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Jinan, capital of Shandong Province on China's east coast, is the
province's political, economic and cultural center. Location in the
western part of the center of Shandong Province, Jinan is at the juncture
of the Beijing-Shanghai and Qingdao-Jinan railways. Nearby to the
south is Mount Tai, officially recognized by the United Nations as
part of the world's natural and cultural heritage. To the north is
the Yellow River, which is called the "cradle of the Chinese
nation."
With a warm-temperate continental monsoon climate and clear-cut
seasonal changes, Jinan has an average annual temperature of 14C
and an annual mean precipitation of 650-700mm. Thanks to its long
history, Jinan has been designated by the State Council as a famous
historical and cultural city. As Jinan boasts a number of natural
springs amid picturesque scenery, it is known as the "City
of Spring". The city tree of Jinan is the willow, and the city
flower is the lotus. |
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