Huzhou 湖州市 Huchow | |
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      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, theSheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort, Yishang Street, and Laohutan Reservoir south of the city | |
 Location of Huzhou City jurisdiction in Zhejiang | |
 Interactive map of Huzhou | |
  Huzhou Location in China | |
| Coordinates (Huzhou municipal government):30°53′33″N120°05′15″E / 30.8925°N 120.0875°E /30.8925; 120.0875 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| County-level divisions | 5 |
| Township-level divisions | 66 |
| Municipal seat | Wuxing District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Ma Xiaohui (马晓辉) |
| • Mayor | Qian Sanxiong (钱三雄) |
| Area | |
| 5,818.43 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) | |
| 3,367,579 | |
| • Density | 578.778/km2 (1,499.03/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,558,826 |
| • Urban density | 994.91/km2 (2,576.8/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,015,937 |
| • Metro density | 1,180.7/km2 (3,058.1/sq mi) |
| GDP[1] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 320 billion US$ 41.1 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 95,579 US$ 13,646 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 0572 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-ZJ-05 |
| License Plate | 浙E |
| Languages | Huzhou dialect |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 湖州 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wu | ghou² cieu¹ (Huzhounese) wu⁶ tseu¹ (Shanghainese) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Capital of the Lake District | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Huzhou (Chinese:湖州;pinyin:Húzhōu,listenⓘ; Huzhou dialect:ghou² cieu¹) is aprefecture-level city in northernZhejiang province (Hangzhou–Jiaxing–Huzhou Plain, China). Lying south ofLake Tai, it bordersJiaxing to the east,Hangzhou to the south, and the provinces ofAnhui andJiangsu to the west and north respectively.
Huzhou is on the south bank of Taihu Lake, which it is named after. It has a history of more than 2,300 years. It governs Wuxing and Nanxun districts and three counties of Deqing, Changxing and Anji, with a total area of 5,818 square kilometers.[2] 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 was not yet being conurbated.[3]
Huzhou, in its general aspect, is in the center of theYangtze River Delta Economic Area, with the city center 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the Chinese third largest freshwater lakeLake Tai. The city borders Jiaxing City to the east, Hangzhou City to the south, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province to the west, Taihu Lake to the north, and borders Dajiao Mountain, Changzhou City, Wuxi City, and Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province.[citation needed] There are transportation links to the provincial capital ofHangzhou 78 km (48 mi) away in the south, Jiangsu and Anhui province in the west, and the metropolitan municipality ofShanghai 150 km (93 mi) to the northeast.
Flowing quietly through the city is the Changxing-Huzhou-Shanghai Channel, it is also referred to as the "Eastern Rhine River" for the continuous barge transportation that goes on similarly in the more internationally knownRhine River in Germany.
The State Way 318 passes through Huzhou in an east–west direction and the State Way 104 in a north–south direction; the Nanjing-Huzhou-Hangzhou toll expressway and Shanghai-Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Anhui toll expressway offers convenient access to major areas in the region.
The ExpressXuancheng–Hangzhou Railway Station is located 8 km (5.0 mi) west of the city center. This railway line is part of the "secondary tunnel" in eastern China.[4]
Huzhou has a typical subtropical monsoon climate in Jiangsu South. Summers are hot, winters are mild, and there are four distinct seasons with abundant rainfall. The average annual temperature is 16.3 degrees Celsius and the total annual precipitation is 1303.4 mm. The wind direction in Huzhou changes significantly with each season. The northwest wind prevails in the winter half of the year and the climate is dry and cold. The southeast wind prevails in the summer half of the year and the climate is hot and humid.[6]
