Ningbo
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Ningbo is a seaport sub-provincial city in the Zhejiang province of China. It lies in the south of Hangzhou Bay and faces the East China Sea to the east. Population (2000): 5,962,602. Percentage of minorities among the population (2000): 0.57%.

Structure

11 cities, counties and districts at county level are under its direct jurisdiction:

• Cities: Yuyao, Cixi, and Fenghua
• Counties: Yingxian, Xiangshan, Ningbo, and Ninghai
• Districts: Haishu, Jiangdong, Jiangbei, Zhenhai, Beilun

Tourism

Sites catering to tourism include:

• Baoguo Temple, the oldest intact wooden structure in Southern China, is located in Jiangbei district, 15km north of Ningbo city.
• Qita Temple

History

Ningbo was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty of Nanjing (signed in 1842) at the end of the First Opium War between Britain and China. The other ports were Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou and Shanghai.

Ningbo was once famed for traditional Chinese furniture production.

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