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Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu Province of China. It has a history of more than 2500 years.
Nanjing (南京 pinyin nan2 jing1) is the capital of Jiangsu Province of China. Formerly called Nanking in Wale-Gales system. The Chinese abbreviation of the city is ning2 (寧). It has a history of more than 2500 years.

Nanjing means "southern capital" literally. In many Chinese dynasties including the [six dynasties]? from 3rd to 6th century, (namely Wu2? (吳), [Dong1 Jin4]? (東晉), Song4? (宋), Qi2? (齊), Liang2? (梁), Chen2? (陳)), Nanjing was the capital city under various names. In middle Chinese, Nanjing was called Bo2 Xia4 (白下).

Compare to Beijing.

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