Huzhou

Prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, People's Republic of China

Huzhou 湖州市 Huchow
Prefecture-level city
Left to right, top to bottom: the twin towers of Soochow International Plaza viewed from Xiangwang Park, the Huancheng River at night, skyline seen from Renhuang Mountain with the Huzhou Olympic Stadium visible, the Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort, Yishang Street, and Laohutan Reservoir south of the city
Location of Huzhou City jurisdiction in Zhejiang
Huzhou Location in China
Coordinates (Huzhou municipal government): 30°53′33″N 120°05′15″E / 30.8925°N 120.0875°E / 30.8925; 120.0875
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Zhejiang
County-level divisions	5
Township-level divisions	66
Municipal seat	Wuxing District
Government
• CPC Secretary	Ma Xiaohui (马晓辉)
• Mayor	Qian Sanxiong (钱三雄)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	5,818.43 km2 (2,246.51 sq mi)
• Urban	1,566.8 km2 (604.9 sq mi)
• Metro	860.42 km2 (332.21 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)
• Prefecture-level city	3,367,579
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Urban	1,558,826
• Urban density	990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
• Metro	1,015,937
• Metro density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
GDP[1]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 320 billion US$ 41.1 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 95,579 US$ 13,646
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	0572
ISO 3166 code	CN-ZJ-05
License Plate	浙E
Languages	Huzhou dialect
Website	www.huzhou.gov.cn

Huzhou
Chinese	湖州
Wu	ghou² cieu¹ (Huzhounese) wu⁶ tseu¹ (Shanghainese)
Literal meaning	Capital of the Lake District
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Húzhōu Wade–Giles Hu-chou Wu Romanization ghou² cieu¹ (Huzhounese) wu⁶ tseu¹ (Shanghainese) Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wu4-zau1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ôo-tsiu

Huzhou (Chinese: 湖州; pinyin: Húzhōu, listen^ⓘ; Huzhou dialect: ghou² cieu¹) is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province (Hangzhou–Jiaxing–Huzhou Plain, China). Lying south of the Lake Tai, it borders Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, and the provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu to the west and north respectively. Huzhou is located on the south bank of Taihu Lake. It is named after the lake. It is an ancient city in the south of the Yangtze River with a history of more than 2,300 years. It currently governs Wuxing and Nanxun districts and three counties of Deqing, Changxing and Anji, with a total area of 5,818 square kilometers.^[2] As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,367,579 inhabitants, of whom 1,015,937 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Wuxing District as Nanxun District is not being conurbated yet.^[3]