Suzhou, Anhui
Sign in to saveSuzhou, formerly romanized as Suchow, is a prefecture-level city in northern Anhui, China. The city straddles the Tuohe and Xinbian rivers, which fork at its western end. The Tuohe was formerly a left tributary of the Huai River, while the latter is a modern artificial canal, but now both drain into Hongze Lake. It borders the prefectural cities of Huaibei and Bengbu to the southwest and south respectively, and the provinces of Jiangsu to the east, Shandong to the north, and Henan to the northwest.
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Suzhou, officially known as 宿州市, is a prefecture-level city located in Anhui province, China. It shares a border with Xuzhou and has an area of 9938.77 square kilometers. The city contains the administrative territorial entities of Yongqiao District, Dangshan County, Xiao County, and Lingbi County. Its postal code is 234000, and it uses the local dialing code 0557.
The city’s population is listed as 5,324,476 in one source, while another records it as 1,647,642. Suzhou is situated in the UTC+08:00 time zone, also referred to as Asia/Shanghai. The license plate code for the region is 皖L.
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Key facts
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Province
- Anhui
- Municipal seat
- Yongqiao District
- Cpc secretary
- Liang Weiguo ( 梁卫国 )
- Mayor
- Tang Chengpei ( 唐承沛 )
- Prefecture level city
- 9,939.8 km (3,837.8 sq mi)
- Urban
- 2,906.92 km (1,122.37 sq mi)
- Metro
- 2,906.92 km (1,122.37 sq mi)
- Density
- 535.67/km (1,387.4/sq mi)
- Urban density
- 607.614/km (1,573.71/sq mi)
- Metro density
- 607.614/km (1,573.71/sq mi)
- Per capita
- CN¥ 40,707, US$ 6,310
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( China Standard )
- Iso 3166 code
- CN-AH-13
- License plate prefix
- 皖L
- Major nationalities
- Han
- Website
- www .ahsz .gov .cn
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- 宿州市
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Anhui
- Contains
- Si County
- Population
- 5324476
- Area
- 9938.77
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Shares border with
- Xuzhou
- Official website
- www.ahsz.gov.cn
- Image
- 乾山 - panoramio.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0557
- Licence plate code
- 皖L
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- Suzhou
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Encyclopedic overview
Suzhou, (Chinese: 宿州; pinyin: Sùzhōu)，is a prefecture-level city in northern Anhui, China. The city straddles the Tuohe [zh] and Xinbian [zh] rivers, which fork at its western end. The Tuohe was formerly a left tributary of the Huai River, while the latter is a modern artificial canal, but now both drain into Hongze Lake. It borders the prefectural cities of Huaibei and Bengbu to the southwest and south respectively, and the provinces of Jiangsu to the east, Shandong to the north, and Henan to the northwest.
Its population was 5,324,476 inhabitants at the 2020 census, of whom 1,766,285 lived in the built-up area (or metro) of Yongqiao District, even though that district remains largely rural.
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