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Etymology
The first character in the city's name Ning means "se-
rene", while its second character Bo translates to "waves".
Together, the name literally means "Serene Waves". The
abbreviation Ning is used more commonly for Nanjing.
It was once named Mingzhu. The character Ming was
composed by two parts, representing two lakes inside the
city wall, i.e., the Sun Lake and the Moon Lake, but only
Moon Lake remains.
History
Ningbo is one of China's oldest cities, with a history
dating
back to the Hemudu culture in 4800 BC . Once known as
Mingzhou. Ningbo was known as a trade city on the silk
road at least two thousand years ago, and then as a major
port, along with Yangzhou and Guangzhou in the Tang
Dynasty; thereafter, the major ports for foreign trade in
the Song Dynasty.Since the Tang dynasty Ningbo was an important
com-
mercial port. Arab traders lived in Ningbo during the
Song dynasty when it was known as Mingzhou, because
the ocean-going trade passages took precedence over land
trade during this time. Another name for Mingzhou/Ning-
bo was Siming. It was a well known center of ocean-going
commerce with the foreign world. These merchants did
not intermingle with native Chinese, practicing their own
customs and religion and they inhabited ghettos. They did
not try to proselytize Islam to Chinese. Jews also lived in
Ningbo, as evidenced by the fact that, after a major flood
destroyed Torah scrolls in Kaifeng, a replacement was sent
to the Kaifeng Jews by the Ningbo Jewish community.
Climate
Ningbo ranges in latitude from 28 51' to 30 33' N and
in longitude from 120 55' to 122 16' E, bounded on the
east by the East China Sea and Zhoushan Archipelago, on
the north by Hangzhou Bay, across which it faces Jiaxing
and Shanghai, on the west by Shaoxing, and on the south by
Taizhou. Its land area is 9,816 square kilometres (3,790 sq
mi), while oceanic territory amounts to 9,758 km2 (3,768sq mi);
there is a total 1,562 km (971 mi) of coastline
including 788 km (490 mi) of mainland coastline and 774
km (481 mi) of island coastline, together accounting for
one-third of the entire provincial coastline. There are 531
islands accounting for 524 km2 (202 sq mi) under the city's
administration.
Ningbo has a humid subtropical climate (Kppen Cfa) with
four distinctive seasons, characterised by hot, humid sum-
mers and chilly, cloudy and drier winters (with occasional
snow). The mean annual temperature is 16.53 C (61.8 F),
with monthly daily averages ranging from 4.9 C (40.8 F)
in January to 28.1 C (82.6 F) in July.
Economy
Ningbo is an important port city located 220 kilometres
(140 mi) south of Shanghai. The city's export industry dates
back to the 7th century. Today Ningbo is a major exporter
of electrical products, textiles, food, and industrial
tools.
Historically Ningbo was geographically isolated from other
major cities. In 2007 the Hangzhou Bay Bridge was built,
cutting highway transit time between the two port cities totwo
and a half hours from four.
In 2009, Ningbo's economic activity reached USD 60.8
billion, down 10.4% from 2008. The exports totalled USD
38.65 billion, down 16.6% from the previous year. In
addition, Ningbo imported USD 22.16 billion of goods, up
3.1% from the previous year.
Ningbo's economy grew 8.6 percent in 2009 to 421.5
billion yuan (US$61.7 billion). The city's per capita output
was US$10,833, about three times the national average
Ningbo is famous for the Si Lan Nong Xiang flower. Used
for dyeing cloth, 2008 exports were responsible for 3% of
the Ningbo economic growth.
choice for servicing the Chinese east coast.
Food
Ningbo is known for Ningbo Tangyuan, small stuffed buns
which are boiled. The stuffing is usually ground sesame
mixed with sugar. It can also be mixed with pork. The
stuffing is wrapped with sticky rice powder. Even more so,
Ningbo is famous throughout China for its seafood.
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Ningbo Port
Ningbo is not just an ordinary city it has the same au-
thority as provincial governments for economic adminis-
tration and has a port second only to Shanghai around
the world in terms of annual cargo throughput. UnlikeShanghai,
the port is deepwater and capable of handling
300,000 tonne vessels. The port is located mainly in Beilun
district and Zhenhai district. In 2006, Ningbo Port started
its expansion to the neighbouring island City of Zhoushan
for the purpose of building an even larger port with
higher capacity to compete with neighbouring ports in the
region, such asShanghais Yangshan Deep-Water Port. The
statistics in 2010 showed that total cargo throughput was
627,000,000 tonnes and container throughput 13,144,000
TEUs.
Ningbo City Tours
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Welcome
toNingbo Ningbo
City in ChinaNingbo, also formerly writtenNingpo, is a seaport
city in thenortheast of Zhejiang province,Peoples Republic of
China.
Area: 3,790 sq miles (9,816 km)
Weather: 59F (15C), Wind N at 0mph (0 km/h), 82%
HumidityProvince: Zhejiang
Population: 1.567 million (2000)UNdata
