How many districts is Suzhou divided into?

As of 2019, Suzhou governs one district, Yongqiao. The details are as follows:

Yongqiao District is affiliated to Suzhou City, Anhui Province, located in the northeast of Anhui Province, bordering Shandong, Shandong and Henan provinces. , renamed from the former county-level Suzhou City in 1999, is the only municipal district of Suzhou City with a total area of ??2,868 square kilometers.

Yongqiao District is located in the northern part of Anhui Province, in the northeastern part of the Huaibei Plain, bordering Lingbi County to the east, Suixi County to the west, Huaiyuan County to the south, and Tongshan County of Jiangsu Province to the north. It is between 116°51′-117°05′ east longitude and 33°17′-34°06′ north latitude.

Yongqiao has a long history. In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was a fiefdom of the ancient "Suguo". In the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was a "place where boats and carriages gathered and the thoroughfare of Jiuzhou". After the opening of the "Tongji Canal" in the Sui Dynasty, it became a "straitening Bian and controlling the Huaihe River". "an important military town.

Confucius practiced Zhou rites in Yongqiao District; Min Ziqian, a disciple of Confucius and the sage of the Chinese nation, "Filial Sage", was born here; Bai Juyi grew up here and went to Chang'an to become famous in his youth; Wang Ji, Han Yu, Su Shi, Yuan Mei and others left splendid poems; there are many cultural celebrities from Yongqiao in modern times, such as Mei Chunyi, Li Bairen, Yang Zaibao, Li Bingshu and so on.

Extended information

As of 2019, Suzhou governs four counties: Dangshan, Xiaoxian, Lingbi, and Si. The following counties are introduced in detail:

1 , Xiao County, a county under the jurisdiction of Suzhou City, Anhui Province, is located at the north gate of Anhui Province, the junction of the four provinces of Shandong, Shandong, Henan and Anhui. It is located in the Huaihai Economic Zone, the center of the Xuzhou Metropolitan Area and the southeast edge of the North China Plain; known as the "thorough of the four provinces" It is known as the node for the country’s implementation of overall strategies such as “One Belt, One Road” and “Central Plains Economic Zone” and Anhui Province’s implementation of regional strategies such as “Eastward Development” and “Northern Anhui Revitalization”.

2. Si County is affiliated to Suzhou City, Anhui Province. It was called Hong County and Sizhou in ancient times. It is located in the northeast of Anhui Province, adjacent to Sihong in the east, Lingbi in the west, and Wuhe and Guzhen in the south. It borders Suining and Suqian from the north to the northeast. The total area is 1787 square kilometers.

Si County has a long history and was founded as early as the Xia Dynasty. It is one of the important birthplaces of Sizhou Opera, a national intangible cultural heritage. Within the territory there are the naturally beautiful "Eight Scenes of Hongxiang", the ancient battlefield of the Chu-Han conflict - the Bawangcheng ruins, the Sui and Tang Dynasty Grand Canal Tongji Canal ruins and other historical monuments.

Suzhou Municipal People's Government-Administrative Division

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