Nanjing

Location: located between 107°45' - 108°51' east longitude and 22°12' - 23°32' north latitude, and in the Lingnan Mountain Range

Physical Features: surrounded by mountains with average elevation of 80-100m

Population: 2.79 million

Urban Population: 1.28 million

Area: 10,029 sq km

Nationalities: Han, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Dong, Mulao and Maonan

History: a history of over 1,600 years; used to be called Yongzhou (Tang dynasty), Yongning prefecture (Song dynasty), Yongzhou headquarters (Yuan dynasty), Nanning prefecture (Ming and Qing dynasties)

Climatic Features: situated in sub-tropical monsoon area; enough sunlight and rainfall

Average Temperature: 21.7℃