| Climate data for Huzhou, elevation 7 m (23 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1969–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 32.4 (90.3) | 33.5 (92.3) | 36.4 (97.5) | 37.5 (99.5) | 39.2 (102.6) | 40.9 (105.6) | 37.7 (99.9) | 33.4 (92.1) | 27.8 (82.0) | 24.8 (76.6) | 40.9 (105.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) | 10.3 (50.5) | 15.0 (59.0) | 21.2 (70.2) | 26.1 (79.0) | 28.7 (83.7) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.4 (90.3) | 27.9 (82.2) | 22.8 (73.0) | 17.0 (62.6) | 10.5 (50.9) | 21.1 (69.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) | 6.2 (43.2) | 10.5 (50.9) | 16.3 (61.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.3 (82.9) | 24.1 (75.4) | 18.4 (65.1) | 12.4 (54.3) | 6.3 (43.3) | 16.8 (62.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) | 3.1 (37.6) | 6.9 (44.4) | 12.3 (54.1) | 17.6 (63.7) | 21.7 (71.1) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.3 (77.5) | 21.1 (70.0) | 15.0 (59.0) | 8.9 (48.0) | 3.0 (37.4) | 13.5 (56.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.0 (17.6) | −11.1 (12.0) | −3.0 (26.6) | 2.0 (35.6) | 8.6 (47.5) | 13.8 (56.8) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.9 (66.0) | 12.1 (53.8) | 4.0 (39.2) | −2.9 (26.8) | −8.5 (16.7) | −11.1 (12.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 88.2 (3.47) | 79.1 (3.11) | 109.7 (4.32) | 91.9 (3.62) | 115.1 (4.53) | 223.9 (8.81) | 162.2 (6.39) | 169.9 (6.69) | 97.4 (3.83) | 77.6 (3.06) | 65.2 (2.57) | 56.0 (2.20) | 1,336.2 (52.6) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.1 | 11.0 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 15.4 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 10.6 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 142.1 |
| Average snowy days | 3.7 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 8.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 80 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 110.3 | 110.5 | 136.3 | 159.5 | 169.1 | 126.3 | 202.6 | 194.5 | 154.2 | 158.8 | 131.7 | 128.1 | 1,781.9 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 34 | 35 | 36 | 41 | 40 | 30 | 47 | 48 | 42 | 45 | 42 | 41 | 40 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[7][8] All-time extreme temperature[9][10] | |||||||||||||
At the end of 2023, Huzhou City's permanent population will be 3.439 million, with a birth population of 18,000, a death population of 25,000, and a natural population decrease of 7,000.[11]
According to the seventh census data, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the city's permanent population was 3,367,579.[12]
At the end of 2011, Huzhou had a registered population of 2,611,700, of which 1,31,700 were men and 1,38,800 were women; 851,700 were non-farmers, up 22,700 from the previous year; and 511,200 were over 60. For the whole year, the birth rate was 7.96 per thousand, the death rate was 6.79 per thousand, the natural growth rate was 1.17 per thousand and the family planning rate was 98.08 per cent. The rate of population growth is at or below replacement rate, and the population shrinkage is approximately 7,000 people per year.
According to the sixth national census in 2010, the city's resident population stood at 2893,542,[13] an increase of 267,753 or 10.20 percent over the fifth national census, with an average annual growth rate of 0.98 percent. Of these, the male population was 1470,472, or 50.82 per cent, and the female population was 1423,070, or 49.18 per cent. The sex ratio of the total population (100 females) is 103.33.The population aged 0–14 years is 337,688, or 11.67 per cent; the population aged 15–59 years is 2086,891, or 72.12 per cent; and the population aged 60 years and over is 468,963, or 16.21 per cent; of the population aged 65 years and over is 3150,37 or 10.89 per cent. The population living in urban areas is 1530,418, or 52.89 per cent, and the population living in rural areas is 1,363,124, or 47.11 per cent.
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Theprefecture-level city of Huzhou administers sixcounty-level divisions, including one economic development zone and twodistricts and threecounties.
These are further divided into 66township-level divisions, including 50towns, 10townships and sixsubdistricts.
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| Subdivision | Hanzi | Pinyin | Population(2020) | Area(km2) | Density | |
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| Wuxing District | 吴兴区 | Wúxīng Qū | 1,015,937 | 871 | 869.30 | |
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| Nanxun District | 南浔区 | Nánxún Qū | 542,889 | 716 | 748.67 | |
| Rural | ||||||
| Changxing County | 长兴县 | Chángxīng Xiàn | 673,736 | 1,388 | 462.52 | |
| Deqing County | 德清县 | Déqīng Xiàn | 548,568 | 936 | 525.41 | |
| Anji County | 安吉县 | Ānjí Xiàn | 486,409 | 1,882 | 247.90 | |
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Huzhou is headquarters of the1st Group Army of thePeople's Liberation Army, one of the three group armies that comprise theNanjing Military Region.
Huzhou is served byHuzhou railway station, situated to the west of the city. Both conventional and high-speed trains stop at the station.
Huzhou istwinned with:
Radom, Poland[16]
Kalmar County, Sweden
Cabo Frio,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[17]
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