Suzhou Facts

Suzhou is a hot tour destination in China.
Abbreviation:
 Su (苏 in Chinese)
Coordinates: 31° 18′ 0″ N, 120° 36′ 0″ E
Country: China
Mayor: Yan Li
Population: 9.2 million people with 2.956 million non-permanent residents at the end of 2007.
Currency: Yuan (Renminbi)
Language: Suzhou Dialect
Time Zone: China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Area: 8,488.42  square kilometers
Administrative Divisions: 6 districts, 5 county-level cities and 121 towns
Altitude: 5-6m
City Flower: Osmanthus
City Tree: Camphor laurel
Main Rivers: Grand Canal
GDP: Total - CNY 570 billion; Per capita - CNY 79,407

Sister Cities: 
Asia: Ikeda, Osaka, Kanazawa, Jeonju, Kamekka, Nabari, Mie, Taebaek, Yeongju, Daisen, Tottori, Hirokawa, Fukuoka, Eiheiji, Fukui, Marugame, Kagawa, Ayabe, Sendai, Kagoshima, Tahara, Aichi, Tottori, Uchinada, Chiba, Hwaseong, Nago
Europe: Venice, Tulcea County, Riga, Grenoble, Nijmegen, Esbjerg, Konstanz, Riihimaki, Nowy Sacz, Kiev, Zaporizhia, Riesa, Santa Lucija, Brest, Rosalina, Bourgoin-Jallieu
Northern America: Victoria, Portland, Jacksonville, Whittier, South EI Monte
Southern America: Porto Alegre, Santiago del Estero Province, Vina del Mar,
Oceania: Taupo, Logan, Rotorua, Portland, Townsville, Dubbo
Africa: Antananarivo, Grootfontein, Ismailia

Suzhou Location - Where is Suzhou

Suzhou is situated at the central part of Yangtze River Delta Region and is adjacent to Shanghai and Wuxi. It is the southeastern gate of Jiangsu Province and the only route to the middle and northern Jiangsu. The coordinates of Suzhou is 31° 18′ 0″ N, 120° 36′ 0″ E. See map of Suzhou to view the exact location of Suzhou.
Suzhou Location Map

Suzhou Districts

Suzhou has totally 6 jurisdictional districts and 5 county-level cities under its administration.

6 Jurisdictional Districts: Canglang District, Jinchang District, Pingjiang District, , Xiangcheng
District, Wuzhong District and Huqiu District

5 County-level Cities: Changshu City, Taicang City, Kunshan City, Wujiang City and Zhangjiagang City

1 Technology Zone: Suzhou Industrial Park

Suzhou Codes

Suzhou Postal Code: 215002

Suzhou Area Code: Internal dialing code is 0512 while international telephone calling code is +0086-512. 

Suzhou in Chinese

Learning how to read and say Suzhou in Chinese might be of help when you are traveling around the city.

Suzhou in Chinese Pinyin: sū zhōu

How does Suzhou look in Chinese?

Suzhou in Chinese characters  Suzhou in traditional Chinese

How to say Suzhou in Chinese?    Click to play this audio file to learn how to correctly pronounce Suzhou in Chinese. Or you can download it to your hand device to help when you are traveling to Suzhou.


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