Quzhou
衢州市 Chuchow | |
|---|---|
 Shuiting Gate of the Quzhou City Wall | |
 | |
 Location of Quzhou City jurisdiction in Zhejiang | |
  Quzhou Location in eastern China  Quzhou Quzhou (China) | |
| Coordinates (Quzhou municipal government): 28°58′13″N 118°51′33″E / 28.9702°N 118.8593°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| County-level divisions | 6 |
| Municipal seat | Kecheng District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Xu Wenguang (徐文光) |
| Area | |
| 8,846 km2 (3,415 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 3,069 km2 (1,185 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,008.9 km2 (389.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 2,276,184 | |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 902,767 |
| • Urban density | 290/km2 (760/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 902,767 |
| • Metro density | 890/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| GDP[1] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 163.9 billion US$ 22.2 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 71,766 US$ 10,115 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 324000 |
| Area code | 0570 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-ZJ-08 |
| License Plate Prefix | 浙H |
| City tree | Camphor |
| City flower | Osmanthus |
| Website | quzhou |
| Quzhou | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 衢州 | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Quzhou[a] is a prefecture-level city in western Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the upper course of the Qiantang River, it borders Hangzhou to the north, Jinhua to the east, Lishui to the southeast, and the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Anhui to the south, southwest and northwest respectively. Its population was 2,276,184 inhabitants as of the 2020 census of whom 902,767 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Qujiang and Kecheng urban Districts.[4] Chinese actress and singer Zhou Xun was born in Quzhou.
- ^ 浙江省统计局. "2021年浙江统计年鉴 17-2 各市国民经济主要指标（2021年）" (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ E.g.: Winterbotham, William (1795). An historical, geographical, and philosophical view of the Chinese empire: comprehending a description of the fifteen provinces of China, Chinese Tartary; tributary states; natural history of China; government, religion, laws, manners and customs, literature, arts, sciences, manufactures, &c (2 ed.). p. 83.
- ^ Murray, Hugh; Crawfurd, John; Gordon, Peter (1843), An historical and descriptive account of China: its ancient and modern history, language, literature, religion, government, industry, manners, and social state ... (3 ed.), Oliver & Boyd, pp. 25–26
- ^ "China: Zhèjiāng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).