Suzhou
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Suzhou[lower-alpha 1] is a city in southern Jiangsu of eastern China.
Suzhou
苏州市 Soochow, Sou-tseu | |
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Coordinates (Suzhou municipal government): 31°18′00″N 120°37′10″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Jiangsu |
County-level divisions | 11 |
Established | 514 BC |
Municipal seat | Gusu District |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture-level city |
• Party Secretary | Liu Xiaotao |
• Mayor | Wu Qingwen |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 8,488.42 km2 (3,277.40 sq mi) |
• Land | 5,851 km2 (2,259 sq mi) |
• Water | 2,394.50 km2 (924.52 sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,944.4 km2 (1,136.8 sq mi) |
• Metro | 12,493 km2 (4,824 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census) | |
• Prefecture-level city | 12,748,252 |
• Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
• Urban | 6,715,559 |
• Urban density | 2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi) |
Demonym | Suzhounese |
GDP[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 2.272 trillion US$ 352.2 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 178,207 US$ 27,629 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Beijing Time) |
Postal code | 215000 |
Area code | 512 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-JS-05 |
HDI (2015) | 0.868– very high[3] |
City flower | Osmanthus |
City tree | Camphor laurel |
Regional dialect | Wu: Suzhou dialect |
License plate prefix | 苏E and 苏U[4] |
Website | www |
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Simplified Chinese | 苏州 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 蘇州 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Since economic reforms began in 1978, Suzhou attained GDP growth rates of about 14% in 35 years.[6][7] In 2023, Suzhou had 5 million registered residents in total.[8] Suzhou is listed as the 48th cities by scientific output according to the Nature Index 2022.[9] The city is home to universities, including Soochow University, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong–Liverpool University, and Changshu Institute of Technology.[10][11]
The city's tourist attractions include canals, stone bridges, pagodas, and gardens. The Classical Gardens of Suzhou were added to the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1997 and 2000.[12][13][14]