Zhenhai
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Zhenhai (Simplified Chinese: 镇海; Traditional Chinese: 鎮海; pinyin: Zhènhǎi; Wade-Giles: Chen-Hai) is a district town of China, located to the mouth of the Yongjiang River. It is 12 miles north-east of Ningbo. It lies at the foot of a hill on a tongue of land, and is partly protected from the sea on the north by a dike about 3 miles long, composed entirely of large blocks of granite. It has a population of 200,000. Its jurisdiction encompasses 2 towns and 4 neighbourhoods.
The Zhenhai Coastal Battery is the site of the Chinese naval victory in the Battle of Zhenhai in the Sino-French War.
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