Get to know Zhenhai District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Ningbo
- Chinese name
- 镇海区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 237.06 km²
- Population · 2020
- 510,500
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
An old riverfront reused
Zhenhai Ferry Landing (镇海渡) preserves its older dock form. A2025 People’s Political Consultative Conference News report records its former waiting room being adapted as Zhenhai Memory (镇海记忆), a café in a renewed cultural streetscape. Yanjiang Road (沿江路) connects the riverfront with Weiyuan Fort (威远城) and Anyuan Battery (安远炮台), making the former landing part of a broader historic setting.
Documents of maritime contact
A Ming-period county document addressed to a Japanese envoy records negotiations over tribute ships entering the port. Researchers located it in a Japanese imperial library collection. Such correspondence adds a documentary perspective to the fortifications and waterside remains that shape the district’s coastal identity.
Sources for this guide
浙江宁波镇海区政协助力老城复兴_市县（区）政协报道_人民政协报浙江记者站_中国人民政治协商会议浙江省委员会 · People’s Political Consultative Conference News; Zhejiang CPPCC
我区研究人员发现一明代公文 · Zhenhai District Government
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-30.
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Zhenhai District 镇海区
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Getting there
Zhenhai District is about 15 km in a straight line from central Ningbo. Search for 镇海区 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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