:Huzhou

Huzhou, in its general aspect, is in the center of the Yangtze River Delta Economic Area, with the city center {{cvt|10|km}} south of the Chinese third largest freshwater lake Lake Tai. The city borders Jiaxing City to the east, Hangzhou City to the south, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province to the west, Taihu Lake to the north, and borders Dajiao Mountain, Changzhou City, Wuxi City, and Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province.{{cn|date=December 2024}} There are transportation links to the provincial capital of Hangzhou {{cvt|78|km}} away in the south, Jiangsu and Anhui province in the west, and the metropolitan municipality of Shanghai {{cvt|150|km}} to the northeast.

Flowing quietly through the city is the Changxing-Huzhou-Shanghai Channel, it is also referred to as the "Eastern Rhine River" for the continuous barge transportation that goes on similarly in the more internationally known Rhine River in Germany.

The State Way 318 passes through Huzhou in an east–west direction and the State Way 104 in a north–south direction; the Nanjing-Huzhou-Hangzhou toll expressway and Shanghai-Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Anhui toll expressway offers convenient access to major areas in the region.

The Express Xuancheng–Hangzhou Railway Station is located {{cvt|8|km}} west of the city center. This railway line is part of the "secondary tunnel" in eastern China.{{Cite web |last=网易 |date=2024-08-03 |title=杭州城西去上海、苏州和湖州更方便了！多条铁路有新进展 |url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/J8M9AEKB051492LM.html |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=www.163.com}}

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• 248 BC, Gucheng County ({{lang|zh-hant|菰城縣}}) was set up by the State of Chu.
• 222 BC, Qin dynasty, Wucheng County ({{lang|zh-hant|烏程縣}}) was set up.
• 266, Kingdom of Wu, set Wuxing Shire ({{lang|zh-hant|吳興郡}}), its administrative area including the modern Huzhou prefecture city and Hangzhou, Yixing in modern-day Jiangsu.
• 602, Sui dynasty, changed the name of Wuxing to Huzhou ({{lang|zh|湖州}}).
• During the Tang dynasty, Huzhou administered 5 counties: Wucheng ({{lang|zh-hant|烏程}}), Wukang ({{lang|zh|武康}}), Changxing, Anji, and Deqing.{{Cite web |title=全知识 |url=https://m.allhistory.com/detail/591059b955b542257a025037 |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=m.allhistory.com}}
• At the beginning of the Song dynasty, Gui'an county ({{lang|zh-hant|歸安縣}}) was divided from the Wucheng county.
• During the Qing dynasty, Huzhou administered 7 counties: Wucheng, Guo'an, Wukang, Deqing, Changxing, Anji, and Xiaofeng.
• 1949, with the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Huzhou town became the seat of government of the First Special District of Zhejiang, administrative area including the modern Huzhou and Jiaxing prefecture cities.
• 1983, Huzhou prefecture level city was set up.

Huzhou has a typical subtropical monsoon climate in Jiangsu South. Summers are hot, winters are mild, and there are four distinct seasons with abundant rainfall. The average annual temperature is 16.3 degrees Celsius and the total annual precipitation is 1303.4 mm. The wind direction in Huzhou changes significantly with each season. The northwest wind prevails in the winter half of the year and the climate is dry and cold. The southeast wind prevails in the summer half of the year and the climate is hot and humid.{{Cite web |title=湖州 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 |url=http://www.weather.com.cn/cityintro/101210201.shtml |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=www.weather.com.cn}}

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| Jan high C = 7.7

| Feb high C = 10.3

| Mar high C = 15.0

| Apr high C = 21.2

| May high C = 26.1

| Jun high C = 28.7

| Jul high C = 33.0

| Aug high C = 32.4

| Sep high C = 27.9

| Oct high C = 22.8

| Nov high C = 17.0

| Dec high C = 10.5

| Jan mean C = 4.0

| Feb mean C = 6.2

| Mar mean C = 10.5

| Apr mean C = 16.3

| May mean C = 21.5

| Jun mean C = 24.8

| Jul mean C = 28.8

| Aug mean C = 28.3

| Sep mean C = 24.1

| Oct mean C = 18.4

| Nov mean C = 12.4

| Dec mean C = 6.3

| Jan low C = 1.2

| Feb low C = 3.1

| Mar low C = 6.9

| Apr low C = 12.3

| May low C = 17.6

| Jun low C = 21.7

| Jul low C = 25.5

| Aug low C = 25.3

| Sep low C = 21.1

| Oct low C = 15.0

| Nov low C = 8.9

| Dec low C = 3.0

| Jan record high C = 23.0

| Jan record low C = -8.0

| Feb record high C = 28.0

| Feb record low C = -6.5

| Mar record high C = 32.4

| Mar record low C = -3.0

| Apr record high C = 33.5

| Apr record low C = 2.0

| May record high C = 36.4

| May record low C = 8.6

| Jun record high C = 37.5

| Jun record low C = 13.8

| Jul record high C = 39.2

| Jul record low C = 18.5

| Aug record high C = 40.9

| Aug record low C = 18.9

| Sep record high C = 37.7

| Sep record low C = 12.1

| Oct record high C = 33.4

| Oct record low C = 4.0

| Nov record high C = 27.8

| Nov record low C = -2.9

| Dec record high C = 24.8

| Dec record low C = -8.5

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| Jan precipitation mm = 88.2

