Jiaxing
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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.[3]
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Jiaxing
嘉兴市 Kashing | |
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Coordinates (Jiaxing municipal government): 30°44′49″N 120°45′22″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 | |
• Prefecture-level city | 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)[1] | |
• Prefecture-level city | 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[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 551 billion US$ 73.6 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 102,541 US$ 15,695 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Area code | 573 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-ZJ-04 |
License Plate Prefix | 浙F |
Website | www |
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Simplified Chinese | 嘉兴 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 嘉興 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wu | Gāshīng [kɑɕiŋ] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Postal | Kashing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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