Jiaxing

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Jiaxing

Total population

3,563,700

Coordinates30.75°, 120.75°

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

Overview

Jiaxing, alternately romanized as Kashing, is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, China. Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the province of Jiangsu to the north. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,400,868 and its built-up area, made up of 2 urban districts was home to 1,518,654 inhabitants.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Z

Zhang Leping

Chinese cartoonist (1910-1992)

Shiing-Shen Chern

Chinese-American mathematician and poet (1911-2004)

Liu Yuxi

Chinese writer and philosopher (772-842)

Xu Jingcheng

Chinese diplomat and politician

Q

Qian Baocong

mathematician, historian of mathematics and university teacher (1892-1974)

Yunmen Wenyan

Chinese Buddhist philosopher

Wang Xufeng

Chinese writer

Xiang Shengmo

Chinese painter (1597-1658)

Ding Dang

Chinese singer

L

Ling Yun

Chinese politician (1917-2018)

Liu Rushi

Chinese courtesan (1618-1664); ranked first of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai

Y

Yu Chunyan

Chinese sports sailor

C

Chen Shixiang

Chinese entomologist (1905–1988)

H

Huai Guomo

Chinese military leader and politician

H

Hu Ping

Chinese politician

H

Hu Ke

Chinese actress

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

Nearby places in Zhejiang

• Nanhu
  1.6 mi away
• Xiuzhou
  3.1 mi away
• Yuxin
  5.9 mi away
• Wangdian
  8.7 mi away
• Xinfeng
  10.3 mi away · pop. 263,900
• Tianning
  10.7 mi away
• Xinhuang
  13.2 mi away · pop. 95,900
• Tongxiang
  13.8 mi away · pop. 375,600
• Xitang
  15.7 mi away · pop. 86,000
• Taozhuang
  15.7 mi away
• Yucheng
  15.9 mi away · pop. 197,600
• Wuzhen
  16 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 Jiaxing

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Seen 2026-09-25

Swiss Cheese Plant

Monstera deliciosa

Seen 2026-09-17

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-09-12

Oriental Magpie

Pica serica

Seen 2026-09-12

White-banded Hunter Hawkmoth

Theretra oldenlandiae

Seen 2026-09-10

Paederus fuscipes

Paederus fuscipes

Seen 2026-09-08

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Seen 2026-09-05

Common Mormon Swallowtail

Papilio polytes

Seen 2026-08-31

Spotted Dove

Spilopelia chinensis

Seen 2026-08-30

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