| Feb precipitation mm = 79.1

| Mar precipitation mm = 109.7

| Apr precipitation mm = 91.9

| May precipitation mm = 115.1

| Jun precipitation mm = 223.9

| Jul precipitation mm = 162.2

| Aug precipitation mm = 169.9

| Sep precipitation mm = 97.4

| Oct precipitation mm = 77.6

| Nov precipitation mm = 65.2

| Dec precipitation mm = 56.0

| Jan humidity = 77

| Feb humidity = 76

| Mar humidity = 74

| Apr humidity = 72

| May humidity = 73

| Jun humidity = 80

| Jul humidity = 78

| Aug humidity = 79

| Sep humidity = 79

| Oct humidity = 78

| Nov humidity = 78

| Dec humidity = 76

| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 12.1

| Feb precipitation days = 11.0

| Mar precipitation days = 13.9

| Apr precipitation days = 12.5

| May precipitation days = 12.6

| Jun precipitation days = 15.4

| Jul precipitation days = 12.9

| Aug precipitation days = 13.9

| Sep precipitation days = 10.6

| Oct precipitation days = 8.2

| Nov precipitation days = 10.1

| Dec precipitation days = 8.9

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| Jan sun = 110.3

| Feb sun = 110.5

| Mar sun = 136.3

| Apr sun = 159.5

| May sun = 169.1

| Jun sun = 126.3

| Jul sun = 202.6

| Aug sun = 194.5

| Sep sun = 154.2

| Oct sun = 158.8

| Nov sun = 131.7

| Dec sun = 128.1

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| Jan percentsun = 34

| Feb percentsun = 35

| Mar percentsun = 36

| Apr percentsun = 41

| May percentsun = 40

| Jun percentsun = 30

| Jul percentsun = 47

| Aug percentsun = 48

| Sep percentsun = 42

| Oct percentsun = 45

| Nov percentsun = 42

| Dec percentsun = 41

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| Jan snow days = 3.7

| Feb snow days = 2.4

| Mar snow days = 1.0

| Apr snow days = 0.1

| May snow days = 0

| Jun snow days = 0

| Jul snow days = 0

| Aug snow days = 0

| Sep snow days = 0

| Oct snow days = 0

| Nov snow days = 0.3

| Dec snow days = 1.2

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At the end of 2023, Huzhou City's permanent population will be 3.439 million, with a birth population of 18,000, a death population of 25,000, and a natural population decrease of 7,000.{{Cite web |title=2024年[浙江]湖州市第七次人口普查人口数据和历史人口数据 年龄金字塔结构 民族组成情况-红黑人口库 |url=https://www.hongheiku.com/shijirenkou/1212.html?sid_for_share=99125_3 |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=www.hongheiku.com}}

According to the seventh census data, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the city's permanent population was 336,7579.{{Cite web |title=3367579人！湖州市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公布-腾讯新闻 |url=https://view.inews.qq.com/k/20210518A00SFM00?no-redirect=1&web_channel=wap&openApp=false |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=view.inews.qq.com}}

At the end of 2011, Huzhou had a registered population of 2,611,700, of which 1,31,700 were men and 1,38,800 were women; 851,700 were non-farmers, up 22,700 from the previous year; and 511,200 were over 60. For the whole year, the birth rate was 7.96 per thousand, the death rate was 6.79 per thousand, the natural growth rate was 1.17 per thousand and the family planning rate was 98.08 per cent.

According to the sixth national census in 2010, the city's resident population stood at 2893,542,{{Cite book |last=湖州市统计局 |title=《湖州市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报》}} an increase of 267,753 or 10.20 percent over the fifth national census, with an average annual growth rate of 0.98 percent. Of these, the male population was 1470,472, or 50.82 per cent, and the female population was 1423,070, or 49.18 per cent. The sex ratio of the total population (100 females) is 103.33.The population aged 0–14 years is 337,688, or 11.67 per cent; the population aged 15–59 years is 2086,891, or 72.12 per cent; and the population aged 60 years and over is 468,963, or 16.21 per cent; of the population aged 65 years and over is 3150,37 or 10.89 per cent. The population living in urban areas is 1530,418, or 52.89 per cent, and the population living in rural areas is 1,363,124, or 47.11 per cent.

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The prefecture-level city of Huzhou administers six county-level divisions, including one economic development zone and two districts and three counties.

These are further divided into 66 township-level divisions, including 50 towns, 10 townships and six subdistricts.

