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Zhejiang Province

浙江省
Name transcription(s)
  Cheenese浙江省 (Zhèjiāng Shěng)
  Abbreviation浙 (pinyin: Zhè, Wu: Tsek)
   Wu Romanization: Tsek Kaon Sang
Map shawin the location o Zhejiang Province
Map shawin the location o Zhejiang Province
Named forAuld name o Qiantang River
Caipital
(an lairgest ceety)
Hangzhou
Divisions11 prefecturs, 90 coonties, 1570 tounships
Govrenment
  SecretarZhao Hongzhu
  GovrenorXia Baolong
Area
  Total104141 km2 (40,209 sq mi)
Area rank24t
Population
 (2010)
  Total54,426,891
  Rank10t
  Density520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
  Density rank8t
Demographics
  Ethnic composeetionHan: 99.2%
She: 0.4%
  Leids an dialectsWu
ISO 3166 codeCN-33
GDP (2011[1])CNY 3.20 trillion
US$ 495.45 billion (4t)
 • per capitaCNY 58,665
US$ 9,083 (5t)
HDI (2008)0.841 (high) (5t)
Websitehttp://www.zj.gov.cn(in Cheenese)(in Inglis)(in Japanese)

Zhejiang (Cheenese: 浙江; pinyin: Zhèjiāng; Wade–Giles: Che-chiang or Chekiang) is a southeast coastal province of the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. The wird Zhejiang wis the auld name o the Qiantang River 銭塘江,[2] which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial caipital. The name o the province is aften abbreviatit tae its first character, "浙".

References

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  1. "2009年浙江省国民经济和社会发展统计公报" (in Simplified Chinese). Zhejiang Provincial Statistic Bureau. 5 Mairch 2010. Archived frae the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 27 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  2. (in Cheenese) Origin of the Names of China's Provinces Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, People's Daily Online.

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