Suzhou
| Suzhou 苏州 |
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| — Prefectur-level ceety — | |
| 苏州市 | |
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  Suzhou
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| Coordinates: 31°18′N 120°36′E / 31.3°N 120.6°E | |
| Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Coonty-level diveesions | 11 |
| Established | 514 BC |
| Govrenment | |
| - CPC Suzhou Secretary | Jiang Hongkun (蒋宏坤) |
| - Mayor | Yan Li (阎立) |
| Aurie[1] | |
| - Prefectur-level ceety | 8,488.42 km2 (3,277.4 sq mi) |
| - Urban | 1,649.72 km2 (637 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2010 Census)[2] | |
| - Prefectur-level ceety | 10,465,994 |
| - Densitie | 1,233/km2 (3,193.4/sq mi) |
| - Urban | 4,074,000 |
| - Urban densitie |
2,469.5/km2 (6,396/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Beijing Time (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 215000 |
| Aurie code(s) | 512 |
| GDP | 2009[2] |
| - Total | CNY 774.020 billion (USD 113.39 billion) |
| - Per capita | CNY 117,200 (USD 17,169) |
| - Growth |  11.0% |
| Ceety flouer | Osmanthus |
| Ceety tree | camphor laurel |
| Regional dialect | Wu: Suzhou hua (苏州话) |
| License plate prefix | 苏E |
| Wabsteid | http://www.suzhou.gov.cn/ |
Suzhou (; Suzhou dialect: Template:IPA-wuu), previously transliteratit as Su-chou, Suchow, an Soochow, is a major ceety locatit in the sootheast o Jiangsu Province in Eastren Cheenae, locatit adjacent tae Shanghai Municipality. The ceety is situatit on the lawer reaches o the Yangtze River an on the shores o Taihu Lake an is a pairt o the Yangtze River Delta region. Admeenistratively, Suzhou is a prefectur-level ceety wi an urban population o ower 4 million expandin tae ower 10 million in the admeenistrative aurie.
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Internaitional relations [edit]
- Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae
Twin touns — Sister ceeties [edit]
Due tae the historical influence an contemporary position o Suzhou as no anerlie an industrial but cultural hub, Suzhou (includin 7 destricts an 5 coonty-level ceeties unner Suzhou's jurisdiction) haes mair than 50 sister ceeties, twin touns an provinces. This is a position that is unprecedentit bi ony ither Cheenese ceety includin Beijing an Shanghai which hae 46 an 35 respectively.
Venice, Italy
Victoria, Breetish Columbie, Canadae
Ikeda, Osaka, Japan- Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Portland, Oregon, Unitit States
Tulcea Coonty, Romanie
Jeonju, Sooth Korea- Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan
Riga, Latvie[3]
Ismailia, Egyp
Grenoble, Fraunce
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Esbjerg, Denmark
Konstanz, Germany
Taupo, New Zealand- Nabari, Mie, Japan
Blumenau, Brazil- Jacksonville, Florida, Unitit States
Riihimäki, Finland- Taebaek, Sooth Korea
Nowy Sącz, Poland
Kiev, Ukraine- Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Logan, Queensland, Australie
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Santiago del Estero Province, Argentinae
Viña del Mar, Chile- Yeongju, Sooth Korea
- Daisen, Tottori, Japan
- Riesa, Germany
- Rotorua, New Zealand
Santa Luċija, Malta- Hirokawa, Fukuoka, Japan
- Portland, Victoria, Australie
- Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
- Marugame, Kagawa, Japan
- Ayabe, Kyoto, Japan
- Sendai, Kagoshima, Japan
- Townsville, Queensland, Australie
- Ipatinga, Brazil
- Whittier, Californie, Unitit States
- Brest, France
- South El Monte, Californie, Unitit States
Grootfontein, Namibie- Tahara, Aichi, Japan
- Tottori, Tottori, Japan
- Rosolina Italy
- Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan
- Bourgoin-Jallieu, Fraunce
- Chiba, Chiba, Japan
- Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, Sooth Korea
- Nago, Okinawa, Japan
León, Guanajuato, Mexico
References [edit]
- ↑ Table showing land area and population. Suzhou People's Government (2003). Retrieved on 7 September 2007. .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2009年苏州市国民经济和社会发展概况 (Simplified Chinese). Suzhou Municipal Statistic Bureau (2010-01-20). Retrieved on 5 Mey 2010. .
- ↑ Twin cities of Riga. Riga City Council. Retrieved on 27 Julie 2009. .
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