| Suizhou | |
| Other Name: | Suichow |
| Native Name: | 随州市 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans |
| Settlement Type: | Prefecture-level city |
| Pushpin Map: | Hubei |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the city centre in Hubei |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hubei |
| Subdivision Type2: | County-level divisions |
| Subdivision Name2: | 2 |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township-level divisions |
| Subdivision Name3: | 54 |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Seat: | Zengdu District |
| Leader Title: | CPC Secretary |
| Leader Name: | Ma Qingming (Chinese: 马清明) |
| Leader Title1: | Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Liu Xiaoming |
| Area Total Km2: | 9636 |
| Elevation M: | 71 |
| Elevation Ft: | 232 |
| Population As Of: | 2004 |
| Population Total: | 2580000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP[1] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | CN¥ 78.5 billion US$ 12.6 billion |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
| Demographics2 Info2: | CN¥ 35,901 US$ 5,764 |
| Area Blank1 Title: | Districts |
| Area Blank1 Km2: | 1425.4 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 266.00 |
| Area Urban Footnotes: | (2017)[2] |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Districts |
| Population Blank1: | 1873000 |
| Population Urban: | 508000 |
| Population Urban Footnotes: | (2017) |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Coordinates: | 31.69°N 113.382°W |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Suizhou municipal government |
| Postal Code: | 441300 |
| Area Code: | 722 |
| Iso Code: | CN-HB-13 |
| Blank1 Name: | GDP per capita |
| Blank2 Name: | License Plate Prefix |
Suizhou, formerly Sui County, is a prefecture-level city in northern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan province to the north and east.
The Sui in Suizhou is derived from the ancient 'Suishizu' .[3]
The prefecture-level city of Suizhou administers 5 county-level divisions, including 1 district, 1 county-level city, 1 county and 2 other areas.[4] [5] [6]
These are further divided into 54 township-level divisions, including 36 towns, 11 townships and 7 subdistricts.
Suizhou has a long history. During the Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period (771−221 BCE), it was the territory of the State of Sui/Zeng and within the cultural sphere of the State of Chu. As a prefecture-level city Suizhou has a short history with its current status only granted by the State Council in June 2000.
The Catholic minority is pastorally served by its own (dormant?) pre-diocesan Apostolic Prefecture of Suixian (Chinese: 隨縣) which is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (and its missionary Dicastery for Evangelization), not part of any ecclesiastical province.
It was established on 1937.06.17 as Apostolic Prefecture of Suixian (Chinese: 隨縣) / Suihsien / Suihsienen(sis) (Latin adjective), on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Hankou (Chinese: 漢口). It is vacant since 1951, without apostolic administrator since 1981, having had only the following incumbents :
Suizhou is served by the Hankou–Danjiangkou Railway.