Zaozhuang

Zaozhuang, city, southern Shandong sheng (province), eastern China. The city includes an extensive area on the western flank of the southwestern spur of the Shandong Hills, to the east of the Grand Canal, that contains one of the most important coal-mining districts of eastern China. The coal deposits, which are of high-quality bituminous coal, suitable for coking, are connected with those of Jiawang and Xuzhou in northern Jiangsu sheng. The mines were developed before World...