Nanjing

E29741

city provincial capital sub-provincial city

Nanjing is a major city in eastern China, historically significant as a former national capital and cultural center, and now an important political, economic, and educational hub on the Yangtze River.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Nanjing canonical	221
Nanjing metropolitan area	4
Nanjing region	2
Nanjing urban area	2
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China	2
Nanking	2
Jianye (ancient name of Nanjing)	1
Nanjing (after accession as emperor)	1
Nanjing (as Ming primary capital)	1
Nanjing (as a secondary capital)	1
Nanjing (originally, later grave destroyed)	1
Nanjing (provincial capital of Jiangsu)	1
Nanjing skyline	1
Nanjing, China	1
Nanjing, Republic of China	1
present-day Nanjing	1
南京	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ provincial capital ⓘ sub-provincial city ⓘ
administrativeStatus	sub-provincial city ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
formerCapitalOf	Eastern Wu ⓘ Ming dynasty ⓘ Republic of China ⓘ Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ⓘ
governs	several urban districts ⓘ
hasAirport	Nanjing Lukou International Airport ⓘ
hasLandmark	Temple of Confucius ⓘ surface form: Confucius Temple (Fuzimiao) Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum ⓘ Nanjing City Wall ⓘ Presidential Palace ⓘ Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum ⓘ
hasMetroSystem	Nanjing Metro ⓘ
hasUniversity	Hohai University ⓘ Nanjing Agricultural University ⓘ Nanjing Normal University ⓘ Nanjing University ⓘ Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics ⓘ Nanjing University of Science and Technology ⓘ Southeast University ⓘ
historicalName	Jiankang ⓘ Jianye ⓘ Jinling ⓘ Stone City ⓘ
is	major economic center in eastern China ⓘ major educational center in China ⓘ major political center in eastern China ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Jiangsu ⓘ surface form: Jiangsu Province
knownFor	Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders ⓘ surface form: Nanjing Massacre historical site cultural institutions ⓘ higher education institutions ⓘ rich historical heritage ⓘ role as former national capital ⓘ
locatedIn	Jiangsu ⓘ surface form: Jiangsu Province
locatedInRegion	eastern China ⓘ surface form: Eastern China
locatedOnRiver	Yangtze River ⓘ
nicknamed	Capital of Six Dynasties ⓘ Capital of Ten Dynasties ⓘ
populationRankInChina	one of the largest cities ⓘ
sisterCityOf	Nagoya ⓘ Perth ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ surface form: St. Louis
timeZone	China Standard Time ⓘ
transportHubFor	Yangtze River shipping ⓘ railways in eastern China ⓘ
utcOffset	+8 ⓘ

Referenced by (244)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nanjing Massacre → location → Nanjing ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nanking

National Revolutionary Army (nominally, during United Front) → headquartersLocation → Nanjing ⓘ

subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army

National Revolutionary Army → headquartersLocation → Nanjing ⓘ

National Revolutionary Army → garrison → Nanjing ⓘ

Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany → twinTown → Nanjing ⓘ

subject surface form: Göttingen

Yangtze River Economic Belt → includesMajorCity → Nanjing ⓘ

Nagoya → twinnedWith → Nanjing ⓘ

Jiangsu → hasCapital → Nanjing ⓘ

Jiangsu → hasLargestCity → Nanjing ⓘ

Jiangsu → hasMajorCity → Nanjing ⓘ

Jiangsu → hasHistoricalCapital → Nanjing ⓘ

Yangtze River → passesThroughCity → Nanjing ⓘ

Kuomintang → historicalCapitalGoverned → Nanjing ⓘ

Chinese 87th Division → garrison → Nanjing ⓘ

Battle of Nanjing → location → Nanjing ⓘ

Battle of Nanjing → capitalCityInvolved → Nanjing ⓘ

Battle of Nanjing → ChineseCapitalAtTime → Nanjing ⓘ

T. V. Soong → workLocation → Nanjing ⓘ

eastern China → contains → Nanjing ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern China

Republic of China → previousCapital → Nanjing ⓘ

Göttingen → hasTwinTown → Nanjing ⓘ

Soong Mei-ling → residence → Nanjing ⓘ

Northern Expedition → laterCapitalOfLeadingSide → Nanjing ⓘ

National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims → locationOfMainCeremony → Nanjing ⓘ

Chiang Chieh-shih → residence → Nanjing ⓘ

Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders → locatedIn → Nanjing ⓘ

Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal → location → Nanjing ⓘ

CST → usedIn → Nanjing ⓘ

subject surface form: CST (China Standard Time)

Ming dynasty → capital → Nanjing ⓘ

Nanjing Road → namedAfter → Nanjing ⓘ

NRA → garrison → Nanjing ⓘ

subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army

Military Affairs Commission of the National Government of China → headquartersLocation → Nanjing ⓘ

Yangtze River Delta → majorCity → Nanjing ⓘ

Yangtze River Delta → includesUrbanAgglomeration → Nanjing ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nanjing metropolitan area

Shanghai Railway Station → connectsTo → Nanjing ⓘ

Central Army of the Kuomintang → garrison → Nanjing ⓘ

Guomin Gemingjun → headquartersLocation → Nanjing ⓘ

Guomin Gemingjun → garrison → Nanjing ⓘ

Bai Chongxi → residence → Nanjing ⓘ

Zhang Xueliang → placeOfDetention → Nanjing ⓘ

Japanese Central China Area Army → operationalArea → Nanjing ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nanjing region

Japanese Central China Area Army → garrison → Nanjing ⓘ

Shenzhen Airlines → focusCity → Nanjing ⓘ

YREB → keyCity → Nanjing ⓘ

Treaty of Nanking → signedNear → Nanjing ⓘ

Changzhou → neighboringCity → Nanjing ⓘ

Imperial China → hasCapitalAtVariousTimes → Nanjing ⓘ

Jianwen Emperor → deathPlace → Nanjing ⓘ

Jianwen Emperor → capitalDuringReign → Nanjing ⓘ