City
Friendship cities
|
No. |
City |
Nation |
Date (M/D/Y) |
|
1. |
Kobe |
Japan |
06/24/1973 |
|
2. |
Philadelphia |
USA |
02/10/1980 |
|
3. |
Melbourne |
Australia |
05/05/1980 |
|
4. |
Yokkaichi |
Japan |
10/28/1980 |
|
5. |
Sarajevo |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
05/28/1981 |
|
6. |
NordPas de Calais |
France |
10/10/1984 |
|
7. |
Lombardy |
Italy |
05/09/1985 |
|
8. |
Groningen |
Netherlands |
09/12/1985 |
|
9. |
Chiba |
Japan |
05/07/1986 |
|
10. |
Plovdiv |
Bulgaria |
10/15/1989 |
|
11. |
Izmir |
RepublicofTurkey |
09/23/1991 |
|
12. |
Abidjan |
TheRepublicofCote d'Ivoire |
09/26/1992 |
|
13. |
Ulan Bator |
Mongolia |
09/27/1992 |
|
14.
|
Kharkiv |
Ukraine |
06/14/1993
|
|
15. |
Jonkongping |
Sweden |
09/23/1993 |
|
16. |
Incheon |
RepublicofKorea |
12/07/1993 |
|
17. |
Saarland |
Germany |
09/28/1994 |
|
18. |
Lodz |
RepublicofPoland |
10/11/1994 |
|
19. |
Rio de Janeiro |
FederativeRepublicofBrazil |
04/18/1995 |
|
20. |
OrangeCounty(CA) |
USA |
08/01/1997 |
|
21. |
Amazonas |
FederativeRepublicofBrazil |
10/20/1997 |
|
22. |
Hai Phong |
SocialistRepublicofVietnam |
01/08/1999 |
Language
Putonghua or Mandarin is the official language in Tianjin.
Religion
Tianjin is an open city where various religions coexist. At the moment, there are about 430,000 religious followers of Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Taoism, of which 260 are clergies.
Major places to practice religions:
|
Name of Religion |
Name of the Place |
Address |
|
Catholicism |
XikaiChurch |
Dushan Rd, Heping District |
|
WanghailouChurch |
No.1 292,ShizilinAve,HebeiDistrict |
|
|
Christianity |
ShanxiluChurch |
No.62,Shanxi Rd, Heping District |
|
XiguChurch |
No.3,East Longwangmiao Ave, Hongqiao District |
|
|
Islam |
TianjinMosque |
No.8,Dafeng Rd, Hongqiao District |
|
Xiningdao Mosque |
No.43,Xining Rd, Heping District |
|
|
Buddhism
|
Monastery of Deep Compassion |
No.40,TianweiRd,HebeiDistrict |
|
Monastery of Guajiachan |
No.1,Xinweidi St, Hexi District |
|
|
Monastery of Jianfu Guanyin |
Intersection ofTianjin-Tanggu HighwayandDazhiguzhong Rd, Hedong Dsitrict |
|
|
Monastery of Fengshanyaowang
|
WangVillage,DasiTown, Xiqing District |
|
|
Monastery of Tiancheng
|
Mount Pan Resort, Ji County |
|
|
Taoism
|
TianhougongTemple |
No.80,Ancient Culture St, Nankai District |
|
LuzutangTemple |
No.18, Hejia Hutong,Ruyi'an Ave, Hongqiao Disrict |
|
|
YuhuanggeTemple |
Yuhuangge Ave, Nankai District |
