Zhejiang
province of China
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Summary
Zhejiang is a province of China[1]. Zhejiang draws 10,529 Wikipedia views per month (province of china category, ranking #8 of 23).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: People's Republic of China[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Head of government: Wang Hao[5]
- Capital: Hangzhou[6]
- Shares border with: Shanghai[7], Jiangsu[8], Anhui[9], Jiangxi[10], Fujian[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Hangzhou[12], Ningbo[13], Wenzhou[14], Shaoxing[15], Huzhou[16], Jiaxing[17], Jinhua[18], Quzhou[19], Taizhou[20], Zhoushan[21], Lishui[22]
- Twinned administrative body: Gaborone[23], Odense[24], Shizuoka Prefecture[25], Fukui Prefecture[26], Tochigi Prefecture[27]
- Legislative body: Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress[28]
- Party chief representative: Yi Lianhong[29]
- Commons category: Zhejiang[30]
- Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[31]
- Highest point: Huangmaojian Peak[32]
- Official website: https://www.zj.gov.cn/[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Zhejiang[34]
- Commons gallery: 浙江[35]
- Population: 54,426,891[36], 45,930,651[37], 41,445,930[38], 38,884,603[39], 28,318,573[40], 22,865,747[41], 19,959,000[42], 21,231,000[43], 20,643,000[44], 21,440,000[45], 64,567,588[46]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[47], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[48]
- Replaces: Chekiang[49]
- Topic has template: Template:Zhejiang[50]
- Official name: 浙江省[51]
- Category for people born here: Category:People from Zhejiang[52]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Zhejiang[53]
- Native label: 浙江[54]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Zhejiang[55]
- Category of associated people: Category:People of Zhejiang[56]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Zhejiang include Zhejiang University[57], a university[58], in People's Republic of China[59], founded in 1897[60] and Zhejiangopterus[61], a monotypic fossil taxon[62].
Why It Matters
Zhejiang has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Zhejiang is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]
Entities named for Zhejiang include Zhejiang University[57], a university[58], in People's Republic of China[59], founded in 1897[60] and Zhejiangopterus[61], a monotypic fossil taxon[62].