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View at the harbor of Tianjin at the 19th century
The provincial-level municipality and city Tianjin is located along the Hai He River. Some distance away, its ports are on the Bohai Gulf.
An amazing attraction at Tianjin is the Temple of Matsu, the Taoist goddess of the Sea.
The International Language Institute at Tianjin is famous around the whole world.
An important district is Tanggu, located on the banks of the Hai River which flows through Beijing and Tianjin into the Gulf of Bohai of the Yellow Sea.
The Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) in Tanggu, formed in late 1984, is the main free market zone in Tianjin.
