Suzhou
Suzhou 苏州 | |
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苏州市 | |
![]() Location in Jiangsu | |
Coordinates: 31°18′N 120°36′E / 31.300°N 120.600°ECoordinates: 31°18′N 120°36′E / 31.300°N 120.600°E | |
Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
Province | Jiangsu |
Coonty-level diveesions | 11 |
Established | 514 BC |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Prefectur-level ceety |
• CPC Suzhou Secretary | Zhou Naixiang |
• Mayor | [[]] |
Area | |
• Prefectur-level ceety | 8488.42 km2 (3,277.40 sq mi) |
• Urban | 1649.72 km2 (636.96 sq mi) |
Population (2010 Census)[2] | |
• Prefectur-level ceety | 10,465,994 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
• Urban | 4,074,000 |
• Urban density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Beijing Time) |
Postal code | 215000 |
Area code(s) | 512 |
GDP | 2009[2] |
- Total | CNY 774.020 billion (USD 113.39 billion) |
- Per capita | CNY 117,200 (USD 17,169) |
- Growth | ![]() |
Ceety flouer | Osmanthus |
Ceety tree | camphor laurel |
Regional dialect | Wu: Suzhou hua (苏州话) |
License plate prefix | 苏E |
Website | http://www.suzhou.gov.cn/ |
Suzhou (Cheenese: 苏州; pinyin: Sūzhōu; Suzhou dialect: [səu tsøʏ]), 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.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns — Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]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 nor 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
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Table showing land area and population". Suzhou People's Government. 2003. Archived frae the original on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
- ↑ a b "2009年苏州市国民经济和社会发展概况" (in Simplified Chinese). Suzhou Municipal Statistic Bureau. 20 Januar 2010. Archived frae the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 5 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Twin cities of Riga". Riga City Council. Archived frae the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 27 Julie 2009.
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