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Updated: Jul 7, 2023
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Name: Jining
Titles: The hometown of Confucius and Mencius and a metropolis on the Grand Canal
Population: 8.9 million
Area: 11,000 square kilometers
Geography
Situated in the south of Shandong province, Jining is in the fringe zone of four provinces: Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui.
It has a special geographic situation – the eastern part is a mountainous area while the mid-west area combines plains, billabongs and a freshwater lake of 1,260 square kilometers, the largest in North China.
