Huzhou
Huzhou
湖州市 Huchow | |
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Left to right, top to bottom: the twin towers of Soochow International Plaza viewed from Xiangwang Park, the Huancheng River at night, skyline seen from Renhuang Mountain with the Huzhou Olympic Stadium visible, the Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort, Yishang Street, and Laohutan Reservoir south of the city | |
Location of Huzhou City jurisdiction in Zhejiang | |
| Coordinates (Huzhou municipal government): 30°53′33″N 120°05′15″E / 30.8925°N 120.0875°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| County-level divisions | 5 |
| Township-level divisions | 66 |
| Municipal seat | Wuxing District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Ma Xiaohui (马晓辉) |
| • Mayor | Qian Sanxiong (钱三雄) |
| Area | |
| 5,818.43 km2 (2,246.51 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,566.8 km2 (604.9 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 860.42 km2 (332.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 3,367,579 | |
| • Density | 580/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,558,826 |
| • Urban density | 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,015,937 |
| • Metro density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 320 billion US$ 41.1 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 95,579 US$ 13,646 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 0572 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-ZJ-05 |
| License Plate | 浙E |
| Languages | Huzhou dialect |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 湖州 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wu | ghou² cieu¹ (Huzhounese) wu⁶ tseu¹ (Shanghainese) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Capital of the Lake District | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Huzhou (Chinese: 湖州; pinyin: Húzhōu, ⓘ; Huzhou dialect: ghou² cieu¹) is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province (Hangzhou–Jiaxing–Huzhou Plain, China). Lying south of the Lake Tai, it borders Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, and the provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu to the west and north respectively.
Huzhou is on the south bank of Taihu Lake, which it is named after. It has a history of more than 2,300 years. It governs Wuxing and Nanxun districts and three counties of Deqing, Changxing and Anji, with a total area of 5,818 square kilometers. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,367,579 inhabitants, of whom 1,015,937 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Wuxing District as Nanxun District was not yet being conurbated.