City: Zhejiang
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese: 浙江省 (Zhèjiāng Shěng)
• Abbreviation: ZJ / 浙 (pinyin: Zhè)
• Wu: Tsehkaon San
Named for: Old name of Qiantang River
Capital
(and largest city): Hangzhou
Divisions: 11 prefectures, 90 counties, 1570 townships
Government• Secretary: Che Jun
• Governor: Yuan Jiajun
Area• Total: 101,800 km (39,300 sq mi)
Area rank: 26th
Population (2016)• Total: 55,643,841
• Rank: 10th
• Density: 550/km (1,400/sq mi)
• Density rank: 8th
Demographics• Ethnic composition: Han: 99.2%
She: 0.4%
• Languages and dialects: Wu, Huizhou, Jianghuai Mandarin, Min Nan (in Cangnan and Pingyang County)
ISO 3166 code: CN-33
GDP (2016): CNY 4.65 trillion
USD 700 billion (4th)
• per capita: CNY 83,538
USD 12,577 (5th)
HDI (2014): 0.798 (high) (5th)
Website: www.zj.gov.cn
Top Things to do in Zhejiang
Top Hotels in Zhejiang
- 1. Midtown Shangri-La, Hangzhou
- 2. Crowne Plaza Hangzhou HEDA, an IHG hotel
- 3. Le Meridien Hangzhou, Binjiang
- 4. Pan Pacific Ningbo
- 5. Shangri-La Yiwu
- 6. Banyan Tree Hangzhou
- 7. InterContinental Ningbo
- 8. InterContinental One Thousand Island Lake Resort
- 9. Sheraton Ningbo Hotel
- 10. Kempinski Hotel Hangzhou
Top 10 Bridges in Zhejiang, China
May 19, 2021 Franklyn Hardiman
Zhejiang (help·info), formerly romanized as Chekiang, is an eastern coastal province of China. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu and Shanghai to the north, Anhui to the northwest, Jiangxi to the west, and Fujian to the south. To the east is the East China Sea, beyond which lie the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
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