Taicang City (江苏省太仓市)

Taicang City, A county-level division under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Municipality on behalf of Jiangsu Province

In Chinese: 太仓市 ; In Pinyin: Tài Cāng Shì

Administrative Division Code : 320585;

Post Code : 215400

Phone Area Code :0512

The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 苏E

The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 320585

Area Coverage: 642 square kilometers;

Population : 470,000 persons (by the end of 2010);

Seat of Government: Chengxiang Town

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City Guide to Taicang: Restaurants, Hotels,Shopping, Hospitals ...

Leisure and Recreation Facilities	Sports Facilities

Community Service	Hotels and Accomodations

Tour Guide to Taicang: Streets and Roads

Xindong Street	Donghai Road	Binhe Street
Provincial Highway 3	Xinhua Street	Caishi Street
Fuxing East Street	Yingfu South Road	Shenjiang Road

Tour Guide to Taicang: Tour Attractions

Reviewing Stand	Caoxi Pavilion
Shuangfeng Ancient Town	Qiyuan Garden
Liuhe Town	Song Wenzhi Art Museum
Taicang Park	Haitian Temple
Zheng He Memorial	Taicang Nanyuan Park

City is at the third level in China's administrative divisional system. It's amongst the seven types of County level administrative divisions(县级行政区).

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Districts (市辖区 shìxiáqū) (Totally 853 across China)
Banners (旗 qí) (Totally 49 across China)
Autonomous banners (自治旗 zìzhìqí) (Totally 3 )
Forestry areas (林区 línqū) (1)

Subdivisions under its Jurisdiction
S/N	Full Name	In Chinese	In Pinyin
1	Chengxiang Town	城厢镇
2	Shuangfeng Town	双凤镇
3	Huangjing Town	璜泾镇
4	Fuqiao Town	浮桥镇
5	Liuhe Town	浏河镇
6	Shaxi Town	沙溪镇
7	Sci-Edu New Town	科教新城
8	Economic Development Area	经济开发区

Taicang, or “Great Granary” in Mandarin, is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Prefecture City. During the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280 A.D.), the Kingdom Wu began to build a granaries on the land, which was called Taicang later, in order to store grain or rice. This initiated the small town’s booming economy and improved its transportation in later years. In Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368 A.D.), the ancient town was further expanded into not just a civil community but also a military base, in which the local municipal authority built moats, town walls and streets.
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