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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.
For more details check…
http://www.hangzhou.com.cn/english/.
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