Tanggu, Tianjin

Tanggu
塘沽区
District of the People's Republic of China
1927–2009

Location of Tanggu in Tianjin
History 
• Established
1927
• Disestablished
2009
Succeeded by
Binhai
Today part ofPart of the Binhai New Area, Tianjin
A dragonboat race in Tanggu.

Tanggu District (Chinese: 塘沽; pinyin: Tánggū Qū) was a district in the Tianjin municipality, now part of the Binhai New Area. It is on the Hai River where it enters the Bohai Sea, and is a port for Tianjin, which is about 48 km (30 mi) upriver. The Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area is within the city limits and oversees the construction of a bridge.

The Tanggu Truce was signed in Tanggu.


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