Gusu

Gusu District is one of five urban districts and the main district of , province, China. It was created on 1 September 2012 by the merger of the three former districts of Canglang, Pingjiang, and Jinchang.
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  • Type: City with 924,000 residents
  • Description: district of Jiangsu Province, China
  • Also known as: “Gusu District” and “Gusu, Suzhou”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Humble Administrator’s Garden and North Temple Pagoda.

Garden
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The Humble Administrator's Garden is a Chinese garden in , a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famous of the gardens of Suzhou. The garden is located at 178 Northeast Street, Gusu District.

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The Beisi Pagoda or is a Chinese pagoda located at Bao'en Temple in , Province, . The base of the pagoda has an octagonal frame, and the tower rises nine stories in a total height of 76 m.

Garden
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The is a garden located at 23 Yuanlin Road in Gusu District, , Jiangsu, China. The garden is famous for the large and labyrinthine grotto of taihu rocks at its center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pingjiang and Sujin.

Suburb
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Subdistrict is a township-level division of Gusu District, , , China.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a township-level division of Gusu District, , , China.

Suburb
is a township-level division of Gusu District, , , China. The subdistrict spans an area of 7.95 square kilometres, and a population of 93,778.

Gusu

Latitude
31.3395° or 31° 20′ 22″ north
Longitude
120.613° or 120° 36′ 47″ east
Population
924,000
Open location code
8Q328JQ7+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2003124362
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Wiki­data ID
Q167516
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Gusu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة جوسو”
  • Basque: “Gusu barrutia”
  • Chinese: “Gūsū Qū”
  • Chinese: “Ko͘-so͘-khu”
  • Chinese: “姑苏区”
  • Chinese: “姑蘇區”
  • Dutch: “Gusu”
  • French: “district de Gusu”
  • French: “District de Gusu”
  • French: “Gusu”
  • Gan Chinese: “姑苏区”
  • German: “Gusu”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Gusu”
  • Italian: “Gusu”
  • Japanese: “姑蘇区”
  • Korean: “구쑤구”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ko͘-so͘-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gusu”
  • Russian: “Гусу”
  • Spanish: “Gusu”
  • Swedish: “Gusu”
  • Vietnamese: “Cô Tô, Tô Châu”
  • Vietnamese: “Cô Tô”
  • Wu Chinese: “姑苏区”
  • Wu Chinese: “姑蘇區”
  • Yue Chinese: “姑蘇”
  • Yue Chinese: “姑蘇區”

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