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Which province is Suzhou City in?

Suzhou is not a provincial administrative district, but a municipal administrative district. It is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.

Suzhou City, known as Wu in ancient times and simply Su, also known as Gusu, Pingjiang, etc., is a national historical and cultural city, a scenic tourist city, a national high-tech industrial base, and one of the important central cities in the Yangtze River Delta.

Suzhou is located in the middle of the Yangtze River Delta and in the southeast of Jiangsu Province. It is located between 119°55′~121°20′ east longitude and 30°47′~32°02′ north latitude. It is bordered by Shanghai to the east and Shanghai to the south. Zhejiang embraces Taihu Lake in the west and the Yangtze River in the north, with a total area of ??8657.32 square kilometers. The city's terrain is low and flat, with criss-crossing rivers and numerous lakes. Most of the water surface of Taihu Lake is in Suzhou. The area of ??rivers, lakes and tidal flats accounts for 34.6% of the city's land area. It is a famous water town in the south of the Yangtze River.