Changzhou
常州市 Changchow | |
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Qingfeng Park Changzhou skyline Liyang Museum Worker's Cultural Palace Diaoqiao Road | |
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 Location of Changzhou City jurisdiction in Jiangsu | |
  Changzhou Location of the city center in China  Changzhou Changzhou (Eastern China)  Changzhou Changzhou (China) | |
| Coordinates (Changzhou municipal government): 31°48′40″N 119°58′26″E / 31.811°N 119.974°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Municipal seat | Xinbei District |
| Divisions | 5 districts, 1 city |
| Government | |
| • Party Secretary | Chen Jinhu(陈金虎)[1] |
| • Mayor | Sheng Lei(盛蕾) |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 4,384.58 km2 (1,692.90 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,872.1 km2 (722.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census[2]) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 5,278,121 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,601,079 |
| • Urban density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 12,400,000 |
| GDP[4] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 705 billion US$ 106.7 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥149,275 US$22,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 213000, 213100 (Urban center) 213200, 213300 (Other areas) |
| Area code | 0519 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-JS-04 |
| License Plate Prefix | 苏D |
| Local dialect | Wu: Changzhou dialect |
| Website | changzhou |
Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the northwest, Wuxi to the east, and the province of Zhejiang to the south. The population of the Changzhou Municipality was 5,278,121 at the 2020 census.[3][2] The city is the birthplace of Zhou Youguang who created the pinyin romanization system.
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