Hangzhou

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Hangzhou

Total population

10,360,000

Air quality index

63Moderate

Coordinates30.25°, 120.21°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Hangzhou is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang province, China, situated at the intersection of the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and the head of Hangzhou Bay. Renowned as one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China, Hangzhou is celebrated for its cultural heritage and its West Lake.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

M

Mao Wenlong

Ming dynasty general (1579-1629)

L

Liang Desheng

Chinese writer

Li E

Chinese poet and scholar

L

Liang Tung-shu

Chinese calligrapher, one of the 'Four Great Calligraphers in Qianjia's time', good at regular script and running hand (1723–1815)

Eppō Dōshō

Itsunen Shōyū

Chinese Buddhist monk (1601-1668)

H

Hsu Nai-pu

Qing dynasty politician (1787–1866)

L

Lin Yining

Chinese poet (1655 – c. 1730)

B

Bai Ben

Yuan dynasty person CBDB = 10834

S

Sun Yingpei

Qing dynasty person CBDB = 56161

X

Xu Yingyu

Qing dynasty person CBDB = 56325

G

Gu Ruopu

Qing dynasty person CBDB = 54130

F

Fang Fangpei

Qing dynasty person CBDB = 54289

X

Xia Yilan

Qing dynasty person CBDB = 54817

C

Chen Dingshan

Chinese businessman, writer, and painter (1896–1989)

Chen Xiaocui

Modern Chinese classicist poet and painter (1902-1967)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Zhejiang

• Shangcheng
  1.6 mi away · pop. 151,300
• Binjiang
  2.6 mi away
• Xihu
  4.8 mi away · pop. 908,000
• Xiaoshan
  5.4 mi away · pop. 1,585,000
• Sandun
  9.1 mi away
• Liangzhu
  13.4 mi away
• Nanyang
  14 mi away · pop. 2,085,680
• Yushan
  14.5 mi away · pop. 146,000
• Xucun
  15.2 mi away
• Hezhuang
  15.2 mi away
• Guali
  15.3 mi away
• Xialu
  15.8 mi away

Browse all places in Zhejiang →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Hangzhou

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Red-billed Blue-Magpie

Urocissa erythroryncha

Seen 2026-06-23

Chinese Blackbird

Turdus mandarinus

Seen 2026-06-23

Mandarin Duck

Aix galericulata

Seen 2026-06-23

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Copsychus saularis

Seen 2026-06-23

Sharpbelly

Hemiculter leucisculus

Seen 2026-06-23

Thin-winged Longicorn Beetle

Aegosoma sinicum

Seen 2026-06-21

Eophileurus chinensis

Eophileurus chinensis

Seen 2026-06-21

Cinnabar Bracket

Trametes sanguinea

Seen 2026-06-21

Oriental Magpie

Pica serica

Seen 2026-06-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Hangzhou, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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