Na<answer>n</answer>ji<answer>n</answer>g ( liste<answer>n</answer>; Chi<answer>n</answer>ese: 南京, "Souther<answer>n</answer> Capital") is the city situated i<answer>n</answer> the heartla<answer>n</answer>d of lower Ya<answer>n</answer>gtze River regio<answer>n</answer> i<answer>n</answer> Chi<answer>n</answer>a, which has lo<answer>n</answer>g bee<answer>n</answer> a major ce<answer>n</answer>tre of culture, educatio<answer>n</answer>, research, politics, eco<answer>n</answer>omy, tra<answer>n</answer>sport <answer>n</answer>etworks a<answer>n</answer>d tourism. It is the capital city of Jia<answer>n</answer>gsu provi<answer>n</answer>ce of People's Republic of Chi<answer>n</answer>a a<answer>n</answer>d the seco<answer>n</answer>d largest city i<answer>n</answer> East Chi<answer>n</answer>a, with a total populatio<answer>n</answer> of 8,216,100, a<answer>n</answer>d legally the capital of Republic of Chi<answer>n</answer>a which lost the mai<answer>n</answer>la<answer>n</answer>d duri<answer>n</answer>g the civil war. The city whose <answer>n</answer>ame mea<answer>n</answer>s "Souther<answer>n</answer> Capital" has a promi<answer>n</answer>e<answer>n</answer>t place i<answer>n</answer> Chi<answer>n</answer>ese history a<answer>n</answer>d culture, havi<answer>n</answer>g served as the capitals of various Chi<answer>n</answer>ese dy<answer>n</answer>asties, ki<answer>n</answer>gdoms a<answer>n</answer>d republica<answer>n</answer> gover<answer>n</answer>me<answer>n</answer>ts dati<answer>n</answer>g from the 3rd ce<answer>n</answer>tury AD to 1949. Prior to the adve<answer>n</answer>t of pi<answer>n</answer>yi<answer>n</answer> roma<answer>n</answer>izatio<answer>n</answer>, Na<answer>n</answer>ji<answer>n</answer>g's city <answer>n</answer>ame was spelled as Na<answer>n</answer>ki<answer>n</answer>g or Na<answer>n</answer>ki<answer>n</answer>. Na<answer>n</answer>ji<answer>n</answer>g has a <answer>n</answer>umber of other <answer>n</answer>ames, a<answer>n</answer>d some historical <answer>n</answer>ames are <answer>n</answer>ow used as <answer>n</answer>ames of districts of the city, a<answer>n</answer>d amo<answer>n</answer>g them there is the <answer>n</answer>ame Jia<answer>n</answer>g<answer>n</answer>i<answer>n</answer>g (江寧), whose former character Jia<answer>n</answer>g (江, River) is the former part of the <answer>n</answer>ame Jia<answer>n</answer>gsu a<answer>n</answer>d latter character Ni<answer>n</answer>g (寧, simplified form 宁, Peace) is the short <answer>n</answer>ame of Na<answer>n</answer>ji<answer>n</answer>g. Whe<answer>n</answer> bei<answer>n</answer>g the capital of a state, for i<answer>n</answer>sta<answer>n</answer>ce, ROC, Ji<answer>n</answer>g (京) is adopted as the abbreviatio<answer>n</answer> of Na<answer>n</answer>ji<answer>n</answer>g. Although as a city located i<answer>n</answer> souther<answer>n</answer> part of Chi<answer>n</answer>a becomi<answer>n</answer>g Chi<answer>n</answer>ese <answer>n</answer>atio<answer>n</answer>al capital as early as i<answer>n</answer> Ji<answer>n</answer> dy<answer>n</answer>asty, the <answer>n</answer>ame Na<answer>n</answer>ji<answer>n</answer>g was desig<answer>n</answer>ated to the city i<answer>n</answer> Mi<answer>n</answer>g dy<answer>n</answer>asty, about a thousa<answer>n</answer>d years later. Na<answer>n</answer>ji<answer>n</answer>g is particularly k<answer>n</answer>ow<answer>n</answer> as Ji<answer>n</answer>li<answer>n</answer>g (金陵, literally mea<answer>n</answer>i<answer>n</answer>g Gold Mou<answer>n</answer>tai<answer>n</answer>) a<answer>n</answer>d the old <answer>n</answer>ame has bee<answer>n</answer> used si<answer>n</answer>ce the Warri<answer>n</answer>g States Period i<answer>n</answer> Zhou Dy<answer>n</answer>asty.
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