Shaoxing

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Shaoxing

Total population

4,912,239

Air quality index

72Moderate

Coordinates30.00°, 120.58°

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

Overview

Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou to the southeast, Jinhua to the southwest, and Hangzhou to the west. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,270,977 inhabitants, among which 2,958,643 lived in the built-up area of Hangzhou–Shaoxing, with a total of 13,035,326 inhabitants.

Geography

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

Air quality

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

Earthquake history

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

Notable people from here

Zeng Peiyan

former Vice Premier of China (born 1938)

Zhou Zuoren

Chinese writer (1885-1967)

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Ma Huan

Ming dynasty translator, voyager and writer

Zhang Dai

Chinese historian

Zhao Zhiqian

Chinese calligrapher (1829-1884)

Chen Yi

Chinese politician, Kuomintang (1883-1950)

Z

Zhou Xin

Chinese official and general (died 196)

Z

Zhou Yu

Han dynasty official and soldier (died c. 192)

Z

Zhou Ang

2nd century Chinese official and general

Xu Wei

Ming Dynasty painter (1521-1593)

H

He Qi

General serving warlords Sun Ce and Sun Quan (died 227)

K

Kan Ze

State of Eastern Wu official (died 243)

Xu Xilin

Chinese revolutionary (1873–1907)

Zhou Jianren

Chinese biologist (1888-1984)

X

Xu Dongxiang

Chinese rower

R

Ren Bonian

Chinese painter

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

Nearby places in Zhejiang

• Yuecheng
  2.4 mi away
• Gaobu
  5.3 mi away
• Mashan
  7.4 mi away
• Fusheng
  8.9 mi away
• Taoyan
  9.2 mi away
• Ma'an
  11.2 mi away · pop. 147,105
• Changtang
  13.2 mi away
• Xialu
  13.8 mi away
• Guali
  15.3 mi away
• Jidong
  15.5 mi away · pop. 81,300
• Wangtan
  15.7 mi away
• Songxia
  17.2 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 Shaoxing

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Chinese Hooksnout Carp

Opsariichthys bidens

Seen 2026-06-12

Longfin Horse-Mouth

Opsariichthys evolans

Seen 2026-06-12

Rhodeus sinensis

Rhodeus sinensis

Seen 2026-06-12

Squalidus argentatus

Squalidus argentatus

Seen 2026-06-12

Sharpbelly

Hemiculter leucisculus

Seen 2026-06-12

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-06-12

Plumbeous Water Redstart

Phoenicurus fuliginosus

Seen 2026-06-09

Chinese Slug

Meghimatium bilineatum

Seen 2026-06-06

Dicronocephalus bowringi

Dicronocephalus bowringi

Seen 2026-05-30

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

Gallery

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

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