Tai'erzhuang District

Tai'erzhuang District (Chinese: 台儿庄区; pinyin: Tái'érzhuāng Qū also 臺兒莊) is the southernmost of five districts under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zaozhuang. The district is located in the south of Shandong Province, China, bordering Jiangsu province to the south. It covers an area of 538 km² (208 sq mi) and has a population of 290,000.

Tai'erzhuang District 台儿庄区 Taierhchwang, T’ai-erh-chuang
District
Location in Zaozhuang
Tai'erzhuang Location in Shandong
Coordinates: 34°33′47″N 117°44′03″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
Prefecture-level city	Zaozhuang
Area
• Total	538.5 km2 (207.9 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	321,900
• Density	600/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	277400
Website	www.tez.gov.cn

House to house fighting during the Battle of Taierzhuang

The district was the site of the Battle of Taierzhuang fought between the armies of the Chinese Kuomintang and Imperial Japan in 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The former site of the battle (台儿庄大战旧址; Tái'érzhuāng dàzhàn jiùzhǐ) has been listed as a national monument of the People's Republic of China since 2006 (resolution number 6-981).