Wenzhou

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Wenzhou

Total population

9,300,000

Coordinates28.00°, 120.70°

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

Overview

Wenzhou, formerly known as Yongjia, is a prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, China. Situated on the southeastern coast of China, the city sits at the lower reaches and estuary of the Ou River, bordered by the Zhejiang–Fujian Hills to the west and the East China Sea to the east. It governs four districts, three county-level cities and five counties, with the municipal office in Lucheng. Recognised both as one of the 27 core cities of the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone and one of the five central cities of the Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone, the city serves as the only junction between the two economic zones.

Geography

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

Earthquake history

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

Notable people from here

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Zhou Daguan

Chinese diplomat of the Yuan dynasty

Zhu Chen

Chinese-Qatari chess player

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Zhu Qinan

Chinese sport shooter

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Ye Shi

neo-Confucian philosopher

Liu Ji

Chinese philosopher and politician (1311–1375)

Jin Midi

Han Dynasty politician

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Ye Rongguang

Chinese chess grandmaster

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Lü Zhiwu

Chinese swimmer

Ye Yonglie

Chinese science fiction writer (1940-2020)

Feng Zhenghu

Chinese activist

Gu Chaohao

Chinese mathematician (1926–2012)

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Cai Tong-Tong

Chinese gymnast

Yongjia Xuanjue

Zen Buddhist (665 ~ 713 )

Ding Liren

Chinese grandmaster and former World Chess Champion

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Chen Huijia

swimmer

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Gao Ming

Chinese poet and playwright (c.1305–1370)

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

Nearby places in Zhejiang

• Sanjiang
  3.8 mi away · pop. 30,913
• Longwan
  8 mi away · pop. 727,600
• Quxi
  10.1 mi away
• Tangxia
  11.9 mi away
• Liushi
  12.7 mi away
• Shatou
  14.5 mi away
• Bishan
  15.3 mi away
• Yunzhou
  15.8 mi away · pop. 61,099
• Doumen
  16.4 mi away
• Taoshan
  16.4 mi away · pop. 204,111
• Linchuan
  16.6 mi away
• Jinxi
  18.3 mi away · pop. 116,000

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 Wenzhou

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Red necked longhorn beetle

Aromia bungii

Seen 2026-06-12

Masked Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus perspicillatus

Seen 2026-06-12

Hypsiscopus wettsteini

Hypsiscopus wettsteini

Seen 2026-06-12

Eastern Spot-billed Duck

Anas zonorhyncha

Seen 2026-06-12

Chinese Skink

Plestiodon chinensis

Seen 2026-06-12

Black Bulbul

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Seen 2026-06-11

China-fir

Cunninghamia lanceolata

Seen 2026-06-11

Chinese Bayberry

Morella rubra

Seen 2026-06-11

cerulean flax-lily

Dianella ensifolia

Seen 2026-06-11

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

Gallery

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

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