Nanjing's abbreviation "Ning" comes from an ancient name "Jiangning" in Nanjing. Nanjing, formerly known as Jiangning, was established in the Western Jin Dynasty. Formerly known as Linjiang County, it was renamed Jiangning County because of the meaning of "Yong 'an in the south of the Yangtze River".

When the dynasties changed, the name Jiangning was abolished and restored for a period of time, and jiangning house was also established in the Qing Dynasty. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, jiangning house and Suzhou merged, each taking a word from its name, and today's Jiangsu Province came into being.

Brief introduction of Nanjing city

Nanjing, known as Jiangning, Jinling and Jiankang in ancient times, is the capital of Jiangsu, a sub-provincial city and the core city of Nanjing metropolitan area. It is an important central city, an important scientific research and education base and a comprehensive transportation hub in eastern China approved by the State Council.

There are 1 1 districts in the city, with a total area of 6587km? The built-up area of 20 17 is 1398.69km? With a permanent population of 8.335 million and an urban population of 6.8589 million, the urbanization rate is 82.3%, making it the only mega-city in the Yangtze River Delta and East China.