Nanjing, abbreviated as Ning, the capital of Jiangsu Province, is located in the southwest of Jiangsu Province and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It starts at 3 1 14' north latitude, reaches 32 37' north latitude, starts at 1 18 22' east longitude and ends at 165438+ east longitude.
1949 On April 23rd, the People's Liberation Army captured Nanjing, which was liberated and became one of the municipalities directly under the Central Government at the beginning of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). 1September, 952, it merged with the administrative regions of southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu to form Jiangsu Province. 165438+1October 15, Nanjing was changed to the provincial capital city. 1953 65438+ 10/0/The People's Government of Jiangsu Province was established, and Nanjing was changed from a provincial city to the capital of Jiangsu Province. 1February, 1994, the central government made it clear that the administrative level of Nanjing was sub-provincial.
Nanjing is an important central city in eastern China, an important scientific research and education base and comprehensive transportation hub in China. It is the only mega-city in the Yangtze River Delta, an important gateway city for the development of the central and western regions driven by the Yangtze River Delta radiation, the first batch of national historical and cultural cities and national key scenic tourist cities.
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Nanjing's landform belongs to Ningzhen Yangshan, with low mountains, hills and hills accounting for 60.8% of the city's total area, and plains, depressions, rivers and lakes accounting for 39.2%. The forest coverage rate of the whole city is 27. 1%. Nanjing is surrounded by rolling mountains. Ningzhen Mountain and Laoshan Mountain, north of the Yangtze River, run through the middle of the city. To the south, Hengshan Mountain echoes Donglu Mountain, the southern boundary of the hilly area of Qinhuai River Basin.
Between low mountains and hills, or on both sides, there are mostly low-lying valley plains and lakeside plains. There is land along the Yangtze River, and there is land in Jiang Xinzhou, all of which are below 10 meters above sea level. To the north of the Yangtze River are Laoshan Mountain Range, Chuhe River Valley Plain, large slopes and scattered hills, and to the south of the Yangtze River can be roughly divided into three regions.
In the north, Zhongshan, Niushou Mountain and Yuntai Mountain are arranged in sequence from the riverside to the periphery of the main city, with an altitude of about 200-400 meters; Beifeng, the main peak of Zhongshan and the highest peak of Ningzhen Mountain, is 448.9 meters above sea level. It extends to the remaining veins of Zhongshan Mountain range in the city. From east to west, the north-south watershed consisting of Fuguishan, Jiuhua Mountain, Jilong Mountain, Gulou Gang, Wutai Mountain and Liangqingshan is uplifted, with Jinchuan River basin in the north and Qinhuai River basin in the south.
The central part, from the south of the main city to Yongyang in Lishui, is a well-structured intermountain basin, surrounded by Ningzhen Mountain, Hengshan Mountain and Donglu Mountain, Niushou Mountain, Yuntai Mountain and Maoshan Mountain, with an altitude of 250-400 meters; Qinhuai River runs through the basin from south to north, and a low-altitude valley plain with an altitude of 5- 10 meters is formed on both sides. Between the mountains and the plains, there are loess hills with an altitude of 20-60 meters.
The southern part of Lishui District and the whole territory of Gaochun District are high in the east and low in the west, with an altitude of only 5- 10 meters. The west is the lakeside plain of Gucheng Lake, and the east is the loess hills with an altitude of 20-40 meters. In the middle of this area, the remnant vein extending from Maoshan to the south forms a watershed with an altitude of about 100 meters, bordering Taihu Lake Basin in the east and Yangjiang and Qingyijiang Watershed in the west.
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