Huzhou

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Huzhou

Total population

2,893,542

Coordinates30.89°, 120.09°

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

Overview

Huzhou is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province. Lying south of Lake Tai, it borders Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, and the provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu to the west and north respectively.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

G

Guan Daosheng

Chinese artist and poet (1262-1319)

S

Shen Yue

Chinese poet, statesman, and historian (441–513)

Chen Guofu

Chinese politician (1892-1951)

Chen Lifu

Chinese politician (1900-2001)

W

Wang Meng

Chinese painter (1308-1385)

Zhao Luorui

Chinese poet (1912–1998)

Hu Weide

Chinese politician (1863-1933)

Chen Qimei

Chinese politician (1878-1916)

Z

Zhao Yong

Chinese painter (1289-1360)

Shen Jiaben

Chinese scholar (1840-1913)

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Xu Hui

Poet and consort to Emperor Taizong of Tang. Chinese woman poet in Tang Dynasty. CBDB ID = 31067

Lu Xiujing

Taoist compiler and ritualist (406–477) who catalogued the Lingbao canon

Q

Qian Xuan

Chinese painter (1235 - 1307)

W

Wu Can

Eastern Wu state official (died 245)

Ling Mengchu

Chinese writer of the Ming Dynasty

C

Chen Shuda

Chinese writer and chancellor

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

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 Huzhou

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Long-tailed Shrike

Lanius schach

Seen 2026-08-18

Paper mulberry

Broussonetia papyrifera

Seen 2026-08-16

common water hyacinth

Pontederia crassipes

Seen 2026-08-16

Chinaberry Yellow-banded Longhorn Beetle

Anoplophora horsfieldii

Seen 2026-08-03

Red necked longhorn beetle

Aromia bungii

Seen 2026-06-27

Carabus lafossei

Carabus lafossei

Seen 2026-06-26

Plain Prinia

Prinia inornata

Seen 2026-06-20

Grey-headed Lapwing

Vanellus cinereus

Seen 2026-06-20

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-06-20

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