Zaozhuang is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Since January 2019 (after Laiwu prefecture got incorporated into Jinan prefecture), it has been the smallest prefecture-level city in the province, bordering Jining to the west and north, Linyi to the east, and the province of Jiangsu to the south. The Battle of Taierzhuang occurred in the city during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938. The Second Sino-Japanese War had a significant impact on Zaozhuang.
Read more from Wikipedia
Archaeologists have found evidence of human activities in this region dating back to the Neolithic era. Its culture started from 7300 years ago of ancestor culture, and developed to city-state culture 4300 years ago, then evolved to canal culture 2700 years ago, and finally stepped to industrial culture 130 years ago.
Its population is 3,855,601 at the 2020 census whom 975,539 in the built-up area made of Shizhong and Yicheng districts. As of the end of 2022, the permanent population of Zaozhuang City is 3.8297 million. As of the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, the permanent population will be 3.8098 million.
At present, Zaozhuang has gradually grown into one of the important bases of China's lithium battery industry, known as the "Lithium Battery Capital in Northern China".
From the Wikipedia article Zaozhuang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weather
Loading…
Forecast by Open-Meteo from national weather models. A forecast, not a measurement.
The past twelve months
Loading…
ERA5 reanalysis from Copernicus, via Open-Meteo. Modelled on a ~25 km grid, not measured at a station.
Air right now
Loading…
CAMS European and global air quality forecast, via Open-Meteo. Modelled on an 11–40 km grid; European AQI bands from the EEA.
Nearby on Wikipedia
Loading…
Articles with coordinates within 10 km, from English Wikipedia.
Towns around Zaozhuang
- Taozhuang20 km W
- Shanting25 km N
- Liguo40 km SW
- Xiazhen41 km W
- Chengtangcun41 km NW
- Xinglou42 km SE
- Yanzibu42 km S
- Jiangzhuang44 km S
Straight-line distance and compass bearing from the town centre.