Taiwan (tāi) city, Zhejiang Province, prefecture-level city, located in the central coast of Zhejiang Province, south of Wenzhou City, west and Jinhua City and Lishui City adjacent to the north of Shaoxing City, Ningbo City, bordering on the two cities; by the mountains facing the sea, the terrain slopes from west to east, roughly constituting "seven mountains, one water, two fields," the structural characteristics of the; belongs to the middle subtropical humid monsoon climate, four seasons, clear, rainy; total area of 10050.43 square kilometers, the territorial sea and internal water area of about 6910 square kilometers. It has a humid monsoon climate in the central subtropical zone, with four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall; it has a total area of 10,050.43 square kilometers, with a territorial sea and internal water area of about 6,910 square kilometers. As of February 2024, Taizhou has three districts, three counties, and three county-level cities under its jurisdiction, with the municipal people's government residing in Jiaojiang District. As of the end of 2023, Taizhou City had a resident population of 6.712 million, with an urbanization rate of 64.8%.
Taizhou City has a long history, with ancestors living and reproducing here 5,000 years ago. Wude five years (622), set up Taizhou, named after the territory of Tiantai Mountain, the name of Taizhou since then, in August 1994 to withdraw from the land and set up a city. Taizhou City is a regional center city and modern port city along the coast of Zhejiang Province approved by the State Council, and has been renowned at home and abroad for its Buddhist and Taoist origins, and is the birthplace of the Tiantai Sect of Buddhism and the Southern Sect of Taoism. At the same time, Taizhou is a city in the central area of the Yangtze River Delta, a water town type city in the south of the Yangtze River, a national civilized city, and a comprehensive pilot area of national new urbanization.
In 2023, Taizhou City will realize a regional GDP of 624.068 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 4.5% by preliminary accounting.