Xuanwu district, Qinhuai district, Gulou district, jianye district, Yuhuatai district, Qixia district, Pukou district, Liuhe district, Jiangning district, Lishui district and Gaochun district. Nanjing, referred to as "Ning" for short and called Jinling and Jiankang in ancient times, is the capital of Jiangsu Province, a sub-provincial city, a megacity and a core city in Nanjing metropolitan area.

Xuanwu district is the core city of Nanjing, with a total area of 75.46 square kilometers. It has seven streets and 59 communities under its jurisdiction, with a permanent population of 6,2 and a registered population of 477,5. It is the seat of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee, the municipal government and many provincial and municipal organs, as well as the heads of the eastern theater and the air force in the eastern theater.

Nanjing has 53 ethnic groups among 56 ethnic groups in China. The most populous nation is the Han nationality. The city flower of Nanjing is plum blossom and the city tree is cedar.

Nanjing specialties include steamed buns with thin skin and juicy juice, fresh dried shredded beef, delicious beef pot stickers and duck blood vermicelli soup, among which the dried shredded pork has a long history and was famous all over the world as early as the Qianlong period.