Xuzhou

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historic city prefecture-level city

Xuzhou is a major historic city in northern Jiangsu Province, China, known as a strategic transportation hub and former battleground in multiple Chinese conflicts.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Xuzhou (ancient administrative region) 1
Xuzhou Municipal Government 1
徐州 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic city ⓘ
prefecture-level city ⓘ
administrativeLevel prefecture-level ⓘ
ChineseName Xuzhou self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 徐州
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country China ⓘ
crossedBy Grand Canal of China ⓘ
formerName Pengcheng ⓘ
governingBody Xuzhou self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Xuzhou Municipal Government
hasHistorySince at least the Zhou dynasty ⓘ
hasLandmark Han Dynasty terracotta warriors museum ⓘ
Pengzu Garden ⓘ
Yunlong Lake ⓘ
Yunlong Mountain ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry building materials ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
machinery manufacturing ⓘ
hasSubdivision Feng County ⓘ
Gulou District ⓘ
Jiawang District ⓘ
Pei County ⓘ
Pizhou ⓘ
Quanshan District ⓘ
Suining County ⓘ
Tongshan District ⓘ
Xinyi ⓘ
Yunlong District ⓘ
historicalRegion Xuzhou self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Xuzhou (ancient administrative region)
isTransportationHubFor canal transport ⓘ
highways ⓘ
railways ⓘ
locatedIn eastern China ⓘ
surface form: East China

Jiangsu ⓘ
surface form: Jiangsu Province

northern Jiangsu ⓘ
locatedNear border of Jiangsu and Anhui ⓘ
border of Jiangsu and Shandong ⓘ
locatedOn North China Plain ⓘ
servedBy Xuzhou East railway station ⓘ
Xuzhou Guanyin International Airport ⓘ
timeZone China Standard Time ⓘ
traversedBy Beijing–Shanghai railway ⓘ
surface form: Beijing–Shanghai Railway

Longhai Railway ⓘ
utcOffset +8 ⓘ
wasBattlegroundIn Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Chu–Han Contention ⓘ
Huaihai Campaign ⓘ
wasCapitalOf State of Chu ⓘ
surface form: Chu state (at times, as Pengcheng)
wasOccupiedBy Japanese forces during Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xuzhou → ChineseName → Xuzhou self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 徐州
Xuzhou → governingBody → Xuzhou self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xuzhou Municipal Government
Jiangsu → hasMajorCity → Xuzhou ⓘ
Troyes → hasTwinTown → Xuzhou ⓘ
Xuzhou → historicalRegion → Xuzhou self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xuzhou (ancient administrative region)
Battle of Xuzhou → location → Xuzhou ⓘ