Tai'erzhuang District

Tai'erzhuang District (simplified Chinese: 台儿庄区; traditional Chinese: 臺兒莊區; pinyin: Tái'érzhuāng Qū) 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.

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 km^2 (207.9 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	321,900
• Density	600/km^2 (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
Simplified Chinese	台儿庄
Traditional Chinese	臺兒莊
Postal	Taierhchwang
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tái'érzhuāng Wade–Giles T'ai^2-erh^2-chuang^1 Yue: Cantonese Jyutping toi^4ji^4zong^1

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 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

Pizhuang (邳庄镇) Zhangshanzi (张山子镇) Nigou (泥沟镇)

Jiantouji (涧头集镇) Malantun (马兰屯镇)

Climate

Climate data for Tai'erzhuang (1981−2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	17.0 (62.6)	25.5 (77.9)	28.9 (84.0)	32.9 (91.2)	36.6 (97.9)	38.8 (101.8)	40.6 (105.1)	37.9 (100.2)	36.8 (98.2)	34.9 (94.8)	27.2 (81.0)	20.9 (69.6)	40.6 (105.1)
Average high °C (°F)	5.1 (41.2)	8.2 (46.8)	13.7 (56.7)	20.9 (69.6)	26.2 (79.2)	30.0 (86.0)	31.1 (88.0)	30.4 (86.7)	26.8 (80.2)	21.7 (71.1)	14.1 (57.4)	7.4 (45.3)	19.6 (67.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−0.2 (31.6)	2.6 (36.7)	7.8 (46.0)	14.8 (58.6)	20.4 (68.7)	24.8 (76.6)	27.0 (80.6)	26.1 (79.0)	21.7 (71.1)	15.9 (60.6)	8.3 (46.9)	1.9 (35.4)	14.3 (57.7)
Average low °C (°F)	−4.5 (23.9)	−2.1 (28.2)	2.5 (36.5)	8.8 (47.8)	14.7 (58.5)	19.8 (67.6)	23.5 (74.3)	22.6 (72.7)	17.4 (63.3)	10.9 (51.6)	3.5 (38.3)	−2.6 (27.3)	9.5 (49.2)
Record low °C (°F)	−16.6 (2.1)	−17.0 (1.4)	−9.9 (14.2)	−2.0 (28.4)	3.5 (38.3)	11.2 (52.2)	16.2 (61.2)	12.8 (55.0)	8.1 (46.6)	−2.8 (27.0)	−8.9 (16.0)	−13.8 (7.2)	−17.0 (1.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	13.1 (0.52)	17.4 (0.69)	26.0 (1.02)	37.1 (1.46)	74.5 (2.93)	98.2 (3.87)	235.0 (9.25)	173.4 (6.83)	73.7 (2.90)	40.5 (1.59)	26.0 (1.02)	10.8 (0.43)	825.7 (32.51)
Average relative humidity (%)	68	66	64	64	69	71	82	84	78	72	71	69	72
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center^[2]

See also

• Battle of Taierzhuang

References

1. 东营市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
2. 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

External links

• official website