Suzhou District is a
district
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of the city of
Jiuquan
Jiuquan, formerly known as Suzhou, is a prefecture-level city in the northwesternmost part of Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It is more than wide from east to west, occupying , although its built-up area is mostly located in ...
,
Gansu Province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
in the
People's Republic of China
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. It was an important city in its own right. Today, as the seat of Jiuquan's administration, it is usually marked Jiuquan on maps.
Ganzhou
Ganzhou (), alternately romanized as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in the south of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, and Hunan to the west. Its administrative seat is at Zhanggong District.
Hist ...
and Suzhou ().
Name
Suzhou is named for the former
Su Prefecture of
imperial China.
History
Su Prefecture was established under the
Sui and renamed
Jiuquan Commandery
Jiuquan, formerly known as Suzhou, is a prefecture-level city in the northwesternmost part of Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It is more than wide from east to west, occupying , although its built-up area is mostly located in ...
under the
Tang
Tang or TANG most often refers to:
* Tang dynasty
* Tang (drink mix)
Tang or TANG may also refer to:
Chinese states and dynasties
* Jin (Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) b ...
. Its seat was established just within the extreme northwest angle of the
Great Wall
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near the
Jade Gate. It sometimes served as the capital of the province of Gansu.
Along with its role protecting trade along the
Silk Road, Suzhou was the great center of the
rhubarb trade. The old town was completely destroyed in the
First Dungan Revolt but was recovered by the
Qing in 1873 and was swiftly rebuilt.
Administrative divisions
Suzhou District is divided to 7 Subdistricts, 14 towns, 1 townships and 3 other.
;Subdistricts
;Towns
;Townships
* Huangnipu Township()
;Others
* State-owned Xiaheqing Farm()
* Jiuquan Economic and Technological Development Zone()
* Base 10 ()
See also
*
Other Suzhous
*
List of administrative divisions of Gansu
Gansu, a province of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following administrative divisions.
Administrative divisions
These administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Repub ...
*
Jiuquan
Jiuquan, formerly known as Suzhou, is a prefecture-level city in the northwesternmost part of Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It is more than wide from east to west, occupying , although its built-up area is mostly located in ...
, for more history details.
Notes
External links
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County-level divisions of Gansu
Jiuquan
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