Quzhou

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Quzhou
衢州市
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Shuiting Gate of the Quzhou City Wall
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Location of Quzhou City jurisdiction in Zhejiang
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Quzhou
Quzhou (China)
Coordinates(Quzhou municipal government): 28°58′13″N118°51′33″E / 28.9702°N 118.8593°E / 28.9702; 118.8593
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Province Zhejiang
County-level divisions 6
Municipal seat Kecheng District
Government
   Mayor Xu Wenguang (徐文光)
Area
   Prefecture-level city 8,846 km2 (3,415 sq mi)
  Urban
3,069 km2 (1,185 sq mi)
  Metro
1,008.9 km2 (389.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)
   Prefecture-level city 2,276,184
  Density260/km2 (670/sq mi)
   Urban
902,767
  Urban density290/km2 (760/sq mi)
   Metro
902,767
  Metro density890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
GDP [1]
   Prefecture-level city CN¥ 163.9 billion
US$ 22.2 billion
  Per capitaCN¥ 71,766
US$ 10,115
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
324000
Area code 0570
ISO 3166 code CN-ZJ-08
License Plate Prefix浙H
City treeCamphor
City flowerOsmanthus
Website quzhou.gov.cn
  1. In addition to the pinyin and Wade-Giles romanizations of the name given above, Quzhou also appears in historical accounts as Kyu-tcheou-fou [2] and Kiu-tcheou-fou, [3] based on French transcriptions of its name and former status as a prefectural seat.

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Quzhou
Chinese 衢州
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Qúzhōu
Wade–Giles Ch‘ü2-chou1
IPA [tɕʰy̌.ʈʂóʊ]