Suzhou situated in the south of Jiangsu Province, in the middle of the Yangtze Delta. In the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake, bordering on Shanghai in the east, Zhejiang Province in the south , Taihu Lake in the west and the Yangtze River in the north. With a total area of 8,488 sq km and a population of 5.84 million + urban Population: 1.05 million is Suzhou one of the biggest areas around Shanghai.

10 percent is cultivated fields, 30 percent hills, and the rest covered with water, low and smooth terrain with altitude of 4 meters above sea level.
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