In 1368, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor here, and the capital was called Nanjing, which was the first time Nanjing was named.
In 1356, Zhu Yuanzhang captured Jiqing and changed it to Yingtianfu. The Ming Dynasty was established in 1368, with Nanjing as its capital. Nanjing became the political, economic, and cultural center of China, ushering in its second peak in history.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the capital had a total population of about 700,000. It was the largest and most populous city in China at that time, and also the largest city in the world. It took 27 years to build the Nanjing Ming City Wall, which was the largest in the world. City wall. There are nearly 10,000 Imperial College students at the foothills of Jilong Mountain, and there are also international students from Japan, North Korea, Annan, Ryukyu and other countries studying here.
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Nanjing landform: Nanjing belongs to the Ningzhenyang hilly area, dominated by low mountains and gentle hills. Low mountains account for 3.5% of the total land area, and hills account for 4.3%. Uplands account for 53%, and plains, depressions, rivers and lakes account for 39.2%.
The Ningzhen Mountains and the Laoshan Mountains in the north of the Yangtze River run across the central part of the city, and in the south are the Hengshan Mountains and Donglu Mountains at the southern boundary of the hilly hills of the Qinhuai River Basin. The plane location of Nanjing is long from north to south and narrow from east to west, forming a due north-south direction.
The straight-line distance from north to south is 150 kilometers, the central part is 50 to 70 kilometers wide from east to west, and the north and south ends are about 30 kilometers wide from east to west. To the south is a landform complex composed of terrain units such as low mountains, hills, valley plains, lakeside plains and riverside areas.
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