Jiaxing
Jiaxing
嘉兴市 Kashing | |
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Location of Jiaxing City jurisdiction in Zhejiang | |
| Coordinates (Jiaxing municipal government): 30°44′49″N 120°45′22″E / 30.747°N 120.756°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| County-level divisions | 7 |
| Township-level divisions | 75 |
| Municipal seat | Nanhu District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Zhang Bing |
| • Mayor | Mao Hongfang |
| Area | |
| 4,008.76 km2 (1,547.79 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 986.9 km2 (381.0 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 986.9 km2 (381.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 5,400,868 | |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,518,654 |
| • Urban density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,518,654 |
| • Metro density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 757 billion US$ 106.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 140,176 US$ 19,683 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 573 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-ZJ-04 |
| License Plate Prefix | 浙F |
| Website | Official website |
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"Jiaxing", as written in Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 嘉兴 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 嘉興 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wu | Gāshīng [kɑɕiŋ] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Kashing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jiaxing (simplified Chinese: 嘉兴; traditional Chinese: 嘉興; pinyin: Jiāxīng; Wade–Giles: Chia-hsing), alternately romanized as Kashing, is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, China. Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the province of Jiangsu to the north. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,400,868 and its built-up (or metro) area made of 2 urban districts was home to 1,518,654 inhabitants.