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苏州市 | |
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Coordinates: 31°18′N 120°36′E / 31.300°N 120.600°E / 31.300; 120.600Coordinates: 31°18′N 120°36′E / 31.300°N 120.600°E / 31.300; 120.600 | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Jiangsu |
County-level divisions | 11 |
Established | 514 BC |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture-level city |
• Party Secretary | Zhou Naixiang |
• Mayor | Qu Futian |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 8,488.42 km2 (3,277.40 sq mi) |
• Land | 6,093.92 km2 (2,352.88 sq mi) |
• Water | 2,394.50 km2 (924.52 sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,743 km2 (1,059 sq mi) |
Population (2015) | |
• Prefecture-level city | 10,658,000 |
• Density | 1,255.59/km2 (3,251.97/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Beijing Time) |
Postal code | 215000 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-JS-05 |
GDP (2016) |
CNY 1.55 trillion
CNY 145,205
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HDI (2015) | 0.894 very high |
City flower | Osmanthus |
City tree | Camphor laurel |
Regional dialect | Wu: Suzhou dialect |
License plate prefix | 苏E and 苏U |
Website | www |
Suzhou (Wu Chinese [sou˥ tseu˨˩ ]) is a major city in southeastern Jiangsu Province of East China. It is about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Shanghai.
It is the second largest city in the province, after its capital Nanjing. The city is located on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the shores of Lake Tai and belongs to the Yangtze River Delta region. Suzhou is a prefecture-level city with a population of 4.33 million in its city proper, and a total resident population (as of 2013[update]) of 10.58 million in its administrative area.