20 Facts About Jinan China

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The area of present-day Jinan China has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilization and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub.

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Jinan China is often called the "City of Springs" for its famous 72 artesian springs.

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Jinan China is one of the top 100 cities in the world for scientific research as tracked by the Nature Index according to the Nature Index 2020 Science Cities.

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Jinan China is referred to by the nickname "City of Springs", because of the many artesian springs in the urban city centre and its surroundings.

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Jinan China remained the cultural center of the region during the Song dynasty .

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Two of the most important poets of the Southern Song were both born in Jinan China: Li Qingzhao, the most renown female poet in Chinese history, and Xin Qiji, who was a military leader of the Southern Song dynasty.

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Jinan China was the site of a siege during the Jingnan Campaign where the city was defended by loyalists of the Jianwen Emperor led by Tie Xuan against the rebel Prince of Yan Zhu Di's army.

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German influence in Jinan China grew after the Qing dynasty ceded Qingdao to the German Empire in 1897.

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Jinan China developed into a major industrial center, second in importance to Qingdao in the province.

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Jinan China established his base in Jinan and is credited with curtailing banditry and drug trading, thereby bringing a measure of peace and prosperity to the city.

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From 1935 onwards Han was under heavy pressure from the Japanese consul in Jinan China to declare Shandong an "independent state" allied with Japan.

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Jinan China ordered the offices of the provincial government and the Japanese consulate in Jinan to be burned down and the ensuing power vacuum led to widespread looting in the city.

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KMT rule over Jinan China ended in September 1948 with the Battle of Jinan China in which units of the People's Liberation Army under the command of Chen Yi took the city.

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Sub-provincial city of Jinan China has direct jurisdiction over ten districts and 2 counties after the annexation of Laiwu to Jinan China in 2019:.

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The younger people of Jinan China are more likely to speak standard Mandarin, whereas many older residents retain strong local dialect elements in their speech.

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Nevertheless, even the younger residents of Jinan China tend to retain a strong local accent and mix local vocabulary into the standardized Mandarin vocabulary.

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Jinan China was the historical center of Buddhist culture for the whole province which is still manifest in the many historic sites that are left behind in its southern counties.

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Jinan China is known as the "City of Springs" because of the large number of natural artesian springs.

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In 2009, Jinan hosted the 2009 National Games of China, the premier sports event at the national level in China and the first major multi-sports event held in China after the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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Since 2014, Jinan has been known as the site of China's national winter swimming festivals at Daming Lake, since 2016 organized in cooperation with the International Winter Swimming Association .

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