Suzhou, Anhui

Suzhou 宿州市
Prefecture-level city
Coordinates (Suzhou municipal government): 33°38′53″N 116°57′50″E / 33.648°N 116.964°E / 33.648; 116.964
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Anhui
County-level divisions	5
Township-level divisions	118
Municipal seat	Yongqiao District
Government
• CPC Secretary	Liang Weiguo (梁卫国)
• Mayor	Tang Chengpei (唐承沛)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	9,939.8 km2 (3,837.8 sq mi)
• Urban	2,906.92 km2 (1,122.37 sq mi)
• Metro	2,906.92 km2 (1,122.37 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	5,324,476
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
• Urban	1,766,285
• Urban density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Metro	1,766,285
• Metro density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 216.8 billion US$ 28.5 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 40,707 US$ 6,310
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	234000
Area code	557
ISO 3166 code	CN-AH-13
License Plate Prefix	皖L
Major Nationalities	Han
Website	www.ahsz.gov.cn

Suzhou, (Chinese: 宿州; pinyin: Sùzhōu) formerly romanized as Suchow,^[3] is a prefecture-level city in northern Anhui, China. The city straddles the Tuohe [zh] and Xinbian [zh] rivers, which fork at its western end. The Tuohe was formerly a left tributary of the Huai River, while the latter is a modern artificial canal, but now both drain into Hongze Lake. It borders the prefectural cities of Huaibei and Bengbu to the southwest and south respectively, and the provinces of Jiangsu to the east, Shandong to the north, and Henan to the northwest.

Its population was 5,324,476 inhabitants at the 2020 census, of whom 1,766,285 lived in the built-up area (or metro) of Yongqiao District, even though that district remains largely rural.