Taizhou (Simplified Chinese: 台州; pinyin: Tāizhōu) is a prefecture-level city in the east of Zhejiang province, China. Pinyin (æ¼é³, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hà nyÇ PÄ«nyÄ«n (æ±è¯æ¼é³, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: d , literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Zhejiang (Chinese: æµæ±; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Che-chiang; Postal System Pinyin: Chehkiang or Chekiang) is a eastern coastal province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Taizhou (Simplified Chinese: 泰州; Traditional Chinese: 泰州; pinyin: Tāizhōu) is a prefecture-level city of Jiangsu procince, China. It is located in the middle of the province. It is under catagory 'Taizhou, Jiangsu.' Taizhou (Simplified Chinese: æ³°å·; Traditional Chinese: æ³°å·; pinyin: TÄizhÅu) is a central city in Jiangsu province, China. ... Pinyin (æ¼é³, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hà nyÇ PÄ«nyÄ«n (æ±è¯æ¼é³, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: d , literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Jiangsu (Simplified Chinese: æ±è; Traditional Chinese: æ±è; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chiang-su; Postal System Pinyin: Kiangsu) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. ... Taizhou (Simplified Chinese: æ³°å·; Traditional Chinese: æ³°å·; pinyin: TÄizhÅu) is a central city in Jiangsu province, China. ...
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Taizhou, referring to "Peaceful State and Lucky Citizens" in Mandarin, is a city with a history of over 2100 years and the name for the city has remained without change since then.
Taizhou, as a county jurisdiction, was shaped in Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history initially called Haiyang.
The districts are the old urban areas of Taizhou while the four cities are recently designated as city-level districts being considered as suburbs and governed by the Taizhou city administration.
Taizhou, is situated in the middle of Zhejiang, 28° N. Latitude and 122° E. Longitude, and has a subtropical monsoon climate.
In 1999, Taizhou was approved by the State Council to be a leading city in Zhejiang’s urbanization structure and the center of sub zone of the first-class economy.
Taizhou is the birthplace of southern China operas.