Jiankang
Jiankang, or Jianye, as it was originally called, was the capital city of the Eastern Wu, the Eastern Jin dynasty and the Southern Dynasties, including the Chen dynasty.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Locality
- Description: ancient Chinese city, modern Nanjing
- Also known as: “Jianye”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Stadium and Olympic Stadium East station.
Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
Stadium
Photo: JunChen Wu, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Hexi New Town, Nanjing, China. It is primarily used for football and athletics events and is the centerpiece of a larger Olympic Park complex which also includes the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, an aquatics center, a tennis center, and other recreational sports venues.
Olympic Stadium East station
Metro station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Olympic Stadium East station, formerly Xiangxinglu station during planning until 2007, is a station of Line 2 of the Nanjing Metro. It started operations on 28 May 2010 along with the rest of Line 2.
Xinglongdajie station
Metro station
Photo: 思源如宁, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Xinglongdajie station, formerly known as Suojie station during planning until 2007, is a station of Line 2 of the Nanjing Metro. It started operations on 28 May 2010 along with the rest of Line 2. The theme of this station's decorations is National Day.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shangxinhe and Saihongqiao.
Shangxinhe
Neighborhood
Shangxinhe is a former town in the Jianye District of Nanjing, China located on the Jia River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. The former Wang Hanzhou residence, Jianghan Hall, Ancient Sun Palace, and other ancient cultural sites are located in the area.
Xinjiekou
Suburb
Photo: Haha169, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xinjiekou is the central business district of Nanjing, People's Republic of China. It gave its name to Xinjiekou subway station. Xinjiekou is situated 6 km northeast of Jiankang.
Jiankang
- Category: city
- Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Yue Chinese—“Jiankang” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Tszyankan”
- Belarusian: “Цьзянькан”
- Catalan: “Jiankang”
- Cebuano: “Jianye Qu”
- Chinese: “六朝建康都城遺址”
- Chinese: “建康”
- Chinese: “建康城”
- Chinese: “建邺”
- Chinese: “建邺区”
- Danish: “Jiankang”
- Dutch: “Jiankang”
- French: “Jiankang”
- French: “Jianye”
- German: “Jiankang”
- Hebrew: “ג’יין-קאנג”
- Indonesian: “Jiankang”
- Italian: “Jiankang”
- Japanese: “建康”
- Japanese: “建業”
- Korean: “강녕”
- Korean: “건강”
- Korean: “건업”
- Korean: “말릉”
- Russian: “Цзянькан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jiankang”
- Slovenian: “Džjankang”
- Slovenian: “Jiankang”
- Spanish: “Jiankang”
- Swedish: “Jianye Qu”
- Ukrainian: “Цзянькан”
- Urdu: “جیانکانگ”
- Vietnamese: “Kiến Khang”
- Yue Chinese: “建康”
- Yue Chinese: “建業”
- Yue Chinese: “建鄴”
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