Quzhou
Sign in to saveQuzhou is a prefecture-level city in western Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the upper course of the Qiantang River, it borders Hangzhou to the north, Jinhua to the east, Lishui to the southeast, and the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Anhui to the south, southwest and northwest respectively. Its population was 2,276,184 inhabitants as of the 2020 census of whom 902,767 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Qujiang and Kecheng urban Districts. Chinese actress and singer Zhou Xun was born in Quzhou.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Quzhou
- Settlement.native_name
- 衢州市
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- zh
- Settlement.other_name
- Chuchow
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- Prefecture-level city
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- Quzhou montage.jpg
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- From top, left to right: Shuiting Gate of the Quzhou City Wall, Temple of Southern Confucianism, Tianwang Temple, Mount Jianglang, Longyou Caves
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- Location map of Quzhou, Zhejiang.png
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- Location of Quzhou City jurisdiction in Zhejiang
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- Eastern China#China
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- Location in eastern China
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Zhejiang
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- County-level divisions
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- 6
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
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Quzhou is a prefecture-level city in western Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the upper course of the Qiantang River, it borders Hangzhou to the north, Jinhua to the east, Lishui to the southeast, and the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Anhui to the south, southwest and northwest respectively. Its population was 2,276,184 inhabitants as of the 2020 census of whom 902,767 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Qujiang and Kecheng urban Districts. Chinese actress and singer Zhou Xun was born in Quzhou.
==History== thumb|left|200px|Maps of "Kiu-tcheou-fou" and "Pinghu|Pinghou-hien" from [[Du Halde's 1736 Description of China, based on Jesuit accounts]]