Taicang
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Taicang
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Prefecture-level city | Suzhou |
| Municipal seat | Chengxiang |
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| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 215400—215434 |
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Taicang is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China. The city located in the south of the Yangtze River estuary opposite Nantong, being bordered by Shanghai proper to the south, while the river also delineates much of its northeastern boundary along Chongming Island.[1]
Administration
Taicang administers 7 towns:[2]
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- Chengxiang (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Shaxi (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Ludu (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Liuhe (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Fuqiao (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Huangjing (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
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History
Toponym
Taicang as a place name is mentioned in a memorial to the throne of geographer Jia Dan during the Song dynasty, "Where lies to the east of Kunshan nowadays", he supposedly wrote, "is called Taicang, also known as Gangshen".[3]
Overview
Taicang is a natural port. Under the Yuan, the city reached its peak between 1271 and 1368. Under the Ming, Taicang's Liuhe Harbor was the departure point for Zheng He's treasure fleets. It was also during this period that the shoals in the Yangtze estuary which later became Chongming Island were placed under the supervision of Taicang Prefecture.[4]
It was the venue for the 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
Geography
The Taicang port is in the east of the city, and south of the Yangtze exit into the East China Sea. The center of the Taicang port is on 31°37′00" North, 121°14′00" East. The port line stretches 24.3 miles (38.8 km), of which 15.6 miles can park 50 thousand ton vessels. Taicang is in a humid subtropical climate zone with distinctive seasons. The average year round temperature is 15.5 Celsius. Precipitation is around 1078.1 mm.
Climate
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Economy
Taicang is known for having operations from companies established by Germans since 1985, when the first German businessperson went to Taicang. Accordingly, the city obtained the nickname "Little Swabia" with it having German-inspired businesses. The area does not have a significant German population as the German expatriates prefer Shanghai since it contains the German School of Shanghai. The city has the German Centre for Industry and Trade Taicang (Chinese: 太仓德国中心).[7]
ABA Chemicals, a chemicals manufacturing company, is headquartered in Taicang.[8]
By 2021 the city had a labor shortage with workers demanding higher wages.[7]
Notable people
- Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist who built the atomic bomb in the Manhattan Project and disproved the conservation of parity
See also
External links
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Taicang Jiangsu China: Important Port City with A German Center". www.travelchinaguide.com. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：太仓市 (in 中文). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Archived from the original on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
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- ^ "Chongming County" in the Encyclopedia of Shanghai, pp. 50 ff. Script error: No such module "webarchive". Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers (Shanghai), 2010. Hosted by the Municipality of Shanghai.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in 中文（简体）). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bradsher, Keith; Ewing, Jack (2021-03-19). "Why Biden's China Policy Faces an Obstacle in Germany". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ABA Chemicals Corporation: Private Company Information". Bloomberg. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
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