Skip to content
Zaozhuang

File:Qingtan_Temple,_Yicheng,_Zaozhuang,_Shandong.png · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ147187· pop 43· linked from 624 articles

Zaozhuang () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Since January 2019 (after the Laiwu prefecture got incorporated into Jinan prefecture), the smallest prefecture-level city in the province, it borders Jining to the west and north, Linyi to the east, and the province of Jiangsu to the south. The Battle of Taierzhuang occurred in the city during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938. The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45) had a significant impact on Zaozhuang.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Zaozhuang
Settlement.native_name
枣庄市
Settlement.native_name_lang
zh-Hans
Settlement.other_name
Tsaochwang
Settlement.settlement_type
Prefecture-level city
Settlement.coor_pinpoint
Xuecheng municipal government, Xuecheng District
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Shandong
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County-level divisions
Settlement.subdivision_name2
6
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Township-level divisions
Settlement.subdivision_name3
62
Settlement.seat_type
Municipal seat
Settlement.seat
Xuecheng District
Settlement.leader_title
CPC Secretary
Settlement.leader_title1
Mayor

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
big city
Official name
枣庄市
Country
China
Contains
Tengzhou
Population
3855601
Area
4563.53
Elevation
624
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Shares border with
Xuzhou
Official website
www.zaozhuang.gov.cn
Image
台儿庄古城103.jpg
Dialing code
0086632
Licence plate code
鲁D
Show 4 more facts
Commons category
Zaozhuang
topic's main category
Category:Zaozhuang
postal code
277100
category of associated people
Category:People from Zaozhuang
Sources (4)

via Wikidata · CC0

~11 min read

Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Administration
  • Coal-Mining History
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Transportation
  • Culture
  • Cuisine
  • Dialect
  • Education
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Zaozhuang () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Since January 2019 (after the Laiwu prefecture got incorporated into Jinan prefecture), the smallest prefecture-level city in the province, it borders Jining to the west and north, Linyi to the east, and the province of Jiangsu to the south. The Battle of Taierzhuang occurred in the city during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938. The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45) had a significant impact on Zaozhuang.

Archaeologists have found evidence of human activities in this region dating back to the Neolithic era. Its culture started from 7300 years ago of ancestor culture, and developed to city-state culture 4300 years ago, then evolved to canal culture 2700 years ago, and finally stepped to industrial culture 130 years ago.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zaozhuang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (19)

On the map

3 mapped locations