Tanggu
Tanggu ( Chinese 塘沽 区 , Pinyin Tánggū Qū ) was a Chinese municipality that belonged to the administrative area of the government- direct city of Tianjin . It was located in the east of Tianjin at the confluence of the Hai He in the Bohai Bay of the Bohai Sea . Tanggu had an area of 758.9 km² and had about 488,300 inhabitants (2002).
Tanggu was the main port in the region of and around Beijing , which has moved from Tianjin here directly to the coast.
The Taku forts , which are on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China , were located in the Tanggu district .
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On December 31, 2009, the Tanggu District was dissolved and its area became part of the "New District" Binhai .
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Coordinates: 39 ° 0 ' N , 117 ° 40' E
