Jiaxing 嘉兴市 |
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Prefecture-level city | |
Location of Jiaxing City jurisdiction in Zhejiang |
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Location in China | |
Coordinates: 30°46′N 120°45′E / 30.767°N 120.750°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Zhejiang |
County-level divisions | 7 |
Township-level divisions | 75 |
Government | |
• CPC Secretary | Lu Jun |
• Mayor | Hu Haifeng |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 4,008.76 km2 (1,547.79 sq mi) |
• Urban | 986.9 km2 (381.0 sq mi) |
• Metro | 986.9 km2 (381.0 sq mi) |
Population (2010 census) | |
• Prefecture-level city | 4,501,657 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,201,882 |
• Metro | 1,201,882 |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Area code(s) | 573 |
GDP | $335.3 billion |
GDP per capita | ¥74,478 |
License Plate Prefix | 浙F |
Website | http://www.jiaxing.gov.cn/ |
City Flower Blossom of pomegranate City Tree Camphor laurel Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Sieb. |
Jiaxing | |||||||||||||||||||||
"Jiaxing", as written in Chinese
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Simplified Chinese | 嘉兴 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 嘉興 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wu | Gāshīng [kɑɕiŋ] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Postal | Kashing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Jiāxīng |
Wade–Giles | Chia-hsing |
Wu | |
Romanization | Gāshīng [kɑɕiŋ] |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | gaa1hing1 |
Southern Min | |
Hokkien POJ | Ka-Hing |
City Flower Blossom of pomegranate City Tree Camphor laurel
Jiaxing (Chinese: 嘉兴; pinyin: Jiāxīng; Wu: Gāshīng [kɑɕiŋ]) is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, China. Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the province of Jiangsu to the north. At the 2010 census, its population was 4,501,657 and its built-up area made of 2 urban districts was home to 1,201,882 inhabitants.
The prefecture-level city of Jiaxing administers 7 county-level divisions, including 2 districts, 3 county-level cities and 2 counties.
These are further divided into 75 township-level divisions, including 60 towns, 2 townships and 13 subdistricts.