• Huzhou is known as the City of Silk, is one of the Four Capital-cities of Silk in China.{{Cite web |last=sina_mobile |date=2018-05-16 |title=中国四大丝绸之都, 第4个竟然只是吴江的一个镇! |url=https://k.sina.cn/article_6415169442_17e5fb7a2001006xsp.html?from=travel |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=k.sina.cn}}
• Huzhou is one of the 14 key cities in the Yangtze River Delta region, which has been opened to the outside world for development and development. In 2019, Huzhou's gross domestic product (GDP) stood at 312.24 billion yuan, up 7.9% from the previous year at comparable prices, exceeding the province's target of 8% set at the beginning of the year. Of this total, the value-added of primary industries rose 2.8 percent to 13.38 billion yuan, the value-added of secondary industries rose 7.6 percent to 159.54 billion yuan, and the value-added of tertiary industries rose 8.7 percent to 139.32 billion yuan. The value-added structure of tertiary industries was 4.3:51.1:44.6 and the proportion of tertiary industries was 0.8 percentage points higher than the previous year. GDP per capita is 102,593 yuan, or 14,900 dollars.{{Cite web |title=长三角万亿城市"三季报"：6市增速快于全国 经济向好因素积聚_财经_中国网 |url=https://finance.china.com.cn/news/20241104/6181671.shtml |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=finance.china.com.cn}}
• Total fiscal revenue was 17.235 billion yuan, of which local revenue was 9.727 billion yuan, up 17.5 percent and 21.6 percent respectively over the previous year. Total fiscal revenue as a share of GDP is 13.2%.

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Huzhou is headquarters of the 1st Group Army of the People's Liberation Army, one of the three group armies that comprise the Nanjing Military Region.

Huzhou is served by Huzhou railway station, situated to the west of the city. Both conventional and high-speed trains stop at the station.

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in China}}

Huzhou is twinned with:

• {{flagdeco|POL}} Radom, Poland{{cite web |url=http://www.radom.pl/page/192,miasta-partnerskie.html |title=Radom - Miasta partnerskie |access-date=2013-08-07 |work=Miasto Radom [City of Radom] |language=pl |trans-title=Radom - Partnership cities |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403215958/http://www.radom.pl/page/192%2Cmiasta-partnerskie.html |archive-date=2013-04-03 |url-status=dead}}
• {{flagdeco|SWE}} Kalmar County, Sweden
• {{flagdeco|BR}} Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil{{cite web |title=Cabo Frio e Huzhou, na China, fecham acordo e se tornam cidades irmãs |access-date=2018-05-05 |language=pt |trans-title=Cabo Frio and Huzhou in China close deal and become sister cities |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/regiao-dos-lagos/noticia/cabo-frio-e-huzhou-na-china-fecham-acordo-e-se-tornam-cidades-irmas.ghtml}}

• Zhu Zhi ({{lang|zh-Hant|朱治}}; 156–224) and Zhu Ran ({{lang|zh|朱然}}; 182–248), military general for the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms era of China.
• Shen Yue ({{lang|zh-Hant|沈約}}; 441–513), prominent scholar of the Liang dynasty and author of the Book of Song.
• Chen Baxian ({{lang|zh-Hant|陳霸先}}; 503–559), founder and Emperor Wu of Chen dynasty during Northern and southern dynasties era.
• Lu Yu ({{lang|zh-Hant|陸羽}}; 733–804), sage of tea, author of the Classic of Tea.
• Zhao Mengfu ({{lang|zh-Hant|趙孟頫}}; 1254–1322), great calligrapher and high officer in Yuan dynasty.
• Guan Daogao (1262 - 1319?), calligrapher and author.
• Yu Yue ({{lang|zh|俞樾}}; 1821–1906), scholar.
• Shen Jiaben ({{lang|zh|沈家本}}; 1840–1913), Late Qing Chinese scholar and jurist.
• Wu Changshuo ({{lang|zh-Hant|吳昌碩}}; 1844–1927), great calligrapher.
• Chen Qimei ({{lang|zh-Hant|陳其美}}; 1878–1916), revolutionary, member of Chinese Tongmenghui. Chen Guofu ({{lang|zh-Hant|陳果夫}}) and Chen Lifu ({{lang|zh-Hant|陳立夫}}) are nephews of Chen Qimei.
• Lei Zhen ({{lang|zh-Hant|雷震}}; 1897–1979), politician and political analyst of the Republic of China.
• Dai Jitao ({{lang|zh-Hant|戴季陶}}; 1891–1949), politician of the Republic of China.
• Zhu Jiahua ({{lang|zh-Hant|朱家驊}}; 1893–1963), politician of the Republic of China.
• Zhao Jiuzhang ({{lang|zh-Hant|赵九章}}; 1907–1968), (ancestral roots in Wuxing) meteorologist and physicist.
• Qian Sanqiang ({{lang|zh-Hant|錢三强}}; 1913–1992), scientist in Chinese atomic bomb study; and his father Qian Xuantong ({{lang|zh-Hant|錢玄同}}; 1887–1939), scholar.
• Tu Shou'e ({{lang|zh-Hant|屠守鍔}}; 1917–2012), scientist and rocket designer.

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• Huzhou ink brush
• Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort

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• [http://www.huzhou.gov.cn Government website of Huzhou] {{in lang|zh}}
• {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Hu-chow-fu |short=x}}

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