Pingjiang District
| Pingjiang 平江区 | |||||||
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| District of the People's Republic of China | |||||||
| 1955–2012 | |||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1955 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 2012 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Part of the Gusu District, Suzhou, Jiangsu | ||||||
Pingjiang District (simplified Chinese: 平江区; traditional Chinese: 平江區; pinyin: Píngjiāng Qū) is a former district of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province.[1] The district had an area of 25 km2 (9.7 sq mi) and in 2001 the population was around 180,000.
The postal code for Pingjiang District is 215005 and the telephone code is 0512.
On 1 September 2012, Pingjiang District was merged with Canglang District and Jinchang District to form Gusu District.[2]
Gallery
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A river by the side of Pingjiang Road
An old area near Pingjiang Road
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 苏州行政区划重大调整：古城合并新设姑苏区 吴江撤市设区 [Major adjustment to Suzhou's administrative divisions: old city districts merged into new Gusu District, Wujiang converted from city to district] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 1 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码（平江区） [2011 Statistical Division Codes and Urban–Rural Division Codes (Pingjiang District)] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2011. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
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