Which province and city does Shaoxing belong to?

Shaoxing is a city in Zhejiang Province.

Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, a second-class big city, a second-tier city, a central city of the Yangtze River Delta, a core city of Greater Bay Area around Hangzhou Bay, and a sub-central city of Hangzhou metropolitan area. Located in the east of China, north-central Zhejiang Province, south bank of Hangzhou Bay, between 2913' 35 "north latitude and 3017' 30" east longitude.

It is adjacent to Ningbo in the east, Taizhou and Jinhua in the south, Hangzhou in the west and Jiaxing across the Qiantang River in the north, with a total area of 8274.79 square kilometers. By the end of 2022, Shaoxing had a permanent population of 5.353 million, with three districts under its jurisdiction, 1 county and two county-level cities. Shaoxing, with a history of more than 2,500 years, is a cultural eco-tourism city with the characteristics of China Jiangnan Water Town.

City introduction

It is one of the first batch of national historical and cultural cities, United Nations Habitat Award cities, East Asian cultural capital, China excellent tourist city, national forest city, China most dynamic private economic city, national civilized city and national sanitary city. It is also a famous water town, bridge town, wine town, calligraphy town and celebrity town.

Shaoxing is known as the "hometown of cultural relics and land of plenty". Famous cultural sites include Lanting, Yuling, Shenyuan, Ke Yan, Qiu Jin's former residence, Ma Yinchu's former residence, Wang Xizhi's former residence and He's former residence. Shaoxing is located in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with obvious monsoon, four distinct seasons, mild climate, wet and rainy. However, due to its mid-latitude, complex terrain, obvious microclimate difference and frequent disastrous weather.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shaoxing City