East China
Jiangsu
Nanjing

Purple Mountain

Purple Mountain or Zijin Shan is located on the eastern side of in province, China. It is 448.9 metres high, with it being the highest in Nanjing when compared to other mountains in the city.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 449 metres
  • Description: mountain in Nanjing, China
  • Also known as: “Chung Shan”, “Purple-Gold Mountain”, “Tzu-chin Shan”, and “Zijin shan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ming Xiaoling and NanJing Museum.

Tomb
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is the mausoleum of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty. It lies at the southern foot of Purple Mountain, located east of the historical centre of .

Museum
Photo: Tevatron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is located in , the capital of in East China. With an area of 70,000 square metres, it is one of the largest museums in China, with over 400,000 items in its permanent collection.

Theater building
Photo: Kinden Kuo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Amphitheatre is a building affiliated to the complex of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, located in the southeast of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Square in , Province, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xiaolingwei and Honghua.

Suburb
is a subdistrict located in , China, near . It is at the south of Nanjing's Zhongshan Gate and southeast of the Ming Dynasty imperial tombs of Nanjing.

Suburb
Photo: 东京村子, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Purple Mountain

Latitude
32.07251° or 32° 4′ 21″ north
Longitude
118.84057° or 118° 50′ 26″ east
Elevation
449 metres (1,473 feet)
Open location code
8P4W3RFR+26
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2600810866
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
1783726
Wiki­data ID
Q833990
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Purple Mountain” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Zijin Shan”
  • Chinese: “北高峰”
  • Chinese: “南京钟山风景名胜区”
  • Chinese: “紫金山”
  • Chinese: “钟山风景名胜区”
  • Chinese: “鍾山”
  • Dutch: “Purple Mountain”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پورپل”
  • Esperanto: “Purpurora Monto”
  • French: “montagne Pourpre”
  • French: “Montagne Pourpre”
  • German: “Purpurberg”
  • Hebrew: “ההר הסגול”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Ungu (Nanjing)”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Ungu”
  • Italian: “Montagna Purpurea”
  • Japanese: “紫金山”
  • Japanese: “鍾山”
  • Ladin: “Crëp Violet”
  • Literary Chinese: “鍾山”
  • Persian: “کوه بنفش”
  • Portuguese: “Montanha Púrpura”
  • Russian: “Цзыцзинь”
  • Slovak: “Purpurová hora (Nanjing)”
  • Slovak: “Purpurová hora”
  • Swedish: “Zijin Shan”
  • Swedish: “Zijinberget”
  • Thai: “ภูเขาสีม่วง”
  • Thai: “ภูเขาสีม่วงทอง”
  • Venetian: “Montagna Purpurea”
  • Wu Chinese: “紫金山”
  • Yue Chinese: “紫金山”

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