Jiaxing
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.
Jiaxing
嘉兴市 Kashing | |
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Location of Jiaxing City jurisdiction in Zhejiang | |
Jiaxing Location in eastern China Jiaxing Jiaxing (China) | |
| 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) | |
| • 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) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 573 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-ZJ-04 |
| GDP | ¥487 billion |
| GDP per capita | ¥74,478 |
| License Plate Prefix | 浙F |
| Website | www |
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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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