Hangzhou
City
Hangzhou is situated along the southeastern coast
of China, on the lower reaches of Qiantang River,
a famous national tourist city with cultural civilization
and history. It is the provincial capital with vice
provincial level, also the center of politics, economy
and culture as well as the economic development
hub in the southern flank of Yangtze River Delta.
Located in the subtropical monsoon climate area,
Hangzhou enjoys distinct seasons, mild and humid
weather with the annual average temperature of 16.2©bC,
non-frost period of over 230 days and an average
annual precipitation of 1321 mm. Its northwest and
southwest areas belong to the Zhongshan highland
of Zhejiang Province with Qingliang Peak as its
highest point of 1787 meters above sea level which
located along the boarder between Zhejiang and Anhui
Province. Its northeast and southeast areas are
plains of north Zhejiang with rivers densely distributed.
The land area of the city covers 16,596 square kilometers,
highland covers 65.6% and plain covers 26.4%, rivers
and lakes cover 8%. Its downtown area situated in
the jointing point of highland and plains, terrain
tilts from southwest to northeast with an average
altitude of 100 meters in its southwest and an altitude
of 3-6 meters of plain in the northeast. It is 33
km from the south across the city to the north and
12 km from the east to the west, covering 683 square
kilometers. There are 6 districts under its jurisdiction,
namely Shang Cheng, Xia Cheng, Jiang Gan, Gong Shu,
Xi Hu and Bing Jiang, and 5 cities, namely Xiao
Shan, Yu Hang, Fu Yang, Jian De and Lin An and 2
counties as Tong Lu and Chun An. The population
of the city by the year 1997 is 6.07 million, of
which 1.69 million of the down town areas.
Hangzhou is one of the cradles for Chinese civilization.
Its Liangzhu Culture could be dated back to 4700
years ago with human living in this area. As one
of the seven ancient capitals and a famous home
of culture in China, for 2200 years ever since the
Qin Dynasty, the Wu and Yue Kingdoms and the Southern
Song Dynasty set up their capitals in Hanghou. Ever
since the 3rd session of the11th plenary of the
Party and the reform and opening policy, Hangzhou
has witnessed a compelling achievements in economic
and social development with its great efforts.
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