Jiangning District is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China. The District has a population of 1,926,000 and an area of 1,600 square kilometers. It includes southern and south-eastern suburbs of Nanjing.
Name
The name of Jiangning means "peace in Jiangnan", the character "jiang" () means "river", which refers to the Yangtze river; the character "ning" () means "peace". Jiangning was established in AD 280, and it was named Linjiang () at that time. The following year, it was said to be peaceful in Jiangnan (), so the name was changed from Linjiang to Jiangning. ==Historical sites==