Ningbo

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Ningbo

Total population

7,605,689

Air quality index

62Moderate

Elevation5 m

WeatherAvg high 71.6°F

Coordinates29.86°, 121.62°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Ningbo is a sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises six urban districts, two satellite county-level cities, and two rural counties, including several islands in Hangzhou Bay and the East China Sea. Ningbo is the southern economic center of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, which includes Shanghai among other cities. The port of Ningbo–Zhoushan, spread across several locations, is the world's busiest port by cargo tonnage and the world's third-busiest container port since 2010.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Wang Houjun

Chinese football player and coach (1943-2012)

Zhang Shichuan

founding father of Chinese cinema (1890-1954)

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Zhang Wei

badminton player

Zhou Weihui

Chinese writer

Run Run Shaw

Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist (1907-2014)

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Lin Fanghua

American mathematician and academic

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Liu Jianjun

Chinese badminton player

Tu Youyou

Chinese medical scientist

Pan Shu

Eastern Wu empress

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Sha Menghai

Chinese artist (1900–1992)

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Chen Din Hwa

Hong Kong billionaire entrepreneur (1923–2012)

John Ching Hsiung Wu

Chinese poet (1899–1986)

Hu Zongnan

Taiwanese politician (1896–1962)

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Tan Jiazhen

Chinese geneticist (1909–2008)

Xie Xuren

Chinese politician

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Lü Ji

Chinese artist (1477-1505)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Zhejiang

• Fangqiao
  13 mi away
• Dongqiao
  14.2 mi away
• Tangxi
  14.6 mi away
• Dayin
  16 mi away
• Yinjiang
  17 mi away · pop. 115,200
• Qiucun
  17.8 mi away
• Fenghua
  19.3 mi away
• Longguan
  19.5 mi away
• Daxie
  20.8 mi away
• Meishan
  22.7 mi away · pop. 2,955,219
• Xikou
  23.6 mi away
• Lubu
  24.4 mi away

Browse all places in Zhejiang →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ningbo

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

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