Tai'erzhuang District

Tai'erzhuang District 台儿庄区 Taierhchwang, T’ai-erh-chuang
District
Location in Zaozhuang
Tai'erzhuang Location in Shandong
Coordinates: 34°33′47″N 117°44′03″E / 34.5631°N 117.7343°E / 34.5631; 117.7343Coordinates: 34°33′47″N 117°44′03″E / 34.5631°N 117.7343°E / 34.5631; 117.7343
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
Prefecture-level city	Zaozhuang
Area
• Total	538.5 km2 (207.9 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	321,900
• Density	600/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	277400
Website	www.tez.gov.cn

House to house fighting during the Battle of Taierzhuang

Tai'erzhuang District (Chinese: 台儿庄区; pinyin: Tái'érzhuāng Qū also 臺兒莊) is the southernmost of five districts under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zaozhuang. The district is located in the south of Shandong Province, China, bordering Jiangsu province to the south. It covers an area of 538 km² (208 sq mi) and has a population of 290,000.

The district was the site of the Battle of Taierzhuang fought between the armies of the Chinese Kuomintang and Imperial Japan in 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The former site of the battle (台儿庄大战旧址; Tái'érzhuāng dàzhàn jiùzhǐ) has been listed as a national monument of the People's Republic of China since 2006 (resolution number 6-981).

Administrative divisions[]

As 2012, this district is divided to 1 subdistrict and 5 towns.^[1]

Subdistricts

• Yunhe Subdistrict (运河街道)

Towns

See also[]

• Battle of Taierzhuang

References[]

External links[]

• official website

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