Zaozhuang

Zaozhuang (Chinese枣庄 市/枣庄 市) is a prefecture-level city in the south of China's Shandong province. It is spoken Mandarin. The city, which is bordered on the south by the province of Jiangsu, has large coal deposits. The philosopher Xunzi is buried in Zaozhuang.

The administrative area of Zaozhuang has an area of ​​4550 km ² and 3.65 million inhabitants ( end of 2003).

Administrative Divisions

At county level, Zaozhuang is composed of five boroughs and one independent city. These are:

  • City Shizhong District (市 中 区= " center " ), 375 km ², 490,000 inhabitants, center, seat of the city government;
  • Municipality Xuecheng (薛城区), 507 km ², 470,000 inhabitants;
  • City District Yicheng (峄 城区), 627 km ², 360,000 inhabitants;
  • Municipality Tai_erzhuang (台儿庄 区), 538 km ², 290,000 inhabitants;
  • Municipality Shanting (山亭区), 1018 km ², 470,000 inhabitants;
  • Tengzhou City (滕州 市), 1485 km ², 1.57 million inhabitants.
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