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About Wenzhou
Wenzhou (simplified Chinese: 温州; traditional Chinese: 溫州; pinyin: Wēnzhōu; formerly Yongjia, Yung-chia) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province, People’s Republic of China. The area under its jurisdiction, which includes two satellite cities and six counties, had a population of 9,122,100 as of 2016.
About 1,915,548 residents lived in Wenzhou’s city proper at thd 2000 census and 4,286,100 in the built up area made of Wenzhou city + Ruian and Yuaonqing cities (about 5,20 million estimated in 2010).
It borders Lishui to the west, Taizhou to the north, and looks out to the East China Sea on its eastern coast.
Wenzhou was a prosperous foreign treaty port, which remains well-preserved today. It is situated in a mountainous region and, as a result, has been isolated for most of its history from the rest of the country, making the local culture and language very different from those of neighbouring areas. It is also known for its emigrants who leave their native land for Europe and the United States, with a reputation for being enterprising natives who start restaurants, retail and wholesale businesses in their adopted countries.
Population (2010 municipality and 2000 urban)
– Prefecture-level city 9,122,100
– Urban 1,915,548
– Urban density 1,612.4/km2 (4,176.1/sq mi)
– Metro 5,200,000
– Metro density 1,428.6/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Area code(s) 577
GDP CNY 252.8 billion
GDP per capita CNY 32,595
License Plate 浙C
ISO 3166-2 cn-11
Local Dialect Wu (Wenzhou dialect)
and Min Nan
Website http://www.wenzhou.gov.cn