- Taizhou, Zhejiang
Taizhou (zh-stp|s=台州|t=台州|p=Tāizhōu, not Táizhōu) is a
prefecture-level city in easternZhejiang province,People's Republic of China . It bordersNingbo to the north,Shaoxing to the northeast,Jinhua to the west,Lishui to the southwest,Wenzhou to the south, and looks out to theEast China Sea to the east.Administration
The
prefecture-level city of Taizhou currently administers 3 district, 2 county-level cities and 4 counties.
*Jiaojiang District (椒江区)
*Huangyan District (黄岩区)
*Linhai City (临海市)
*Luqiao District (路桥区)
*Sanmen County (三门县)
*Tiantai County (天台县)
*Wenling City (温岭市)
*Xianju County (仙居县)
*Yuhuan County (玉环县)Transportation
Taizhou was once a relatively inaccessible area. This has changed due to large infrastructure restructuring in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Presently, Taizhou is served by the
Yongtaiwen Expressway , linking the city withNingbo in the north andWenzhou in the south.Huangyan Luqiao Airport (IATA:HYN) in the city's Huangyan District serves daily flights to Beijing andShanghai Hongqiao, and regular flights to other Chinese cities.Language and Culture
Like the majority of areas in Zhejiang, most people from Taizhou speak a dialect of
Wu Chinese , known as Huangyan Hua. It is notmutually intelligible withMandarin Chinese , and only partially intelligible withShanghainese . There is also a small portion ofMin Nan andWenzhou dialect speakers in the southern regions. None of these three languages are mutually intelligible amongst each other, but the linguistic diversity of some regions has resulted in a segment of the population becoming fluent in speaking up to four languages, when Mandarin is included.The city's people are reputed to be industrious and business-minded, although not to the same degree as neighboring
Wenzhou . Many people from the area have migrated abroad after economic reforms began in China in 1978. The city'sseafood is of note.External links
* [http://www.zjtz.gov.cn Government website of Taizhou] zh icon
* [http://www.zjtz.gov.cn/ksp/english/ Government website of Taizhou] en icon
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