Brief Introduction to Tianjin Municipality

Location

Tianjin is geographically located at latitude 38¡ã34' N¡ª40¡ã15' N and longitude 116¡ã43' E¡ª118¡ã04' E, Tianjin belongs to the 8th eastern international time zone. At the center of the Bohai Sea Economic Circle along the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, Tianjin backs onto North China, Northwest China and Northeast China and faces Northeast Asia, and it is only 120 km away from Beijing, capital of China. Thanks to such a favorable location, Tianjin enjoys great advantages and provides a channel for over a dozen provinces and cities in the north of China to communicate with foreign friends. Tianjin is also the largest port city in the north.

Area   11,919.7 sq km.

Climate

The climate in Tianjin is warm, semi humidity, semi dry and monsoon with typical features of the warm temperature zone. The average temperature in the whole year is 12.3 degree centigrade. The annual waterfall is 561.3 millimeters.

Ethnic groups

There are 22 ethnic groups in Tianjin

Attractions

Ancient cultural Street,
Gulou Street,
Heping Street,
Xikai Cathedral
Machang Road,
Binjiang Road,
Binhai District
Tianjin TV & Radio Tower