Taicang
Taicang is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China. The city located in the south of the Yangtze River estuary opposite Nantong, being bordered by Shanghai proper to the south, while the river also delineates much of its northeastern boundary along Chongming Island.
Taicang 太仓市 | |
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Skyline of Taicang | |
Taicang Location in Jiangsu | |
| Coordinates: 31°33′50″N 121°10′26″E / 31.564°N 121.174°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Prefecture-level city | Suzhou |
| Municipal seat | Chengxiang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 794 km2 (307 sq mi) |
| • Land | 620 km2 (240 sq mi) |
| • Water | 174 km2 (67 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 501,700 |
| • Density | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 215400—215434 |
| Area code | 0512 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 太倉市 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 太仓市 | ||||||||||
| Postal | Taitsang | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Lake Tai granary city | ||||||||||
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Administration edit
History edit
Toponym edit
Taicang as a place name is mentioned in a memorial to the throne of geographer Jia Dan during the Song dynasty, "Where lies to the east of Kunshan nowadays", he supposedly wrote, "is called Taicang, also known as Gangshen".[2]
Overview edit
Taicang is a natural port. Under the Yuan, the city reached its peak between 1271 and 1368. Under the Ming, Taicang's Liuhe Harbor was the departure point for Zheng He's treasure fleets. It was also during this period that the shoals in the Yangtze estuary which later became Chongming Island were placed under the supervision of Taicang Prefecture.[3]
It was the venue for the 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
Geography edit
The Taicang port is in the east of the city, and south of the Yangtze exit into the East China Sea. The center of the Taicang port is on 31°37′00" North, 121°14′00" East. The port line stretches 24.3 miles (38.8 km), of which 15.6 miles can park 50 thousand ton vessels. Taicang is in a humid subtropical climate zone with distinctive seasons. The average year round temperature is 15.5 Celsius. Precipitation is around 1078.1 mm.
Climate edit
| Climate data for Taicang (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) | 26.3 (79.3) | 28.9 (84.0) | 33.8 (92.8) | 35.6 (96.1) | 37.4 (99.3) | 38.7 (101.7) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.4 (99.3) | 32.9 (91.2) | 28.4 (83.1) | 22.5 (72.5) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) | 10.1 (50.2) | 14.4 (57.9) | 20.4 (68.7) | 25.6 (78.1) | 28.3 (82.9) | 32.6 (90.7) | 32.1 (89.8) | 28.1 (82.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 17.3 (63.1) | 10.7 (51.3) | 20.9 (69.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) | 5.9 (42.6) | 10.0 (50.0) | 15.5 (59.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 24.4 (75.9) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 24.1 (75.4) | 18.7 (65.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 6.5 (43.7) | 16.7 (62.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) | 2.6 (36.7) | 6.3 (43.3) | 11.5 (52.7) | 16.9 (62.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.3 (77.5) | 21.0 (69.8) | 15.1 (59.2) | 9.3 (48.7) | 3.2 (37.8) | 13.3 (55.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) | −6.5 (20.3) | −3.5 (25.7) | −0.4 (31.3) | 7.6 (45.7) | 12.5 (54.5) | 18.2 (64.8) | 16.4 (61.5) | 11.4 (52.5) | 2.7 (36.9) | −2.4 (27.7) | −8.6 (16.5) | −8.6 (16.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 66.5 (2.62) | 61.6 (2.43) | 84.5 (3.33) | 79.5 (3.13) | 90.4 (3.56) | 210.5 (8.29) | 161.0 (6.34) | 201.9 (7.95) | 105.3 (4.15) | 62.0 (2.44) | 58.5 (2.30) | 44.7 (1.76) | 1,226.4 (48.3) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.4 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 14.1 | 12.1 | 12.8 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 126.8 |
| Average snowy days | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 6.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 80 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 117.2 | 123.3 | 147.5 | 169.3 | 180.7 | 135.1 | 203.0 | 208.0 | 176.0 | 170.5 | 137.9 | 136.1 | 1,904.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 37 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 42 | 32 | 47 | 51 | 48 | 49 | 44 | 44 | 43 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Economy edit
Taicang is known for having operations from companies established by Germans since 1985, when the first German businessperson went to Taicang. Accordingly, the city obtained the nickname "Little Swabia" with it having German-inspired businesses. The area does not have a significant German population as the German expatriates prefer Shanghai since it contains the German School of Shanghai. The city has the German Centre for Industry and Trade Taicang (Chinese: 太仓德国中心).[6]
ABA Chemicals, a chemicals manufacturing company, is headquartered in Taicang.[7]
By 2021 the city had a labor shortage with workers demanding higher wages.[6]
Notable people edit
- Chien-Shiung Wu, the most famous female physicist in history by acclamation, who built the atomic bomb in the Manhattan Project and disproved the conservation of parity
See also edit
External links edit
- Taicang guide on www.Jiangsu.net (in English)
References edit
- ^ (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Archived from the original on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
- ^ "吳郡志/卷19 - 维基文库，自由的图书馆". zh.wikisource.org (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-07-06.
- ^ "Chongming County" in the Encyclopedia of Shanghai, pp. 50 ff. 2015-01-10 at the Wayback Machine Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers (Shanghai), 2010. Hosted by the Municipality of Shanghai.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ a b Bradsher, Keith; Ewing, Jack (2021-03-19). "Why Biden's China Policy Faces an Obstacle in Germany". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "ABA Chemicals Corporation: Private Company Information". Bloomberg. Retrieved January 30, 2019.