Quzhou

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.

Quzhou
衢州市
Chuchow
Shuiting Gate of the Quzhou City Wall
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
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceZhejiang
County-level divisions6
Municipal seatKecheng District
Government
  MayorXu Wenguang (徐文光)
Area
  Prefecture-level city8,846 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)
  Prefecture-level city2,276,184
  Density260/km2 (670/sq mi)
  Urban
902,767
  Urban density290/km2 (760/sq mi)
  Metro
902,767
  Metro density890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
324000
Area code0570
ISO 3166 codeCN-ZJ-08
GDP¥147.058 billion (2018)
GDP per capita¥63833 (2017)
License Plate Prefix浙H
City treeCamphor
City flowerOsmanthus
Websitequzhou.gov.cn
Quzhou
Chinese衢州
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