Zhejiang Province

Where is Zhejiang province?

Zhejiang is a provincial administrative region of the people’s Republic of China. Hangzhou, the provincial capital, is located in the Yangtze River Delta and the southeast coast of China. Zhejiang is bounded by 118 ° 01 ‘~ 123 ° 10’ east longitude and 27 ° 02 ‘~ 31 ° 11’ north latitude.

Capital	Hangzhou
Divisions	11 prefectures, 90 counties, 1570 townships
Government	Province
Area	101,800 km2 (39,300 sq mi)
Highest elevation (Huangmaojian)	1,929 m (6,329 ft)
Population	64,567,588
Population Density	630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)

It is adjacent to the East China Sea in the East, Fujian in the South, Anhui, and Jiangxi in the west, Shanghai and Jiangsu in the north. Qiantang River, the largest river in the territory, is also known as Zhejiang because of its twists and turns. The province is called “Zhejiang” for short. Zhejiang Province covers a total area of 105,500 square kilometers.

The terrain of Zhejiang is inclined from southwest to northeast, and the terrain is complex. The mountains form three roughly parallel branches from southwest to northeast. It crosses the eight major water systems of Qiantang River, Oujiang River, Lingjiang River, Tiaoxi River, Yongjiang River, Feiyun River, Aojiang River, and Cao’e River, and is composed of plains, hills, basins, mountains, and islands.

Zhejiang Province is located in the middle of the subtropical zone, with a monsoon humid climate and superior natural conditions. By the end of 2018, Zhejiang Province had jurisdiction over 11 prefecture-level administrative regions, including 11 prefecture-level cities (including Hangzhou and Ningbo as sub-provincial cities), 20 county-level cities, 32 counties, 1 Autonomous County, and 37 municipal districts.

At the end of 2021, the permanent resident population of the province was 65.4 million, an increase of 720,000 compared with 64.68 million at the end of 2020.

Cities in Zhejiang province

City	Urban area	District area
Hangzhou	5,162,093	6,241,971
Hangzhou (new districts)	838,452	1,284,359
Wenzhou	2,686,825	3,039,439
Wenzhou (new district)	39,193	87,683
Ningbo	2,583,073	3,491,597
Ningbo (new district)	239,992	491,697
Taizhou	1,189,276	1,902,510
Cixi	1,059,942	1,462,383
Rui’an	927,383	1,424,667
Yiwu	878,903	1,234,015
Jiaxing	762,643	1,201,882
Wenling	749,013	1,366,794
Huzhou	748,471	1,293,219
Yueqing	725,972	1,389,332
Jinhua	710,597	1,077,245
Yuyao	672,909	1,010,659
Shaoxing	643,199	883,836
Shaoxing (new districts)	1,297,652	2,188,785
Zhuji	606,683	1,157,938
Zhoushan	542,190	842,989
Linhai	503,377	1,028,813
Dongyang	455,912	804,398
Quzhou	422,688	805,963
Tongxiang	400,417	815,848
Haining	397,690	806,966
Yongkang	376,246	723,490
Yuhuan	362,135	616,346
Pinghu	346,892	671,834
Shengzhou	345,674	679,762
Lishui	293,968	451,418
Lanxi	208,272	560,514
Jiangshan	200,341	467,862
Jiande	183,518	430,750
Longquan	117,239	234,626

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