Zaozhuang 枣庄市 Tsaochwang | |
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 Location of Zaozhuang in Shandong | |
| Coordinates(Xuecheng municipal government, Xuecheng District): 34°48′39″N117°19′26″E / 34.8109°N 117.3238°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| County-level divisions | 6 |
| Township-level divisions | 62 |
| Municipal seat | Xuecheng District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zhang Hongwei (张宏伟) |
| Area | |
| 4,563.22 km2 (1,761.87 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 3,069 km2 (1,185 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,008.9 km2 (389.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) [1] | |
| 3,855,601 | |
| • Density | 844.930/km2 (2,188.36/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,280,953 |
| • Urban density | 743.2/km2 (1,925/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 975,539 |
| • Metro density | 966.93/km2 (2,504.3/sq mi) |
| GDP [2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 240 billion US$ 36.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 61,226 US$ 9,252 |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 277100 |
| Area code | 0632 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SD-04 |
| License Plate Prefix | 鲁D |
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| Traditional Chinese | 棗莊 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 枣庄 | ||||||||
| Postal | Tsaochwang | ||||||||
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Zaozhuang (simplified Chinese :枣庄; traditional Chinese :棗莊; pinyin :Zǎozhuāng) 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. [3]
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- Coal-Mining History
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- Notable people
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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.
Its population is 3,855,601 at the 2020 census whom 975,539 in the built-up area made of Shizhong and Yicheng districts. As of the end of 2022,the permanent population of Zaozhuang City is 3.8297 million. [4] As of the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024,the permanent population will be 3.8098 million. [5]
At present,Zaozhuang has gradually grown into one of the important bases of China's lithium battery industry,known as the "Lithium Battery Capital in Northern China". [6]
