Xuzhou is located in the northwest of Jiangsu Province, eastern central China. Xuzhou has a mild climate with distinct seasons. Plains form the most part of Xuzhou alternating with hilly lands. Iron and coal mines are nearby, and the city has a small integrated steel complex. The city was officially set up in 1945 and came under the direct control of Jiangsu Province since 1953. The city nowadays covers an area of 11,258 square kilometers (963 square kilometers as the urban area) with the total population of more than 8 millions (1.5 million the urban residents).
The original name of Xuzhou is ¡°Pengcheng¡±, with 6000 years splendid culture, and has a 2500-year city building history. Xuzhou was one of the nine states under the rule of Emperor Yu of the Xia Dynasty (21 century B.C.). At that time Xuzhou was a name for a wide area, in which Pengcheng functioned as the center town.
Xuzhou is the hometown of Liu Bang, the first Emperor of Han Dynasty. After ascending the throne, Liu Bang granted his younger brother Liu Jiao as the king of the Chu State, who made Xuzhou as the capital. Hereafter 18 generations of Liu Jiao's descendants reigned over the area for hundreds of years. At present, the large amounts of cultural relics of the Han Dynasty are the reflections of the politics and economics of that time.In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao (the chancellor at that time) assigned a prefectural governor to administer Pengcheng and this was the first time the present name Xuzhou was used.
Xuzhou is historically called the cross-road of four provinces, Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui, and Henan provs. Now it has a complete transportation system of air, rail, highways and waterways, which brings great convenience to travelers and business people. Here cross Longhai and Jinpu railways. Sixteen trains are available to Beijing, Shanghai and other big cities and Guanyin Airport provides airline service to more than twenty big cities in China.
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