Hangzhou
杭州市 Hangchow | |
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![]() Location of Hangzhou City jurisdiction in Zhejiang | |
Coordinates (Zhejiang Municipal People's Government): 30°16′01″N 120°09′11″E / 30.267°N 120.153°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Zhejiang |
Municipal seat | Shangcheng District |
Government | |
• Type | Sub-provincial city |
• Body | Hangzhou Municipal People's Congress |
• CCP Secretary | Liu Jie |
• Congress Chairman | Li Huolin |
• Mayor | Yao Gaoyuan |
• CPPCC Chairman | Ma Weiguang |
Area | |
• City | 16,821.1 km2 (6,494.7 sq mi) |
• Urban | 8,259.9 km2 (3,189.2 sq mi) |
• Metro | 8,107.9 km2 (3,130.5 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• City | 11,936,010 |
• Density | 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
• Urban | 10,711,238 |
• Urban density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
• Metro | 13,035,329 |
• Metro density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
• National rank | 5th |
Demonym(s) | Hangzhounese[2][3][4] (杭州人, Hángzhōurén) |
GDP[5] | |
• City | CN¥ 2.186 trillion US$ 306.9 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 183,143 US$ 25,716 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 310000 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-ZJ-01 |
Licence plate prefixes | 浙A |
Regional variety | Wu: Hangzhou dialect |
Website | Hangzhou.gov.cn |
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![]() "Hangzhou" in Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 杭州 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wu | ɦaŋ-tsei (Hangzhou dialect) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Postal | Hangchow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Hang Prefecture" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 钱塘 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 錢塘 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hangzhou[a] is the capital of the Chinese province of Zhejiang.[9]: 86 With a population of 13 million,[10] the municipality comprises ten districts, two counties, and one county-level city in northwestern Zhejiang. It is situated at the head of Hangzhou Bay and the estuary of the Qiantang River.[11]
Established as a county seat in 221 BC, Hangzhou later served as the capital of the Wuyue Kingdom (923–997) and the Southern Song dynasty (1138–1276).[12] The city has three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, which are the West Lake Cultural Landscape, the Grand Canal, and the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City.[13]
Hangzhou is designated as a sub-provincial city.[14] Hangzhou ranked ninth in GDP among mainland Chinese cities and 14th according to the Global Innovation Index.[15][16] The city hosts the headquarters of Alibaba Group, Ant Group, DeepSeek, Geely, and NetEase.[17] According to the Nature Index, it ranks 13th globally in scientific research output.[18]
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