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Changshu
常熟市 | |
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 Buildings in Changshu | |
  Changshu Location in Jiangsu | |
| Coordinates (Changshu government): 31°39′22″N 120°45′11″E / 31.656°N 120.753°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Prefecture-level city | Suzhou |
| Government | |
| • CPC Changshu Committee Secretary | Wang Xiang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,264 km2 (488 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 1,515,900 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 215500 |
| Area code | 0512 |
| Website | changshu |
Changshu (Chinese: 常熟; pinyin: Chángshú; Wade–Giles: Ch'ang-shu'; lit. 'evergrow'; Suzhounese: /d͡ʐan¹³ ʐoʔ²³/)[2] is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. It borders the prefecture-level city of Nantong to the northeast across the Yangtze River. Due to the mild climate and terrain there, it has enjoyed a high level of agricultural civilization since ancient times, and is named after this, for the first character of its name (常) means "always, often", while the second (熟) means "ripe". The name of the adjacent county-level city of Taicang means "great granary".
- ^ "Table showing land area and population". Suzhou People's Government. 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ^ Spelling variants in older written sources might be Chansu (e.g. Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911) or Chanzu (e.g. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, 1922).