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Wenzhou
温州市 Wenchow, Yujeu, Iu Tsiu, Dong Ou | |
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 Location of Wenzhou City jurisdiction in Zhejiang | |
  Wenzhou Location in China | |
| Coordinates (Wenzhou municipal government): 27°59′38″N 120°41′57″E / 27.9938°N 120.6993°E | |
| Country |  China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| County-level divisions | 9 |
| Municipal seat | Lucheng District |
| Government | |
| • CPC City Secretary | Zhang Zhenfeng (张振丰) |
| • Mayor | Zhang Wenjie (张文杰) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 12,255.74 km2 (4,731.97 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,243.4 km2 (480.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| 9,572,903 | |
| • Urban | 3,604,446 |
| • Urban density | 2,900/km2 (7,500/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 6,642,592 |
| • Rank in China | 15th |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 972 billion US$ 136.5 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 101,524 US$ 14,256 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 325000 |
| Area code | 0577 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-ZJ-03 |
| License Plate | 浙C |
| Spoken language | Wenzhounese |
| Website | www.wenzhou.gov.cn |
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.svg) "Wenzhou" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 温州 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 溫州 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wu | Iu1-ciou1 (Wenzhounese) Uen1tseu1 (Shanghainese) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Wenchow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Wen[qiao Mountains] Prefecture" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wenzhou[a] is a prefecture-level city in China's Zhejiang province. Wenzhou is located at the extreme southeast of Zhejiang, bordering Lishui to the west, Taizhou to the north, and the province of Fujian to the south. The area consists of mostly mountainous terrain, as well as hundreds of islands off the East China Sea coast, which is nearly 355 kilometres (221 miles) in length. It is said that the city's land is 70% mountains, 20% farmland, and 10% water.[3] At the time of the 2010 Chinese census, 3,039,500 people lived in Wenzhou's urban area.[4] The greater Wenzhou prefecture, which also includes three satellite cities and six counties, had a population totalling 9,122,100, of which 31.16% are residents originally from outside of Wenzhou.[5]
During the 19th century, the progenitor city of modern Wenzhou was known as Yungkia (Chinese: 永嘉, Yǒngjiā),[6] a prosperous foreign treaty port that remains well-preserved today. Being situated in the mountains, it has been isolated for most of its history from the rest of the country, making its local culture and language, known as Wenzhounese, particularly distinct, even from its direct neighbours. The city is also the native land of many emigrants to Europe and the United States, with many Wenzhounese immigrants abroad becoming entrepreneurs, restaurateurs, and retail and wholesale businesspeople in their adopted countries.[7] Wenzhou people make up a large proportion of the Chinese residents in Italy, constituting approximately 90% of Tuscany's Chinese population.[8] Significant concentrations of Wenzhounese also live in New York City, as well as across France and Spain.[9]
- ^ "China: Zhèjiāng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de.
- ^ 2024年温州经济运行情况. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ "Geography". Wenzhou Government's Official Web Portal. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ 温州市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报 (in Simplified Chinese). Wenzhou Municipal Statistic Bureau. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ 浙江第六次全国人口普查数据公布 温州常住人口最多-浙江|第六次全国人口普查|数据-浙江在线-浙江新闻. Zjnews.zjol.com.cn (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- ^ "Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection: Historical Maps of China". Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ Hooper, John (18 November 2010). "Made in little Wenzhou, Italy: the latest label from Tuscany". The Guardian.
- ^ Krause, Elizabeth L. (2015). "Fistful of Tears": Encounters with Transnational Affect, Chinese Immigrants and Italian Fast Fashion". University of Massachusetts Amherst Anthropology Department Faculty Publication Series: 31.
- ^ Ceccagno, Antonella. City Making and Global Labor Regimes: Chinese Immigrants and Italy's Fast Fashion Industry. p. 109.
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