in January, 26 C in July

Physical features: Low-lying alluvial plain along the Huaihe River; saline-alkaline soil; faces the Bohai Gulf.

Products: Wheat, corn, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, soybeans, cotton, ambary hemp; pears, walnuts, sea products, petroleum, salt.

Administrative divisions: 13 districts and 5 counties

Neighboring areas: Hebei province and Beijing Municipality.

Comments: Tianjin is a major port city.

Source: Atlas of the Peoples Republic of China, Beijing, 1989.

Last modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2003