Taicang 太仓市 | |
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 Skyline of Taicang | |
  Taicang Location in Jiangsu | |
| Coordinates:31°33′50″N121°10′26″E / 31.564°N 121.174°E /31.564; 121.174 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Prefecture-level city | Suzhou |
| Municipal seat | Chengxiang [zh] |
| Area | |
| 794 km2 (307 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 620 km2 (240 sq mi) |
| • Water | 174 km2 (67 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 831,113 | |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 586,830 |
| • Rural | 244,283 |
| 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 Taigranary city | ||||||||||
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Taicang is acounty-level city under the jurisdiction ofSuzhou,Jiangsu province, China. The city located in the south of theYangtze River estuary oppositeNantong, being bordered byShanghai proper to the south, while the river also delineates much of its northeastern boundary alongChongming Island.[1]
Taicang administers 7towns:[2]
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Taicang as a place name is mentioned in a memorial to the throne of geographerJia Dan during the Song dynasty, "Where lies to the east of Kunshan nowadays", he supposedly wrote, "is called Taicang, also known as Gangshen".[3]
Taicang is a natural port. Under theYuan, the city reached its peak between 1271 and 1368. Under theMing, Taicang'sLiuhe Harbor was the departure point forZheng He'streasure fleets. It was also during this period that the shoals in theYangtze estuary which later becameChongming Island were placed under the supervision ofTaicang Prefecture.[4]
It was the venue for the2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
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 data for Taicang, elevation 6 m (20 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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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) | 33.4 (92.1) | 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) |
| Averageprecipitation 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 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 80 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine 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 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 37 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 42 | 32 | 47 | 51 | 48 | 49 | 44 | 44 | 43 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
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 "LittleSwabia" with it having German-inspired businesses. The area does not have a significant German population as the German expatriates prefer Shanghai since it contains theGerman School of Shanghai. The city has the German Centre for Industry and Trade Taicang (Chinese:太仓德国中心).[7]
ABA Chemicals, a chemicals manufacturing company, is headquartered in Taicang.[8]
By 2021 the city had a labor shortage with workers demanding higher wages.[7]
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