Suzhou

Suzhou (Wu Chinese [sou˥ tseu˨˩ ]) is a major city in southeastern Jiangsu Province of East China. It is about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Shanghai.

Suzhou 苏州市
Prefecture-level city
Landmarks of Suzhou — top left: Humble Administrator's Garden; top right: Yunyan Pagoda in Tiger Hill; middle: Skyline of Jinji Lake; bottom left: Changmen Gate in night; bottom right: Shantang Canal
Location in Jiangsu
Suzhou Location in China
Coordinates: 31°18′N 120°36′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
County-level divisions	11
Established	514 BC
Government
• Type	Prefecture-level city
• Party Secretary	.
Area [1]
• Prefecture-level city	8,488.42 km2 (3,277.40 sq mi)
• Land	6,093.92 km2 (2,352.88 sq mi)
• Water	2,394.50 km2 (924.52 sq mi)
• Urban	2,743 km2 (1,059 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Prefecture-level city	10,658,000
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Demonym	Suzhounese
Time zone	UTC+8 (Beijing Time)
Postal code	215000
Area code	512
ISO 3166 code	CN-JS-05
GDP (2016)	Total CNY 1.55 trillion USD $233.07 billion PPP $442 billion Per capita CNY 145,205 USD $21,868 PPP $41,487 Growth: 7.5%
HDI (2015)	0.894 very high[2]
City flower	Osmanthus
City tree	Camphor laurel
Regional dialect	Wu: Suzhou dialect
License plate prefix	苏E and 苏U[3]
Website	www.suzhou.gov.cn

It is the second largest city in the province, after its capital Nanjing. The city is located on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the shores of Lake Tai and belongs to the Yangtze River Delta region. Suzhou is a prefecture-level city with a population of 4.33 million in its city proper, and a total resident population (as of 2013^[update]) of 10.58 million in its administrative area.

Its urban population grew at a rate of 6.5% between 2000 and 2014, which is the highest among cities with more than 5 million people.^[4][5]

Education

• Kedge Business School