Changzhou

Changzhou (Chinese: 常州) is a prefecture-level city in the Jiang Nan region of the Jiangsu province of China, population up to 4 million.

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Changzhou's existence is reportedly attested by over 2,500 years of written records. The city's total area is 4,378 km², while its urban district area is 1,864 km².

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Changzhou has direct juridiction over 5 districts and 2 county-level cities:

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• Zhonglou District (钟楼区; pinyin: Zhōngl?u Qū)
• Tianning District (天宁区; pinyin: Tiānn?ng Qū)
• Qishuyan District (戚墅堰区; pinyin: Qīsh?y?n Qū)
• Xinbei District (新北区; pinyin: Xīnběi Qū)
• Wujin District (武进区; pinyin: Wǔj?n Qū)
• Jintan City (金坛市; pinyin: Jīnt?n Sh?)
• Liyang City (溧阳市; pinyin: L?y?ng Sh?)

Chinese: Chinese can mean:...

Prefecture-level city: A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: d?j? sh?, literally "region-level city") or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefecture-level citie...

Jiang Nan: Jiang Nan (Chinese: 江南, jiāng n?n, Wade-Giles: Chiang nan) refers to the southern part of the lowest reaches of the Yangtze River, including the southern part of the Yangtze Delta....