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Economy
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Official Contact Information
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| Area : 11,920 km2
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Agriculture : apples, apricots,
Chinese dates, Chinese pine, Chinese walnut, grapes, haws, lotus root, maize,
peaches, pears, persimmons, reeds, rice, walnuts, water chestnuts, wheat
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Regional government office address :
167 Dagu Road, Heping District, Tianjin
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| Largest City : Tianjin
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Animal products : fish
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Telephone : (86)(22)2330-5555
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| English meaning of name : Heavenly
Ford ("ford" in the sense of river crossing)
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Foreign direct investment (Jan.-Sept. 2001)
: US$2.302 billion
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Website (Chinese) :
www.tianjin.gov.cn/
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| Major Nationalities (2000) : Han 97%,
Hui 2%, Manchu 0.6%
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GDP (2002) : 205.1 billion yuan
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Website (English) : not available
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| Organization : 18 counties; 241
townships
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GDP per capita : 20,369 yuan
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Transportation
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| Population (2002) : 10,070,000
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Industry : automobiles, marine
chemicals, mechanical industries, metallurgy, microelectronics, petrochemicals,
rolled steel, steel tubing, telecommunications equipment, textiles
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Airports : Binhai International
Airport (TSN)
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| Population density : 845/km2
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List of desired foreign investment projects
: http://www.china.org.cn
/english/features/48200.htm
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Highways/railroads : three ring
roads, but only the outermost is controlled-access expressway; seven
expressways and six major highways run in or through Tianjin; six railways pass
through the city, connecting it directly with Beijing, Shenyang and Jinan
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| Weather : hot, wet summers; cold, dry
winters
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Mineral resources : barite, boron,
china clay, coal, copper, dolomite, iron ore, manganese, marble, molybdenum,
petroleum, sea-salt, tungsten
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Major ports : Tianjin Port is the
largest container port in China, with 48 berths for ships over 10,000 dwt
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