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Lishui
丽水市 | |
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Left to right, top to bottom: Skyline of Lishui from Xiahe Tower, Dongxi Scenic Area, Lishui railway station, Yingxing Tower, Jinhua–Wenzhou railway as it passes over Daxi River | |
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![]() Location of Lishui City jurisdiction in the province | |
Coordinates (Lishui municipal government): 28°28′05″N 119°55′23″E / 28.468°N 119.923°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Zhejiang |
County-level divisions |
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Township-level divisions | 197 |
Municipal seat | Liandu District |
Government | |
• CPC Secretary | Hu Haifeng |
• Mayor | Wu Xiaodong |
Area | |
• Total | 17,298 km2 (6,679 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,506,600 |
• Density | 140/km2 (380/sq mi) |
GDP[1] | |
• Total | CN¥ 154 billion US$ 21.1 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 61,811 US$ 9,613 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 323000 |
Area code | 578 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-ZJ-11 |
License Plate Prefix | 浙K |
Website | www |
Lishui | |||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 丽水 | ||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 麗水 | ||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Líshuǐ | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | beautiful water | ||||||||||||
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Lishui (simplified Chinese: 丽水; traditional Chinese: 麗水; pinyin: Líshuǐ; Lishuinese: li⁶ syu³ [li sʮ]) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It borders Quzhou, Jinhua and Taizhou to the north, Wenzhou to the southeast, and the province of Fujian to the southwest. The name of the city literally means "Beautiful Waters."