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.
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  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
  • …is also known as “Jianye”
  • Description: ancient Chinese city, modern Nanjing

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Stadium and Mochouhu.
JunChen Wu, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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station is a station of Line 2 and Line 7 of the Nanjing Metro.
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, formerly Xiangxinglu…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shangxinhe and Saihongqiao.
is a former town in the Jianye District…
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is a suburb.
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is a suburb, which is situated 4 km east of Jiankang.

Jiankang

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Latitude
32.0234° or 32° 1′ 24″ north
Longitude
118.737° or 118° 44′ 13″ east
Open location code
8P4W2PFP+9Q
Geo­Names ID
6567623
Wiki­data ID
Q1330294

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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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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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