Huzhou

Huzhou
湖州市
Huchow
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
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Location of Huzhou City jurisdiction in Zhejiang
Location of Huzhou City jurisdiction in Zhejiang
Huzhou is located in China
Huzhou
Huzhou
Location in China
Coordinates (Huzhou municipal government): 30°53′33″N 120°05′15″E / 30.8925°N 120.0875°E / 30.8925; 120.0875
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceZhejiang
County-level divisions5
Township-level divisions66
Municipal seatWuxing District
Government
 • CPC SecretaryMa Xiaohui (马晓辉)
 • MayorQian Sanxiong (钱三雄)
Area
 • Prefecture-level city5,818.43 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)
 • Prefecture-level city3,367,579
 • Density580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,558,826
 • Urban density990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,015,937
 • Metro density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
GDP[1]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 320 billion
US$ 41.1 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 95,579
US$ 13,646
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code0572
ISO 3166 codeCN-ZJ-05
License Plate浙E
LanguagesHuzhou dialect
Websitewww.huzhou.gov.cn
Huzhou
Chinese湖州
Wughou² cieu¹ (Huzhounese)
wu⁶ tseu¹ (Shanghainese)
Literal meaningCapital of the Lake District
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHúzhōu
Wade–GilesHu-chou
Wu
Romanizationghou² cieu¹ (Huzhounese)
wu⁶ tseu¹ (Shanghainese)
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWu4-zau1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJÔo-tsiu

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. 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 is not being conurbated yet.

  1. ^ 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.

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