Taizhou, Zhejiang
Taizhou, Zhejiang
| Taizhou 台州 |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| County-level divisions | 9 |
| Government | |
| - CPC Secretary | Zhang Hongming (张鸿铭) |
| - Mayor | |
| Area | |
| - Land | 9,411 km2 (3,633.6 sq mi) |
| - Water | 80,000 km2 (30,888.2 sq mi) |
| - Urban | 1,264 km2 (488 sq mi) |
| - Metro | 1,538 km2 (593.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| - Prefecture-level city | 5,968,800 |
| - Urban | 1,575,252 |
| - Urban density | 1,246.2/km2 (3,227.8/sq mi) |
| - Metro | 1,125,180 |
| - Metro density | 731.6/km2 (1,894.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Area code(s) | 576 |
| GDP 2009 | ¥202.5 billion |
| GDP per capita 2009 | ¥35,148 |
| License Plate Prefix | 浙J |
| Website | http://www.zjtz.gov.cn/ |
| City flower Orchid | |
Taizhou (T'ai-chow, Chinese: 台州; pinyin: Tāizhōu, not Táizhōu; T'ai-chow dialect: T'e-tsiu) is a prefecture-level city in middle eastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningbo to the north, Shaoxing to the northeast, Jinhua to the west, Lishui to the southwest, Wenzhou to the south, and looks out to the East China Sea to the east.
Its population is 5,968,800 at the 2010 census whom 1,575,252 in the built up area made of 3 urban districts (Jiaojiang, Huangyan and Luqiao).
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Administration
The prefecture-level city of Taizhou currently administers 3 district, 2 county-level cities and 4 counties.
- Jiaojiang District (椒江区)
- Huangyan District (黄岩区)
- Linhai City (临海市)
- Luqiao District (路桥区)
- Sanmen County (三门县)
- Tiantai County (天台县)
- Wenling City (温岭市)
- Xianju County (仙居县)
- Yuhuan County (玉环县)
Transportation
Taizhou was once a relatively inaccessible area. This has changed due to large infrastructure restructuring in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Presently, Taizhou is served by the Yongtaiwen Expressway, linking the city with Ningbo in the north and Wenzhou in the south. Huangyan Luqiao Airport (IATA:HYN) in the city's Huangyan District serves daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai Hongqiao, and regular flights to other Chinese cities. In September 2009, the high-speed rail line, Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou Railway, opened and Taizhou has several stations along route including the main station in Huangyan District called Taizhou Railway Station.
Language and Culture
Like the majority of areas in Zhejiang, most people from Taizhou speak a dialect of Wu Chinese, known as Huangyan Hua. It is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin Chinese, and only partially intelligible with Shanghainese. There is also a small portion of Min Nan and Wenzhou dialect speakers in the southern regions. None of these three languages are mutually intelligible amongst each other, but the linguistic diversity of some regions has resulted in a segment of the population becoming fluent in speaking up to four languages, when Mandarin is included.
The city's people are reputed to be industrious and business-minded, although not to the same degree as neighboring Wenzhou. Many people from the area have migrated abroad after economic reforms began in China in 1978. The city's seafood is of note. The same is true is for the local banking sector. Especially Taizhou City Commercial Bank is renowned for its support of small and medium sized enterprises and its high efficiency and constant innovations.
Corruption
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In December 2010, more than 40 government officials were caught for engaging in illegal property scalping for quick profits.
- ^ Taizhou officials caught scalping condos China Daily. 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-12-15
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Coordinates: 28°40′N 121°21′E / 28.667°N 121.35°E