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County-level divisions
  
6

Municipal seat
  
Shizhong District ()

Postal code
  
277100

Province
  
Shandong

Township-level divisions
  
62

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Local time
  
Sunday 7:50 AM

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Country
  
People's Republic of China

Weather
  
11°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 68% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Taierzhuang Battle Memorial, Baodugu Scenic Area, Li Zongren Historical Museum, Canal Wetland Park, Longquan Pagoda

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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. The second smallest prefecture-level city in the province, only bigger than Laiwu,it borders Jining to the west and north, Linyi to the east, and the province of Jiangsu to the south.

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Map of Zaozhuang, Shandong, China

Its population is 3,729,140 at the 2010 census whom 899,753 in the built-up area made of Shizhong and Yicheng districts.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Zaozhuang administers 6 county-level divisions, including 5 districts and 1 county-level city.

  • Shizhong District (市中区)
  • Xuecheng District (薛城区)
  • Shanting District (山亭区)
  • Yicheng District (峄城区)
  • Tai'erzhuang District (台儿庄区)
  • Tengzhou City (滕州市)
  • These are further divided into 62 township-level divisions, including 44 towns, 2 townships and 16 subdistricts.

    Transportation

    Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway and Beijing-shanghai(jinghu) railway locates Zaozhuang and zaozhuang west station, and zaolin railway (zaozhuang west to linyi) is on operation from May 15, 2016 connecting with yanri railway. Beijing Fuzhou highway also cross the region from north to south.

    Notable people

  • Micius (ca. 480 BC – 390 BC), Warring States era philosopher and thinker
  • References

    Zaozhuang Wikipedia