Is Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, part of East China or South China?

Wenzhou should belong to South China.

Wenzhou, referred to as "Wen" or "Ou", is a prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province; it is a national historical and cultural city, an important commercial city on the southeast coast, and one of the regional central cities in Zhejiang Province.

Wenzhou is located in the southeast of Zhejiang Province, on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Oujiang River. The city's land area is 11,612.94 square kilometers and its sea area is about 11,000 square kilometers. The city has jurisdiction over 4 municipal districts, 5 counties, and 2 county-level cities. In 2017, the permanent population was 9.215 million.

South China, one of the major regions in China, is located in southern China, referred to as "South China", including Guangdong Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hainan Province, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Macao Special Administrative Region. During the Republic of China, South China covered Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian, Yunnan, and Guizhou.

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1. Wenzhou’s location and realm

Wenzhou City is located in the southeast of Zhejiang Province, bordering the East China Sea to the east and Fuding in the Ningde region of Fujian Province to the south. It is adjacent to the three counties of Zherong, Shouning, Jinyun, Qingtian, and Jingning She Autonomous Counties in the Lishui region to the west, and to the north and northeast are the four counties of Xianju, Huangyan, Wenling, and Yuhuan in the Taizhou region.

The entire territory is between 27°03′～28°36′ north latitude and 119°37′～121°18′ east longitude. The terrain slopes from west to east. The west belongs to the Zhongshan Mountains in southern Zhejiang, the height gradually decreases to hilly land in the east, and the east is coastal plain. The city's total land area is 11,784 square kilometers, and the sea area within the minus 200-meter isobath is 66,700 square kilometers.

2. The geographical location of South China

South China is located in the southernmost part of China. It is connected to Central China and East China in the north, and includes the vast South China Sea and South China Sea Islands in the south. It faces the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and other countries. The Wuyi Mountains and Nanling on the borders of South China are also roughly the anthropological dividing line. , there are South China tigers in Guangdong and Fujian.

The southwest boundary is the border between China and Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and other countries. In terms of administrative regions, South China includes all of Taiwan Province and Hainan Province, the central and southern parts of Fujian Province, the central and southern parts of Guangdong Province and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and the southern and southwestern parts of Yunnan Province.

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