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Zhejiang province

Zhejiang Province
浙江省
Province
Name transcription(s)
 • Chinese 浙江省 (Zhèjiāng Shěng)
 • Abbreviation (pinyin: Zhè)
 • Wu Tsehkaon San
Map showing the location of Zhejiang Province
Map showing the location of Zhejiang Province
Coordinates: 29°12′N 120°30′E / 29.2°N 120.5°E / 29.2; 120.5Coordinates: 29°12′N 120°30′E / 29.2°N 120.5°E / 29.2; 120.5
Named for Old name of Qiantang River
Capital
(and largest city)
Hangzhou
Divisions 11 prefectures, 90 counties, 1570 townships
Government
 • Secretary Xia Baolong
 • Governor Che Jun
Area
 • Total 101,800 km2 (39,300 sq mi)
Area rank 26th
Population (2016)
 • Total 55,643,841
 • Rank 10th
 • Density 550/km2 (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 83,157
USD 12,523 (5th)
HDI (2010) 0.744 (high) (5th)
Website www.zj.gov.cn
Zhejiang
Zhejiang (Chinese characters).svg
"Zhejiang" in Chinese characters
Chinese
Postal Chekiang
Literal meaning "Zhe River"

About this sound Zhejiang , formerly romanized as Chekiang, is an eastern coastal province of China. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu province and Shanghai municipality to the north, Anhui province to the northwest, Jiangxi province to the west, and Fujian province to the south; to the east is the East China Sea, beyond which lie the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

The province's name derives from the Zhe River (, Zhè Jiāng), the former name of the Qiantang River which flows past Hangzhou and whose mouth forms Hangzhou Bay. It is usually glossed as meaning "Crooked" or "Bent River", from the meaning of Chinese , but is more likely a phono-semantic compound formed from adding (the "water" radical used for river names) to phonetic (pinyin zhé but reconstructed Old Chinese *tet), preserving a proto-Wu name of the local Yue, similar to Yuhang, Kuaiji, and Jiang.


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