Tianning, Changzhou

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|native_name = 天宁区

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|settlement_type = District

|postal_code_type = Postal code

|postal_code = 213000

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|image_caption = Tianning District in June 2017

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jiangsu

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = People's Republic of China

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|subdivision_name1 = Jiangsu

|subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city

|subdivision_name2 = Changzhou

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|area_total_km2 = 153.93

|population_total =668,906

|population_urban =609,730 (91%)

|population_rural =59,176 (9%)

|population_as_of =2020

|population_density_km2 = auto

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Tianning District ({{zh|s=天宁区|t=天寧區|p=Tiānníng Qū |l=heaven tranquility|c=}}) is one of five districts under the jurisdiction of Changzhou in Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. The local language is the Changzhou dialect of Wu Chinese. The postal code for the district is 213003.

The Tianning District covers an area of 68 square kilometers. In 2020 the total population was recorded at 668,906 people.{{Cite web |title=Tiānníng Qū (District, China) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/jiangsu/admin/ch%C3%A1ngzh%C5%8Du_sh%C3%AC/320402__ti%C4%81nn%C3%ADng_q%C5%AB/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tn-invest.gov.cn/en/index.asp |title=Tianning Investment |website=www.tn-invest.gov.cn |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427041517/http://www.tn-invest.gov.cn/en/index.asp |archive-date=27 April 2009 |url-status=dead}}

The area is most famous for the Tianning Temple for which the district is named. The temple is home to the tallest pagoda in the world. The pagoda forms the most notable landmark in the downtown area.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-04/30/content_864654.htm|title=Buddhists gather to inaugurate world's tallest pagoda|author=Xinhua|publisher=China Daily|date=2007-04-30|accessdate=2007-04-30}}

Tianning District is also home to Hongmei Park ({{zh|s=红梅公园|t=紅梅公園|labels=no}}), which borders the temple grounds to the north. The park is reported to attract 200 million tourists each year. It is also home to Red Plum Pavilion, a structure originally built 1000 years ago, as well as the Yizhou Pavilion, built to commemorate the poet Su Dongpo,{{cite web |url=http://www.tn-invest.gov.cn/en/tzhj.asp?id=106 |title=Tianning Investment |website=www.tn-invest.gov.cn |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707042954/http://www.tn-invest.gov.cn/en/tzhj.asp?id=106 |archive-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead}} who died in Changzhou.