Which province is Kunshan in?

Kunshan, alias Lucheng, is a county-level city in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, between Shanghai and Suzhou. It connects Changshu and Taicang in the northeast and north, Jiading and Qingpu in Shanghai in the southeast and Wujiang and Suzhou in the west. By the end of 2020, the total area will be 93 1 km2, of which more than 24% will be water surface, governing 10 towns. Kunshan is the birthplace of Kunqu Opera, the "ancestor of hundreds of operas", and has been rated as one of the top 100 counties and one of the top 100 cities with comprehensive strength in small and medium-sized cities in China for many years.

Kunshan was inhabited by humans in the Neolithic Age. In ancient times, it was called Louyi, which belonged to the State of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, then to the State of Yue and then to the State of Chu. Wu Wangshoumeng once hunted deer here, so it is also called Lucheng. 1May 949 13 Kunshan Liberation, under the East China Military and Political Commission, Commissioner of Suzhou Administrative Region in southern Jiangsu.

The natural environment in Kunshan

The geographical coordinates of Kunshan are120 48' 21"east longitude+02109' 04" north latitude 3106' 34 "~ 3132' 36". Changshu and Taicang are connected to the northeast in the north, Jiading and Qingpu in Shanghai in the southeast and Wujiang, Xiangcheng and Suzhou Industrial Park in the west. The maximum straight-line distance between east and west is 33 kilometers, and the maximum straight-line distance between north and south is 48 kilometers, with a total area of 927.7 square kilometers, of which the water area accounts for 23. 1%.

Kunshan is located in Taihu Plain in the Yangtze River Delta, with dense river network and flat terrain, slightly inclined from southwest to northeast, with a small natural slope. Most of the ground elevation is between 2.8 and 3.7 meters, and some highlands reach 5 to 6 meters, with an average of 3.4 meters. The northern part is a low-lying polder area, the middle part is a semi-high altitude area, and the southern part is a lakeside high altitude area. Wusong River and Loujiang River in Kunshan cross east and west. The larger lakes are Dianshan Lake, Yangcheng Lake, Hucheng Lake and Puppet Lake.

The above contents refer to Sogou Encyclopedia-Kunshan