Which city does Xuzhou in Shandong belong to?

Xuzhou is a prefecture-level city, which belongs to Jiangsu Province.

Xuzhou is a prefecture-level city, which belongs to Jiangsu Province. Xuzhou, known as Pengcheng in ancient times, is located in the northwest of Jiangsu Province, the southeast of North China Plain, the north wing of the Yangtze River Delta, Weishan Lake in the north, Xiaoxian County in the west, Lianyungang in the east and Suqian in the south. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through it, and the two major railway lines, Longhai and Beijing-Shanghai, meet in Xuzhou, which is known as the thoroughfare of five provinces. Xuzhou is an important gateway city in East China, an important center of science, education, culture, finance, tourism, medical care and exhibition in East China, and an important center of economy, commerce and foreign trade in Jiangsu Province.

Prefecture-level cities are one of the administrative divisions in China. Its administrative divisions are the same as those of regions, autonomous prefectures and leagues. It is a city with the same organizational system and region, which is under the jurisdiction of provinces and autonomous regions. Since 1983 1 1.5, it has been fixed as an administrative division term in the division statistics of state administrative institutions.

1949, the number of prefecture-level cities was 54, the number of special areas was as high as 170, 1982, the number of prefecture-level cities was12, and the number of regions was 170. During this period, the number of regions was more than that of prefecture-level cities.

1983, China implemented the system reform of "city governing counties", and some counties, counties and autonomous counties under its jurisdiction were placed under the jurisdiction of the original prefecture-level cities, and some areas were directly changed to prefecture-level cities.

At present, out of a total of 333 prefecture-level administrative regions, there are only 7 regions and 293 prefecture-level cities, accounting for about 88% of the total number of prefecture-level administrative regions. Prefecture-level cities have replaced regions as the main body of prefecture-level administrative regions.

Xuzhou, known as Pengcheng in ancient times, is one of Kyushu in China in history, with a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization and 2,600 years of city building. The city has a total area of 1 1765 square kilometers and a permanent population of 9,028,500. Now it has jurisdiction over 2 cities (Xinyi and Pizhou), 3 counties (Fengxian, Peixian and Suining), 5 districts (Yunlong, Gulou, Quanshan, Tongshan and Jiawang), Xuzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone and Xuzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone. In recent years, Xuzhou has successively become a national environmental protection model city, a national forest city, a national health city and a national ecological garden city. It has been rated as a national civilized city, the safest city in China, the UN Habitat Award and the "happiest city in China" for three times.

Xuzhou is a national historical and cultural city. Xuzhou has a long history and culture, profound cultural heritage and numerous historical sites. It is "the old country of Peng Zu, the hometown of Liu Bang and the old capital of Xiang Yu" and enjoys the reputation of "seeing Xuzhou from the perspective of Chinese culture". The "Three Wonders of the Han Dynasty", represented by Han tombs, Han stone reliefs and Han Terracotta Warriors, is famous at home and abroad. A large number of Han terracotta warriors and horses have been unearthed in Xuzhou, which corresponds to the realistic style of Qin terracotta warriors and horses. Xuzhou Han Terracotta Warriors and Horses vividly portrayed the demeanor, expressions and inner activities of Han soldiers with freehand brushwork.

Thousands of lifelike Han Terracotta Warriors and Horses, like a mighty Han army array, crossed the historical time and space and presented to the world. In addition to the cultural relics in the Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu's "Horse Racing Terrace", Liu Bang's "Wind Monument", Su Shi's "Flying Crane Pavilion", the Great Stone Buddha in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Yanzilou in the Tang Dynasty and the Ming and Qing Dynasties are all over the city, which makes the ancient city Xuzhou exude rich cultural atmosphere and unique charm everywhere.