Jining

Jining 济宁市 Tsining
Prefecture-level city
Jining City
From top left: Jining city skyline, Weishan Lake, Taibai Lou
Nickname(s):  Hometown of Confucius and Mencius (孔孟之乡)
Location of Jining in Shandong
Coordinates (Jining municipal government): 35°24′54″N 116°35′14″E / 35.4151°N 116.5871°E / 35.4151; 116.5871
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
County-level divisions	12
Municipal seat	Shizhong District
Government
• Mayor	Fu Mingxian (傅明先)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	11,186.97 km2 (4,319.31 sq mi)
• Urban	1,534.2 km2 (592.4 sq mi)
• Metro	884 km2 (341 sq mi)
Population  (2010 census)
• Prefecture-level city	8,081,905
• Density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
• Urban	1,859,406
• Urban density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
• Metro	1,518,000
• Metro density	1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
GDP[1]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 493 billion US$ 74.5 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 58,972 US$ 8,912
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	0537
ISO 3166 code	CN-SD-08
License Plate Prefix	鲁H

Jining (simplified Chinese: 济宁; traditional Chinese: 濟寧 / 濟寗; pinyin: Jǐníng) is a former capital of Shandong.^[2] Is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong province. It borders Heze to the southwest, Zaozhuang to the southeast, Tai'an to the northeast, and the provinces of Henan and Jiangsu to the northwest and south respectively. Jining, which is located directly to the north of Lake Nanyang (Chinese: 南阳湖; pinyin: Nányáng Hú), is today the northernmost city reachable by navigation on the Grand Canal of China making it an important inland port.

Its population was 8,081,905 at the 2010 census, of whom 1,518,000 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of Rencheng urban district on 884 km² (341 sq mi), Yanzhou district not being totally conurbated yet.