Binjiang, Hangzhou

Binjiang 滨江区
District
Binjiang Aerial Panorama
Location of Binjiang District within Hangzhou
Binjiang Location in Zhejiang
Coordinates: 30°13′30″N 120°11′49″E / 30.225°N 120.197°E / 30.225; 120.197
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Zhejiang
Prefecture-level city	Hangzhou
Area
• Total	72.2 km2 (27.9 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	503,859
• Density	7,000/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	310051

Binjiang^ⓘ (simplified Chinese: 滨江区; traditional Chinese: 濱江區; pinyin: Bīnjiāng Qū) is one of ten urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, in East China, it is located in the core urban area of Hangzhou. It is across the Qiantang River from West Lake and the older parts of Hangzhou.^{[citation needed]} Like Pudong in Shanghai, it a very modern, and rapidly developing, area that was mostly farmland until ten years ago.^{[citation needed]} The district's total area is 72.2 square kilometres (27.9 sq mi),^[1] and its permanent population totals 503,859 people as of 2020.^[2] The district people's government is situated on Xixing Road.^{[citation needed]}