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
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
Prefecture-level city	Zaozhuang
Area
• Total	538.5 km2 (207.9 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	321,900
• Density	600/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	277400
Website	www.tez.gov.cn

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

See also

• Battle of Taierzhuang

References

External links

• official website

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