Quzhou
Quzhou
衢州市 Chuchow | |
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From top, left to right: Shuiting Gate of the Quzhou City Wall, Temple of Southern Confucianism, Tianwang Temple, Mount Jianglang, Longyou Caves | |
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 | 257.3/km2 (666.4/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 902,767 |
| • Urban density | 294.2/km2 (761.9/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 902,767 |
| • Metro density | 894.80/km2 (2,317.5/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • 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 |
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| Chinese | 衢州 | ||||||||||
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Quzhou 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. Chinese actress and singer Zhou Xun was born in Quzhou.